CERES News Digest Vol.6 Week 1; Jan. 12 - 16

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The Russian film Leviathan was nominated for the

American Academy Award for Best Foreign Film on

Thursday morning. The film, directed by Andrei

Zvyagintsev, tells the story of an impoverished small-town

family struggling to keep their property from a corrupt

government official. Although the film has already received

significant international acclaim, it has been a source of local

controversy for months. Russian Culture Minister Vladimir

Medinsky has accused Zvyagintsev of exploiting anti-

Russian sentiment to garner publicity and praise.

RFE/RLMoscow Times

Last week, a female suicide bomber killed one police officer

in the heart of Istanbuls tourist district Sultanahmet .

Turkish intelligence concluded the bomber to be Diana

Ramazova, a Russian citizen from the restive region of

Dagestan. She was also the wife of a Norwegian-Chechen

member of the Islamic State militant group who had died

fighting in Syria in December 2014. On Tuesday, Turkish

police detained six suspects in connection with the attack,

including three foreigners.

Al JazeeraHurriyet

Interpol issued a worldwide directive on January 12 for the

arrest of former president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, as

well as other former senior officials from his administration,

on charges of embezzlement and misuse of public funds. The

directive declares that Yanukovych is wanted by Ukrainian

authorities, but it is not an arrest warrant and does not compel

any nation to take him into custody. Yanukovych fled Kiev in

the wake of the Maidan protests last February, taking refuge

in Russia.

Kyiv PostNew York Times

The Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood

Policy of the EU, Johannes Hahn, is visiting Georgia January

15 to 16. The Commissioner is planning to meet with

President Margvelashvili, Prime Minister Garibashvili and

Foreign Minister Beruchashvili, as well as with the

parliamentary opposition. Issues to be discussed include the

upcoming Eastern Partnership summit in Riga and a joint

program that will support small and medium-sized

enterprises in Georgia.

Agenda.geCivil.ge

A Russian soldier suspected of killing a family of six in the

city of Gyumri on Monday has been detained. The soldier,

Valery Permyakov, had deserted his base in Armenia and was

detained on Tuesday by Russian guards as he was trying to

cross the Armenian border into Turkey. No motive for the

killing has been determined. Protesters have been gathering in

Gyumri, demanding that Permyakov be tried in Armenia,

which would violate Russian law. Armenian officials have

cautioned against politicizing the event.

RFE/RLABC

Moldovan lawmakers are in the midst of forming a

parliamentary majority despite repeated setbacks in

negotiations. Representatives of the Liberal Democratic

Party (PLDM), Democratic Party (PDM) and Liberal Party

(PL) met on Wednesday to discuss possibility of

cooperation. PL leader Mihai Ghimpu pointed out that the

outcome of the talks "are zero."

Ipn.mdMoldpres.mc

Int. Business TimesBelta

Special Representative of the European Union for the

South Caucasus, Herbert Sabler is visiting Baku this week,

meeting with the Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov

and with President Aliyev to discuss the issues related to

cooperation between the EU and Azerbaijan as well as

current developments in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Trend.az Apa.az

At a special meeting of the House of Representatives on

Monday, President Lukashenko reaffirmed Belaruss

determination to strengthen relations with the United States

and European Union. At the same time, Lukashenko

reiterated that Belarus will continue its close cooperation with

Russia, despite a dispute last month over Belarusian exports

of banned foodstuffs into Russia. The meeting comes at a

time of economic instability for Belarus, which is

experiencing a spillover effect from the economic crisis in

Russia.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign

Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met in Paris on Friday

afternoon to discuss Irans nuclear program. This meeting

followed six hours of talks between Kerry and Zarif in

Geneva on Wednesday and the resumption of negotiations

between Iran and the P5+1 group on Thursday. The

negotiators are attempting to meet a March deadline for a

framework agreement and a July 1 deadline for a final deal

to curb Irans nuclear program.

ABCRFE/RL

On Friday, Tajik Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimzoda

announced that Tajikistan has formally requested that

Turkey extradite opposition politician and businessman

Umarali Quvatov. Quvatov is wanted in Tajikistan on fraud

charges, which he claims are politically motivated.

Quvatovs political organization Group 24 was labelled an

extremist organization and banned in October. Quvatov,

who left Tajikistan in 2012, was detained in Istanbul in

December for violating visa regulations.

TASS RFE/RL

Turkmenistans new Caspian Sea ferry Berkarar,

commissioned from the Uljanik Shipyard in Pula, Croatia and

delivered to the Turkmenbashi port in December, has made its

first crossings of the Caspian. The ferry made its maiden

voyage on January 7, to Olya, a port in Russias Astrakhan

region, and visited the Azerbaijani capital Baku on Thursday,

January 15. The ferry is designed to transport both freight and

passengers and can carry up to 200 passenger and 53 trucks.

Ashgabat has also commissioned a second ferry, Bagtiyar, to

be delivered this summer.EurasiaNet AzerTAc

A group of Mongolian journalists, along with

representatives from the French Embassy in Mongolia and

the Mongolian Journalists Union, organized a memorial

for the terrorist attacks on French satirical paper Charlie

Hebdo. The memorial was held last Friday in Ulaanbaatar,

where supporters of free speech lit candles and held up

posters with I am Charlie written on them in French and

Mongolian.

InfoMongolia UB Post

Uzbek President Islam Karimov has been nominated by his

party for re-election in the March 29 presidential vote. The

Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan submitted his name

during a joint session of parliament with no competing

nominations. Karimov, 77 on January 30, was re-elected in

2007 in what international monitors deemed a rigged

election. Karimov has been President of Uzbekistan since

1990, one year before its independence.

On Thursday, the government of Kyrgyzstan released

statistics which showed that Kyrgyzstans GDP slowed to

3.6% last year, down from 10.9% in 2013, after output was

reduced at the Kumtor gold mine operated by Canadas

Centerra Gold. Kumtors output reduced from 18.67 tons in

2013 to 17.6 tons last year as ore grade fell. Kumtor

accounted for over 7% of Kyrgyzstans GDP last year and

over 15% of its industrial output.

24.kg Reuters

RFE/RL Times of Central Asia

On Monday, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani released the

names of 25 nominees for ministerial positions as well as

candidates to head the countrys spy agency and central bank.

The announcement comes after months of delays, missed

deadlines, and political negotiations following the

inauguration of President Ghani in September. The list

includes three women and representatives of all of

Afghanistans major ethnic groups. All positions require

parliamentary approval.

The GuardianWall Street Journal

The Islamic State (IS) released a video on Tuesday showing

a young boy executing two men attempting to infiltrate the

IS in Syria for the Russian intelligence service. One of the

two executed men claimed to be a Kazakh citizen from the

Zhambyl region, and the boy, himself, stated in a previous

IS video that he was also from Kazakhstan. The video has

received minimal media coverage and official attention

within Kazakhstan itself, with media often failing to

mention the Kazakh ethnicities of the captive and the boy.

RFE/RLYahoo!
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On Thursday, Poland secured five nominations for the 87th

Academy Awards, including two nominations for director

Pawel Pawilkowskis filmIda.Idawas nominated for Best

Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography. Two more

Polish films,Joannaand Our Curse, were nominated for Best

Documentary Short Subject. Anna Biedrzycka-Sheppard, a

Polish costume designer, was nominated for Best Costume

Design for her work onMaleficent.

Deutsche Welle Adevarul

Slovakia has planned a referendum on February 7 on the

protection of family after the conservative grassroots Alliance

for Family (AZR) collected 400,000 signatures (about 8% of the

population) on a petition to restrict the family rights of gays.

The petition called for a referendum aimed at legally defining

the family, limiting it to the union of a man and a woman and

banning same-sex couples from adopting children.

Spectator The Economist

President Iohannis appeared before the High Court on

Wednesday over conflict-of-interest charges related to his

tenure as mayor of Sibiu from 2000-2014. During this time,

Iohannis allegedly represented the government at shareholders

meetings of government co-owned municipal development

firms, which attracted the attention of the Romanian National

Integrity Agency (ANI). While Iohannis counter-sued the ANI

and won in 2013, the ANI then lodged a complaint with the

High Court. Iohannis has disputed the charges stating that

nothing in the case has changed since his previous victory.

Reuters Portfolio.huAgenda.geNews.Err.ee

Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkvis held meetings in

Moscow after meeting with European partners and

announced that the EU will consider lifting sanctions on

Russia over the Ukraine crisis if there is a real progress.

Latvia holds the rotating presidency of the EU at the

moment. "We think the sanctions imposed over east Ukraine

can be lifted when we see not only agreements signed, but

real progress," he told reporters after meeting Sergei Lavrov.

Euroactiv Reuters

Radio Poland The Telegraph

RT

Bloomberg Hungary Today

Reuters

Tesco, Britains largest supermarket company, is facing the

threat of a massive strike in the Czech Republic. A union

representing Tesco workers in the Czech Republic made the

threat after Tesco announced the closure of two more stores

in Usti nad Labem and Prague, putting 102 jobs on the line.

Tesco is in the midst of broad cuts in the hundreds of

millions of pounds to manage the biggest crisis in the

companys history.

On Tuesday, Lithuanian Defense Minister Juozas Olekas

unveiled a 100-pagepamphlet to educate the countrys

citizens on what to do in case of invasion. The pamphlet,

How to act in extreme situations or instances of war,

advises Lithuanians how to organize civil resistance, as

well as simple procedures for evacuating a building, among

others. The Defense Ministry announced the book was in

response to Russias recurring aggression against its

nei hbors.

The Estonian-Georgian film Tangerines has been nominated

for the Best Foreign language film category of the 87th

Academy Awards. Tangerines tells the story of an Estonian

village in Georgia in the midst of the Abkhaz conflict. The

movie is a joint project of Estonian and Georgian filmmakers

and is directed by Zaza Urushadze. Since 2013, Tangerines

has received dozens of international awards and is

unprecedented success for Georgian and Estonian cinemas.

Following the terrorist attacks in France last week, members of

Hungarys ruling parties met this week to discuss giving

protected status to religious symbols. While no formal

agreement was reached by the parties, the parliamentary leader

of the ruling Fidesz party, Antal Rogan, said that Fidesz

members are drafting a proposal to protect community symbols

and values. Rogan also mentioned that Fidesz is considering

reevaluating laws allowing entry to or deporting foreigners,

echoing anti-immigration comments made last week by

President Orban.
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After requests from Germany and other EU member states,

Bulgaria has agreed to take back over 3,000 asylum seekers

who attempted to settle across the European Union. Bulgaria

continues to complain that they share an unfair burden of

refugees fleeing the raging conflict in Syria. In 2013, Bulgaria

also took extra measures to increase security along its border

with Turkey, building a 20 mile fence to stem the flow of

refugees into the country. Bulgaria has been criticized by

various human rights groups for its pushing back of refugees.

Novinvite BBC

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vui led a delegation

of Serbian government officials to Kosovo on Wednesday to

visit Serb enclaves and celebrate the Orthodox New Year.

The visit did not include meetings with any Kosovo officials

and was "humanitarian and religious" in nature, according to

Kosovo's foreign affairs minister Hashim Thai. Discussing

the visit, Thai said: "We strive to intensify visits on both

sides, we must not be afraid to communicate."

The Telegraph RFE/RL

On Wednesday, Serbias Prime Minister Aleksandar Vui

visited Kosovo. Vui opened a new maternity hospital in

eastern Kosovo, vowing to build more humanitarian efforts in

Kosovo. Vui also unveiled a statue of a medieval Serbian

king in Gracanica. Vui declared that Serbia would set aside

funds from its privatization drive to increase its efforts in

upgrading Kosovos infrastructure, urging the Serb minority

not to move away. Kosovo declared independence from

Serbia seven years ago after a period of UN control.

Telegraph Transitions

Croatias conservative opposition won the presidential

elections on Sunday against the central-left incumbent.

Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic won with thin margin against Ivo

Josipovic, becoming countrys first female president. The

presidential powers are largely ceremonial. However the

victory is important as it signals the possible comeback of

Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) in 2015 general elections.

Reuters CBS News

Police raided a cocaine-processing laboratory in central

Albania on Wednesday, seizing over 220 lbs of cocaine and

arresting eight people, including two Colombian nationals.

Among the Albanians arrested was Ermal Hoxha, grandson of

the former communist dictator of Albania Enver Hoxha. If

convicted, Ermal Hoxha faces up to 20 years in prison on

charges of drug trafficking and processing.

On Tuesday, Slovenian police announced that they had

arrested an Italian man on suspicion of sending envelopes

containing poison to Czech government officials. Two

poisoned envelopes, one sent from Slovenia and one sent

from Sweden, were intercepted in November before being

delivered to their intended recipients. Slovenian police

detained the 24-year-old Italian man when he attempted to

mail another poisoned letter from a post office near the

Italian border at the end of December.

Reuters The Peninsula

Focus NewsStar Tribune B92Balkan Insight

Kuwait News AgencyMENA FM

During a visit to Qatar to attend the opening of the 24th

Mens Handball World Championship on Thursday,

Macedonian President Georgi Ivanov held several meetings

aimed at enhancing bilateral relations between Qatar and

Macedonia. His visit included a meeting with Qatar's Amir

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and a meeting with the

Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (QCCI).

President Ivanov stressed that Macedonia has passed

legislation to facilitate foreign investment and invited Qatari

businessmen to invest in his country.

The visit of the Foreign Minister of Kosovo Hashim Thai to

Mongenegro caused mixed reactions among Serbs and

Montenegrin citizens. Thai, who is on his two-day visit

meeting with the top officials of the country, was scheduled to

deliver a lecture on the NATO integration in Podgorica;

however, the lecture has been cancelled for security reasons.

Several association representing refugees from Kosovo have

called for protest.
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Noted Bosnian imam Selvedin Beganovic was stabbed three

times in his mosque courtyard on Tuesday. Beganovic has

suffered several assaults from alleged Muslim extremists in

the past year due to his vocal opposition to Bosnian Muslims

fighting in Syria or Iraq. Beganovic vows to continue

preaching against extremism despite the attacks. About 150

Bosnians are known to have joined Islamic militants in Syria

or Iraq, with many fighting for ISIS.

Daily Sabah Yahoo
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