CERES News Digest-Week11, Vol.2 : April 8-12

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Country News DigestVol.2, Issue #11

04/08/13-04/12/13

Editor: Eugene Imas

Contributors:-Joseph Gates-Matthew OBrien-Bree Swineford-Jillian Tetirick-Grace Tran

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2/6

Country News DigestAzerbaijan recently closeddown Azad Fakir University(Free Tought University),

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russiawhich was a project unded by the West to promotedemocratic thinking. Te Prosecutor-General stated thatmore inormation about the unexpected closing would bereleased ater they conducted a preliminary investigation.

A spokesperson or Russianpresident Vladimir Putinsaid that i the US choseto publish the list o Russians banned rom entering thecountry, relations between Russia and the US would beseverely strained. Tose who are on the list will have theirassets rozen and will be denied visas.

Armenia

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Ukraine

Turkey

Amnesty International hasapplauded the enactmento the new CriminalProcedural Code in Ukraine, but has called or urtherwork to eradicate beatings and torture at the hands o thecountrys police orce. Amnesty International criticizedUkraine or ailing to investigate numerous allegations opolice abuse in previous years, emphasizing that the newcriminal code was only the start o xing the problem.

Te Swedish ForeignMinistry has announcedit is sending a diplomat toMinsk or the rst time since Swedish pilots droppedteddy bears over Belarus with signs calling or ree speechlast August. Following the incident, the Belorusiangovernment expelled the Swedish ambassador and entireembassy sta.

Moldova has suspended anarms contract with Armeniaand insists that the sale willnot go orward. Te statement came during a meetingbetween Moldovas Deense Minister Marinuta and

Azerbaijani Ambassador to Moldova Aliyev.

Russian Foreign MinisterSergei Lavrov signaled inan interview this week that

Russia is ready to strengthen ties with Georgia. Althoughhe praised the pragmatism o the new Ivanishviliadministration, he also reiterated that Russias recognitiono South Ossetia and Abkhazia would not be reversed.

In the capital city oYerevan, two inaugurationceremonies took place

simultaneously this week. On April 9, President Sargsyanwas sworn into oce in the National Assembly, whilethe runner-up in the election, Ra Hovhannisian, heldan opposing ceremony in Liberty Square to declare thepeoples victory.

In southwestern urkey,archaeologists ound cavescovered with ancient

inscriptions, which were aptly described as the gates tohell. Tese caves, which emit poisonous gasses, matchedthe description or the gates o hell ound in Greek andRoman mythology. In ancient times, the caves were usedor sacricial rites to Pluto, the god o the underworld.

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3/6

Country News Digesturkish Premier Recepayyip Erdogan traveledto Kyrgyzstan this week

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with a delegation o over 100 businessmen, pledging toboost bilateral trade to $1 billion. Erdogan also statedthat urkey was ready to assist Kyrgyzstan with turningthe NAO Manas air base into an international airport.Ocials signed agreements on bilateral cooperation inaviation, tourism, and orestry.

An attack by a suicide car-bomber in the Aghan cityo Qalat killed 5 Americansthis week. Among the victims was Anne Smedingho,the rst diplomat to be killed since last years deadlyattack in Benghazi, Libya.

Mongolia

IranLast week Hassan Rohani,ormer head o IransSupreme National SecurityCouncil and a negotiator on nuclear issues, announcedhis intention to run or the presidency o Iran in Juneas a successor to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Te Muslimclerics history o loyalty to the regime could make hismoderate views palatable to the current administration,which has a history o outlawing radical candidates.

urkmenistans Ministryo Foreign Aairs andthe State Enterprise orthe Caspian Sea hosted a conerence in Ashgabat todiscuss ecological management o the Caspian Sea.Representatives rom Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan,and Iran attended. Te main purpose o the event wasto ocus on regulating shing activities and coordinatingmulti-national programs in environmental protection.

Ater several weeks odiscussions between Riointo and Mongoliasurrounding the investment agreement or the massiveOyu olgoi mining project, an ocial with Rio intohas claimed that progress is being made. Te mine isscheduled to become operational sometime this summer.

Ater becoming the worldslargest producer o uraniumlast year, Kazakhstan has

renewed its proposal to host an international nuclear uelbank at the Ulba Metallurgical Plant. Te governmento Kazakhstan has stressed its experience with nucleartesting under the Soviet Union and uranium miningtoday and has stated a desire to play a leading role innonprolieration eorts.

On Wednesday NAOSecretary-General AndersFogh Rasmussen met with

President Emomali Rahmon to discuss ajikistans role inhelping the alliance conclude its mission in Aghanistan.Rasmussen thanked ajikistan or overfight rightsand the use o the Dushanbe airport. Rasmussen alsoannounced plans or expanding the counter-narcoticstraining program established under the NAO-RussiaCouncil.

Rumors circulated thatGulnara Karimova,daughter o President

Islam Karimov, was positioning hersel or a larger roleat home ater the New York imes published an articlesaying she had resigned as her countrys UN ambassador.However, this week the Geneva mission denied thereport. Speculation as to the line o succession arose aterrumors circulated in March that President Karimov hadsuered a heart attack.

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4/6

Country News DigestOn April 5, the primeministers o Estonia andRussia held a bilateral

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Czech Republicmeeting or the rst time in eight years. Both sides werecareul not to criticize one another as they have in thepast, but instead outlined areas or cooperation, includingimproved border crossing administrations and eventuallya visa-ree regime.

Te Czech Republic hastransported the last o thecountrys highly-enricheduranium to Russia with the aid o U.S. and Russian teams.Te Russians will convert the uranium into low-enricheduranium that can be used or civilian energy. Similarshipments took place in 2004 and 2010.

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Slovakia will begin talkswith Russias Rusatom onthe possibility o Rusatomtaking over the construction o a new nuclear power plantor Czech CEZ. CEZ has oered its 49% share in thejoint-venture project to Rusatom as the company shits itsocus back to its domestic Czech market.

Hungarys infation rate ellto its lowest level in nearlyour decades in March,according to a report by the countrys statistics oce.Registering at a rate o 2.2%, Hungarys infation rate waslower than the 2.5% predicted by analysts.

Te Bank o Cyprus plansto keep its Romanianoperations rozen or anadditional two weeks while it shops or a buyer as requiredby Cyprus international bailout deal. Cyprus has twobranches that operate in Romania, Bank o Cyprus andMarn, which account or 1.3 percent o the bankingassets in the Balkans country. Romanias Central Bankgovernor has insured depositors they will not suer anylosses.

Lithuanias tax agency hasused Google Maps StreetView to identiy more than

100 tax dodgers. Ater the Street View application cameonline in Lithuania in January 2013, inspectors used itto nd houses and construction projects, which werenot declared on tax orms. ax ocials will back uptheir online investigations with visits to the sites.

Swedbank, the largestlender in the Baltics, hasrevised its GDP growth

orecast in Latvia rom 4.1% to 4.3%. Ocials atSwedbank cite lower levels o infation than anticipatedin January and February.

Poland has yet to makeup its mind on whether tosupport the building o a

new branch o the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline throughits territory. Last week Polish Economics Minister JanuszPiechocinski met with Alexey Miller, head o Russiangas company Gazprom, amid a storm o protests romGazprom that only the Polish government or the Polishnational gas company PGNiG would be permitted toown a pipeline through Poland.

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5/6

Country News DigestBulgarian prosecutorsalleged that Czech powerdistributor CEZ had

Bulgaria

Albania

Croatiabreached rules, which subsequently led to an increase inelectricity prices. Te high electricity prices had led toriots and demonstrations in the country. Te Bulgarianenergy regulator is moving to strip CEZ o its operatinglicense.

Croatia is scheduled to electits rst representatives tothe European Parliament,as it prepares to join the European Union in the comingmonths. Te 12 representatives will serve a one-year termbeore Union-wide parliamentary elections in 2014.

Serbia

Macedonia

Filip Vujanovic has beendeclared the winner oMontenegros presidentialelection. Te opposition is reusing to acknowledge theresult, insisting that their candidate Miodrag Lekiccaptured a majority o the votes. Tis will be Vujanovicsthird term as president.

Former Kosovar ransportMinister Fatmir Limajpleaded not guilty to chargeso participating in organized crime. Te prosecution saidthat Limaj was the head o an organized criminal groupthat gave tenders to companies that were willing to paybribes. A local court in Kosovo is also expected to open atrial against Limaj or war crimes against Albanians.

Slovenia ailed to meet itstarget in the latest auctiono treasury bonds. Tecountry has continued to reuse an EU bailout and claimsto have sucient unds to wait until borrowing costsdecline.

On uesday, Albaniapledged to hold areerendum on the import

o waste products, a money making program that hasrecently been slammed by environmentalists. Tegovernment insisted that the program has attractedoreign investment and created 3,000 jobs, butollowing a petition that garnered 64,000 signatures, thegovernment set December 22 as the day to hold a vote.

Te Serbian government hasrejected an EU-mediatedplan on normalizing

relations with Kosovo. Serbia must normalize relationswith its neighbors beore it can start EU membershiptalks. Serbia expressed concerns that the rights o SerbianKosovars would not be properly protected i it agreed torelinquish eective control o the northern portion oKosovo.

Tousands gathered inSkopje to welcome backJohan arculovski, a police

ocer who was convicted o war crimes by the UNtribunal in 2008. arculovski was convicted o murderingthree Albanians and destroying 12 homes during a policeraid in 2001. He is the only Macedonian to have beenconvicted by the International Criminal ribunal or theormer Yugoslavia.

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6/6

Country News Digest

Bosnia &Herzegovina

Te President o RepublikaSrpska Milorad Dodikangered Bosnian warvictims during his testimony at the trial o ormerBosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic. Dodik accusedthe Muslims war-time leader Alia Izetbegovic o seekingto establish an Islamic state under Sharia law, saying thatthe Serbs only resorted to military action out o deense.

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Articles:BBC Euro News
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