ceres news digest - week6, vol.3; oct.7-11

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Country News DigestVol.3, Issue #6

10/07/13-10/11/13

Editor: Eugene Imas

Contributors:-Risa Chubinsky-Glyn Cozart-Joseph Gates-Tomas Hyde-Katharine Quinn-Judge

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2/6

Country News DigestIlham Aliyev won athird term as presidentin uesdays elections,

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russiabringing in 85% o the vote. His united oppositionchallenger, Camil Hasanli, received 5%. Te OSCE and USState Department both termed the election awed, citingpre-election restrictions on opposition activity, ballot boxstung, and suspect vote counts. A joint PACE/EuropeanParliament mission described the vote as transparent.

Following the arrest oRussian diplomat DmitriBorodin on Saturday byauthorities at the Hague over child abuse charges, Dutchoreign minister Frans immermans issued an apology tothe Russian Federation in response to Russian PresidentVladimir Putins claims that the arrest violated diplomaticimmunity under the Vienna Convention.

Armenia

Moldova

Belarus

Ukraine

urkey

EU representatives metwith President Yanukovichto discuss the potential earlyrelease o Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia ymoshenkoin advance o Ukraine signing an association and reetrade agreement in November. German Foreign MinisterWesterwelle called the talks constructive and intensive.However, Yanukovich has called the request politicallyirresponsible, and has yet to give a rm answer.

Miklos Haraszti, UN specialrapporteur on Belarusianhuman rights, urged Belaruson October 9 to introduce a moratorium on executions.He called Belaruss court system unacceptable anddeplorable, saying their non-transparent and politically-guided courts led to a procedure without guarantees o aair trial. Five executions were held between 2010 and2012. Belarus is the only European country that stillretains a death penalty.

Ater holding protests inthree cities on Wednesday,Moldovas Communistparty called or a no-condence vote against the regime.Communists accuse the government o trying to privatizethe state bank and blast steps towards EU integration.Tey have also called or closer economic ties to Russia,which has imposed painul restrictions on Moldovanimports in the past month.

Te Russian consumeragency Rospotrebnadzorprohibited the sale o 28

Georgian alcoholic beverages on the Russian market,claiming that the drinks ail to meet hygienic standards.Georgia was permitted to start exporting mineral waterand alcoholic drinks into Russia in June, having beenbanned rom the market since 2006. Tere are nowover 100 Georgian beverage companies selling into theRussian market.

As o Tursday, theArmenian government hasgranted amnesty to 462

prisoners since the beginning o this month. Te amnestyprogram, implemented in celebration o Armenias 22ndanniversary o independence, aims to amnesty a total o1,200-1,300 prisoners rom the countrys penitentiaries.

On uesday, urkeyocially lited the ban onwearing headscarves in the

civil service. However, the ban will still apply to womenin the urkish judiciary and military. Te amendment waspart o a package o reorms released by Prime MinisterErdogan last week and is still highly controversial,sinceit highlights the divide between urkeys religiousconservatives and secular members o urkish society.

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3/6

Country News Digesten men who participatedin Mondays massprotest calling or the

Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan

nationalization o Kyrgyzstans largest gold mine werejailed Tursday. Te ten are charged with organizing massdisorder and hostage-taking. Disputes over the status othe Kumtor mine, owned in part by Canadian companyCenterra Gold, have been raging or the past year.

Tis week marked the 12-year anniversary o thebeginning o the War inAghanistan. Since the war began, around 2,146 USsoldiers have perished in Aghanistan. However, reportersand veterans groups have criticized the lack o publicattention paid to the symbolic date, which, they argue,has been overshadowed by the government shutdown.

Mongolia

IranOn uesday UK ForeignSecretary WilliamHague announced theappointment o a non-resident charge dafaires in ehran,a move which Iran has reciprocated. Hague hopes thisappointment will eventually lead to the re-opening oUK and Iranian embassies in ehran and London, whichhave been closed since November 2011.

President GurbangulyB e r d y m u k h a m e d o v has commissioned theconstruction o a monument honoring the horse ourkmenistans ormer president, Saparmurat Niyazov.Although Berdymukhamedov has taken several measuresto roll back Niyazovs cult o personality since ascendingto power, he appears to have made an exception in thiscase, perhaps because he is an avid horseman.

In a bid to attract moreoreign direct investment,the Mongolian governmentpassed changes to the 2012 Strategic Entities ForeignInvestment Law this week. Experts agree that the lawis a positive step or Mongolias economic development,although they caution that it must be ollowed by a goodchain o events, namely the resolution o the Oyu olgoiimpasse, to be considered a real turning point.

Ater a years hiatus, theEU and Kazakhstanresumed negotiations on

an Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement.Te EU reportedly makes up nearly 49% o Kazakhstansoreign trade, while European companies represent 60%o direct oreign investment. Observers noted that talksmay be hindered byhuman rights concerns.

On October 7 thegovernment o ajikistanextended the deadline

or presidential candidate registration rom October 7to October 10. According to sources, only incumbentEmomali Rahmon obtained the required minimum o210,000 signatures to run. Te extension allows or theapproval o six additional presidential candidates orelections in November.

A train carrying militaryrecruits rom Dushanbe tonorthern ajikistan went

of the rails Tursday while passing through UzbekistansJizzakh oblast. Over 50 are believed injured. Uzbekistansrailroad service accepted responsibility or the accident,admitting that it ailed to inorm its ajikistanicounterparts o the unsae condition o that particularstretch o tracks.

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4/6

Country News DigestPrivate rail passengercarrier Edelaraudtee isthreatening to stop all rail

Estonia

Lithuania

Czech Republictrac on January 1. Te threat is pending a decisionrom the Public Procurement Appeals Committeeabout a government contract deemed unlawul becauseno public tender was held. Te company is demanding5 million euros in compensation or the contractspremature termination.

Tis week Czech PresidentMilos Zeman traveledto Israel or ocial visitswith Israeli government ocials. During the trip,Zeman proposed that the Czech embassy be movedrom Jerusalem to el Aviv, angering Palestinianrepresentatives, who claimed the proposal underminedthe peace process.

Latvia

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Hungary

Poland

Agriculture Ministerubomr Jahntek has beenaccused by Te SME Dailyo nepotism. Te newspaper ound that Jahntek hadappointed six people to high positions in the AgricultureMinistry, all o whom are his relatives or inhabitants ohis native village. Jahntek insists that everyone he hiredwas ully qualied or their position, but the Ministryconrmed that the six employees were the only onescompeting or their posts.

Te European Central Bank(ECB) has voiced concernsover the independenceo the Hungarian Central Bank ater it merged withthe Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority, despitedirectives rom the ECB urging Hungary to delay themerger. Te ECB has stated that there is no time or thebank to adjust its regulatory strategy and unding, and hasurged the country to amend other nancial apparati, likecredit institutions and nancial enterprises.

Economy Minister VarujanVosganian resigned onOctober 7 ater the Senaterejected an application rom the Prosecutor Generalto launch a criminal prosecution against him. PrimeMinister Ponta said that this resignation was promptedby a wish to protect the governments image. Vosganianconrmed that it was an honorable resignation and thatPonta was satised with his work as Minister.

On October 7 Russiaceased the import oLithuanian dairy products,

citing the presence o yeast, mold, and coliorm bacteriain the products. However, Lithuanian president DaliaGrybauskaite views the ban as a Russian trade obstacleimposed on Lithuania to put pressure on its increasingeconomic ties to the EU.

Te oreign ministerso Latvia and Ukraineconducted productive talks

this week. Edgars Rinkevics o Latvia emphasized hiscountrys support or Ukraines signing o the EuropeanUnion and Ukraine Association Agreement. However,he expressed reservations over the jailing o Ukrainesormer Prime Minister, Yulia ymoshenko.

Amazon.com will beexpanding into Poland,building three new logistics

centers over the next two years. Te expansion will createapproximately 6,000 local jobs. Te new centers are parto Amazons goal o increasing its European presence,including in East Europe and Russia.

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5/6

Country News Digesturkish truck driversprotested Bulgarian tracnes this week by orming

Bulgaria

Albania

Croatiaa line o trucks 28 kilometers long at the two countriesborder. rac between the countries was crippled as aresult. Te protest was against a policy requiring driverso oreign vehicles to pay a 3,000 euro ne i they lackedocial documents. Te blockade was lited October 9.

Former Croatian presidentStjepan Mesi appearedon Croatian television toreiterate that he was not involved in taking bribes romFinnish company Patria to supply the Croatian army witharmored vehicles. Despite Finnish documents linkingPatria to bribery through the Croatian president and thecompany uro akovi, Mesi has remained adamantthat the charges are abrications by the media.

Serbia

Macedonia

Montenegros solealuminum plant and topexporter KAP was declaredbankrupt October 9. In 2012, KAP accounted or 30%o Montenegros exports, but was kept aoat throughgovernment subsidies. Its estimated 360 million eurodebt is worth almost 9% o Montenegros GDP. OlegDeripaska, whose company owns a 29.36% stake, haswarned it will seek international arbitration or onebillion euros in compensation.

Ater meeting in BrusselsMonday, the primeministers o Kosovo andSerbia announced they had resolved a dispute overwhether Serbian ocials would be allowed to visit Kosovoahead o next months elections. Serbian ocials will nowbe allowed into Kosovo provided application proceduresare ollowed. Serbia had previously threatened to pull outo negotiations with its neighbor ollowing the latters banon ocial visits.

Bostjan Jazbec, the head oSlovenias central bank, hasemphasized that Sloveniawill consider seeking outside nancial help in the orm oan international bailout, depending on the results o stresstests that will be released in November. Slovenias largelystate-owned banking sector is plagued by bad loans thatamount to around 22.5% o its GDP.

In the largest seizure ofits kind to date, Albanianpolice on Wednesday

recovered hundreds of religious artifacts believed to havebeen stolen from churches in Macedonia and Albania.Te relics include 229 church icons, six church murals,and 552 medieval paintings on bronze. Tey are nowbeing held in the countrys National Art Gallery.

New nance ministerLazar Krstic has unveileda series o steep austerity

measures to stem the rise o economic debt. Te measuresinclude cutting public sector wages by as much as 25%.Unemployment in Serbia is now at 25%, and Krstic hassaid that without the new measures, the country will bebankrupt in two years.

Macedonia celebrated the20th anniversary o openingdiplomatic ties with more

than 20 countries. Te gala included speeches romForeign Minister Nikola Poposki and UK ambassadorChristopher Yvon, both o whom emphasized theincreasing stability and tolerance o the country.

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6/6

Country News Digest

Bosnia &Herzegovina

In respose to Sarajevosailure to nd a solution to aour-year political deadlockconcerning constitution issues, EU EnlargementCommissioner Stean Fuele has announced a 54% cut inEU unding to Bosnia and Herzegovina. I the deadlockcontinues, Sarajevo may ace sanctions rom the Councilo Europe. Te dispute concerns proposed changes to the

constitution that would allow members o the countrysethnic minorities to stand or president.

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