Ceres News Digest - Week4, Vol.3, Sept. 23-27

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Country News DigestVol.3, Issue #4

09/23/13-09/27/13

Editor: Eugene Imas

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

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2/6

Country News DigestAzerbaijans CentralElection Commissionexpressed concern on

Azerbaijan

Georgia

RussiaWednesday over the propaganda mode o pre-electioncampaign coverage by RFE/RL, Voice o America, and theBBC. Te warning ollowed an appeal to the CEC by theruling New Azerbaijan party, in which it alleged that RFE/RLs Azerbaijani service had been carrying out illegalcoverage ahead o the October 9 presidential poll.

On Tursday Russia andthe US agreed upon a dratUN resolution regardingdisarmament o chemical weapons in Syria. Te currentdrat stipulates the elimination o Syrias chemicalweapons arsenal by mid-2014 but does not includeChapter VII enorcement, which provides or militaryaction.

Armenia

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In a deal worth $2.6billion per year, ChinasXinjiang Production andConstruction Corps (XPCC) has signed an agreementwith the Ukrainian government-owned rm KSG Agroto lease 100,000 hectares or growing crops and raisingpigs in Ukraines eastern region or the next 50 years.XPCC will eventually lease a total o 3 million hectares,which makes up 5% o Ukraines total land and 9% o itsarable armland.

Uralkali CEO VladislavBaumgertner, who is stillin custody in Minsk aterbeing charged with abuse o power, has requested ameeting with senior Belarusian prosecutors, but has so arreceived no response. Minsk is still pressing or Russianbillionaire Kerimov to be extradited or his involvementin the case, but will consider extraditing Baumgertnerto Moscow i Russian authorities cooperate with theinvestigation.

Te European UnionsCommissioner orAgriculture announcedWednesday that the EU will lit trade quotas and tarison Moldovan wines, without waiting or the raticationo the Free rade agreement. Te agreement is due to besigned in November. Russia, which accounted or 21% oMoldovas exports last year, announced an embargo onMoldovan wines on September 10.

Tis week, Russian troopsresumed the installationo ences as part o a

borderisation plan or the breakaway region o SouthOssetia. Georgian President Saakashvili claims that theences have been cutting through Georgian armlandand has ordered Russian President Putin to cease theprocess. Russian authorities claim that the demarcationhas adhered to the previously determined state borders.

On September 23 ormerArmenian presidentialcandidate Vardan Sedrakian

was sentenced to 14 years in prison or the attemptedmurder o opponent Paruir Airikian on January 31, lessthan a month beore the February election. Sedrakianreportedly hired two men to carry out the shooting, whowere also sentenced on September 23.

On the rst day o theannual UN GeneralDebate, urkish President

Abdullah Gul addressed the UN General Assembly. Gulcriticized the Security Council or not taking a moreproactive stance against the Assad regime and has calledon the organization to hold the nation accountable or itsprevious misdeeds. Gul also highlighted the internationalcommunitys responsibility to aid the Syrian people.

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Country News DigestKyrgyzstans Ministry oEducation announcedplans Wednesday to

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Kazakhstan

prohibit the distribution o a series o brochures on sexualhealth, which have been published by a local NGO since2004. Te decision ollows an appeal by local religiousand political organizations claiming the brochuresundermine traditional values.

Tis week Aghanistanendured another attackby the aliban. Militantsattacked a checkpoint on the Pakistani border, killing11 Aghan police ofcers. Te attack happened in thesmall town o Shorabak and eatured the use o heavyweaponry, including mortars.

Mongolia

IranRepresentatives romIran and the six majorpowers met on Tursdayat the UN General Assembly regarding negotiationson Irans nuclear program. Further meetings betweenthe governments aimed to resolve the issue have beenscheduled or October 15-16 in Geneva.

Te Avaza National ouristZone in urkmenistanplayed host to a seminaron the topic o initial steps or WO accession. Teevent, organized by USAID and the urkmen Ministryo Foreign Aairs, brought together representatives o 20urkmen government agencies and American ofcials todiscuss a range o WO-related issues.

In a move designedto increase trade tiesbetween the two countries,the United States and Mongolia signed a bilateraltransparency agreement this week. Te agreementincludes measures to address corruption, in additionto more practical elements, such as the provision oMongolian commercial legislation in English.

Authorities suspendeddrilling at Kazakhstansgiant oshore oil eld

Kashagan on Wednesday, upon reports o a gas leak onone o its constituent islands. Critics say the complex,which was built in 2000 but only began unctioningearlier this month, was opened prematurely and lacksnecessary saety mechanisms and procedures.

In a meeting o the CSOon Monday, RussianPresident Vladimir Putin

announced plans to develop interstate cooperationto urther secure the ajik-Aghan border ollowinganticipated international troop withdrawal romAghanistan in 2014. Putin urther stated that thesepreventative measures will be aimed at combating thespread o terrorism and drug-trafcking throughout theregion.

Te International LaborOrganization began itsrst mission to monitor

Uzbekistans cotton harvest late last week. Rightscampaigners expressed concerns on uesday that thegovernment had prevented unettered access or themonitors. In parallel developments, a prominent journalistand an activist both received jail sentences, which expertshave attributed to their criticism o harvest labor policies.

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4/6

Country News DigestIn a national rst, doctors atartu University Hospitalsuccessully transplanted

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Lithuania

Czech Republica patients stem cells in order to restore movement to ayoung womans hand and orearm. Te patient is nowable to ully extend her ngers and move her hand andwrist ater years o immobility. Doctors believe this willlead to urther opportunities to restore tissue eectively.

Tis week it was conrmedthat ormer Czech PrimeMinister Petr Necasrecently wed his ormer chie o sta and mistress JanaNagyova. Tis marriage complicates a massive corruptioncase against Necas, who resigned in June amid corruptioncharges, as amily members cannot be compelled to testiyagainst one another under Czech law.

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A new survey rom the Atlaso Roma Communitieshas ound that more than400,000 Roma live in Slovakia, and represent 7.45% o thecountrys population. Tis number is up rom 2011, wherethe census ound that only 2% o the population was Roma.Based on these ndings, the Ofce o Government Proxyor Roma Communities will implement developmentprograms or the most disadvantaged populations.

Hungary cut its interestrate to 3.60%. Tis 20point basis cut was the14th straight monthly cut, bringing the rate to a new lowEconomists are projecting urther cuts, possibly bringingthe rate as low as 3.00%, in a continued governmentalattempt to spur the economy.

Romanias ConstitutionalCourt ruled that a billallowing stray dogs to beeuthanized is legal, sparking protests rom animal rightsgroups outside o parliament. Te bill is a response to thedeath o a 4-year-old boy ater being mauled in Bucharest.Under the law, stray dogs will be taken to shelters andkilled i they are not adopted or claimed within 14 days.Animal welare groups are calling or the government tond a more sustainable and humane solution.

On Tursday several humanrights groups called uponLithuanian authorities

to re-open the investigation o the presence o secretdetention acilities (or black sites) operated by the USCentral Intelligence Agency. Tese renewed calls orreinvestigation ollow claims that a Saudi national wasdetained by the CIA in Lithuania between 2004-2006.

Latvian president AndrisBerzins has made hisvoice heard on the issue

o public transportation in Seattle. On an economicdevelopment tour o the United States, the presidentlent his support to a Seattle-based Latvian LutheranEvangelical Church threatened by the proposedconstruction o a light-rail system. It remains to beseen i the planned tracks will be re-routed.

Former Polish presidentand Nobel Peace Prize-winner Lech Walesa

has called or Poland to unite with Germany. Walesasays unication would expand economic and deensecooperation between the two countries, and thatGermanys admittance o its past has led to positiverelations between the two countries. While some ofcialswere angered by the comment, others merely interpret itas a sign o the ormer leaders eccentricity.

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5/6

Country News DigestBulgarias ConstitutionalCourt has postponedthe hearing or Delyan

Bulgaria

Albania

CroatiaPeevskis case or possible reinstatement as an MP untilOctober 8. Peevskis appointment as head o the StateSecurity Agency in June triggered mass protests that havecontinued or over 100 days. Protestors believe Peevskisappointment blurred the line between government andcorporate interests.

Ater a meeting betweenCroatian Justice MinisterMiljenic and EuropeanJustice Commissioner Reding this week in Brussels,Croatia has agreed to amend its extradition laws toconorm to EU standards, thereby avoiding EU sanctions.Te amendment will go into eect as soon as possible,but no later than January 1, 2014.

Serbia

Macedonia

EPCG, Montenegrospower utility, has extendedthe deadline or submissiono bids or the construction o a coal-red unit at itsPljevlja power plant until October 31. Te move is aresult o several interested companies needing more timeto prepare their bids. Tis construction should improvethe security o Montenegros energy supply and will bringthe plant in line with EU technology and environmentalstandards.

Kosovo has opened aninvestigation into lastweeks killing o a EULEXofcer in the countrys restive northern region. On Fridaythe EU announced a reward o up to 27,500 euros orany inormation leading to the arrest o the guilty parties.Kosovos deputy prime minister announced Wednesdaythat the EULEX Mission, whose mandate expires nextsummer, had served its purpose and was no longer needed.

Te Prime Minister oSlovenia, Alenka Bratusek,will put hersel to a vote ono condence in Parliament when she presents her planor the 2014 budget in the upcoming weeks. Bratuseksdrat budget is expected to slash Slovenias decit in aneort to avoid an international bailout.

Albanias Central ElectionCommission announcedFriday that it would fne

our o the countrys key political parties or theirailure to meet gender quotas in June 2013 elections.Under electoral code, 30% o the top tier o each partyscandidate list must be women, yet, the CEC reports,most emale candidates ended up in the bottom o partylists in June, resulting in meager representation.

Te mayor o Belgrade andDemocratic party leaderDragan Djilas was ousted

rom his position on uesday. Te city council assembly,which elects the capitals leader, voted 60-0 to removeDiljas, claiming that he has led the city into steep debt.Diljas was elected mayor in 2008 and has accused theSerbian government o sliding into authoritarian rule.

A proposed amendmentto the Macedonianconstitution dening

marriage as between a man and a woman ailed to reachthe required majority. Marriage is already denedas being between a man and a woman in the countrysFamily Law, and the countrys main opposition party, theSocial Democrats, SDSM, stated that the amendmentwas redundant.

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Bosnia &Herzegovina

On Monday NAOAssistant Secretary Generalor Public DiplomacyKolinda Grabar-Kitarovic met with state ofcials inSarajevo regarding uture NAO membership or Bosniaand Herzegovina. At the meetings Grabar-Kitaroviccited political unity and cooperation in the allocationo military property as prerequisites or qualication or

NAOs Membership Action Plan.

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that strives to increase understanding and appreciation o the cultures andchallenges o the region stretching rom Central Europe to the Pacifc and

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