ceres news digest: issue #10

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Country News DigestIssue #10

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Country News DigestTe 7th United NationsInternet GovernanceForum (IGF) began in

Azerbaijan

Georgia

RussiaBaku on uesday. Activists have voiced concerns aboutthe conerence ranging rom Azerbaijans restrictions onthe press and persecution o journalists to the potentiallyrestrictive measures discussed.

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On uesday, PresidentVladimir Putin relievedDeense Minister AnatolySerdyukov o his post in the midst o a corruption scandalinvolving the sale o military equipment. Serdyukov hasbeen replaced by Sergey Shoigu, ormer governor o theMoscow region.

Armenia

Moldova

Belarus

Ukraine

Turkey

Svoboda, Ukraines ultra-right nationalist party,had a strong showingin the parliamentary elections. Teir perormance hasraised alarm rom Israel, which warned against the riseo xenophobia and anti-Semitism in Ukraine. Olegyagnibok, Svobodas leader, rejects these claims.

Molotov cocktails werethrown at the LithuanianEmbassy in Minsk in anighttime attack that Lithuania is calling an act o terror.Lithuania has had strained relations with Belarus aterallowing a Swedish plane to pass through its airspace enroute to dropping pro-democracy propaganda in Belarusin July.

On Tursday a MoldovanMP punched another MPin the ace ater tempersared over questions on how Prime Minister VladimirFilat spends public money. Ater Moldovan CommunistParty member Zinaida Chistruga questioned how the pre-mier spends money on oreign trips, Liberal Democrat Al-exandru Cimbriciuc shoved Communist Iurie Muntean,

who inturn punched Cimbriciuc in the ace.

Several o PresidentSaakashvilis allies in theMinistry o Deense have

been brought in or questioning by the new governmentunder Prime Minister Ivanishvili. Bacho Akhalaia,ormer interior and deense minister, and General GeorgyKalandadze were detained amid accusations o abuse opower.

On Monday United StatesAmbassador to ArmeniaJohn Heern warned

against attacks on civilian airplanes near the Stepanakertairport in Nagorno-Karabakh and urged both sides o theconict to rerain rom provocative actions. Last week USState Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland urgedboth parties to nd a solution in regards to the operationo the airport based on international law.

On Monday urkeysruling AK Party ofciallyintroduced a proposal in

parliament or a new presidential system as part o itsprocess o creating a new constitution. Under the currentsystem the presidency is largely a ceremonial position.Te proposal or a revamped presidency is seen as a bidby the AKP to create a more powerul presidential seator Prime Minister Recep ayyip Erdoan in 2014.

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3/6

Country News DigestCenterra Gold, theCanadian company thatruns Kumtor gold mines, is

Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan

now saying that the gold eld may contain up to 58%more gold than originally believed. It was welcome newsor the company which was hit with numerous productionproblems last year. Earlier this all protesters in the capitaldemanded the nationalization o the company.

Tis week the UnitedNations added the Haqqaninetwork to a U.N. blacklist.President Hamid Karzais chie spokesman stated thatKabul backed the decision but that it should have beenmade a long time ago. Tough it is continuing talkswith the aliban, the Aghan government has ruled outnegotiations with the Haqqani network.

Mongolia

IranIran has banned theimport o luxury goodsin an eort to shore up thesanctions-hit economy and stem the outward ow odomestic capital. Te ban includes 75 products rangingrom oreign cars to mobile phones to toilet paper,although oreign parts will continue to be imported i aproduct is assembled in Iran - like Peugeot automobiles.Annually Iran spends $12 billion on the import o luxuryand non-essential goods.

On November 6, theCaspian EnvironmentalForum commenced inurkmenistans Avaza conservation zone. Representativesrom all ve Caspian littoral states - Russia, Kazakhstan,Azerbaijan, Iran, and urkmenistan - will discussecological resources, pollution, and conservation.

Te governments o Japanand North Korea areholding a meeting in UlanBator to discuss North Koreas abductions o Japanesenationals during the Cold War. North Korea has insistedthat the abduction issue has been long resolved.

Grain exports or this yearare expected to be lowerthan originally orecasted

due to the drought that aected most o the country. Teannounced drop in anticipated exports comes as Russiais considering easing the restrictions on the import ograin rom Kazakhstan in order to make up or their ownshortage in the country. Kazakhstan expects to export 7million tons.

Te ajik government thisweek decided to investin an Indian handicrat

company. Handicrat items rom the Central Indianstate o Chhattisgarh have proven popular with theajik people. Te ajik government has since signed amemorandum o understanding with the ChhattisgarhHandicrat Board detailing the investment.

Te Moscow apartmento President Karimovsdaughter Gulnara

Karimova has been seized by Russian authorities. Teapartment, estimated to be worth $10 million, was seizedwith a court order. Te seizure is thought to be relatedto the MS conict between Russia and Uzbekistan.Earlier this year Uzbek authorities seized MS assets inthe country causing signicant losses or the company.

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4/6

Country News DigestWhile Americansgrumbled about having towait hours in line to vote,

Estonia

Lithuania

Czech RepublicEstonians have been voting online since 2005. Internetvoting works or Estonia because all Estonians aregranted a government ID with a scannable chip and aPIN number that gives them a unique online identity,which makes voter raud difcult.

Ater winning over sixrebellious members o hisparty, Prime Minister PetrNecas has withstood another vote o no condence. Tevote was tied to a new tax bill, which raised taxes to alevel that would bring the Czech decit in line with EUrequirements.

Latvia

Romania

Hungary

Poland

A bridge located in theeastern district o Levocacollapsed this week. Tebridge was under construction at the time and was intendedto orm part o the D1 highway. Four people were killed inthe accident, with several others severely injured.

Te Hungarian governmenthas succeeded in cutting itsbudget decit orecast to2.7% o GDP, enough to allay the European Commissionsconcerns or at least another year. Although the EC hascalled Hungarys 2013 budget distortionary, it has notyet stopped development aid to the country, even thoughthe decit gap is expected to widen in 2014.

President Basescu andPrime Minister Ponta metor the rst time since theirbitter eud earlier this year over Mr. Pontas attempt atimpeaching Mr. Basescu. Te two discussed the economyand pending judicial reorms. Mr. Ponta has vowed to tryand avoid another political crisis with elections due thisDecember citing the need or budgetary legislation.

Lithuanias center-letcontinues to seek thepresidents backing or their

centrally-planned government. Lithuanian president,Dalia Grybauskaite, alleges that the Labor Partyengaged in electoral raud and tax evasion. Until theconstitution court has ruled on the allegations againstthe Labor party, a new government cannot be ormed.

Latvia announced it isseeking closer ties withAzerbaijan ater an Azeri

parliamentary delegation visited Riga earlier this week.Latvias Secretary o State Andris eikmanis said themain goal o the proposed joint projects is to diversiyLatvias energy supplies. eikmanis also stated Latviasupports the Nagorno-Karabakh negotiation process, aswell as the territorial integrity o Azerbaijan.

Gazprom has renegotiatedits agreement with Polishutility rm PGNiG,

reducing the price o gas by more than 10%. Gazpromramed the move as an adjustment to European marketconditions, which have seen the price o gas decreasedrastically due to decreased demand and an inux osupply rom North America.

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5/6

Country News DigestTe Patriarch o theBulgarian OrthodoxChurch died on uesday o

Bulgaria

Albania

Croatiaheart ailure. Patriarch Maxim was ninety-eight years oldand the longest serving patriarch in the Churchs history.He was elected to his post in 1971 during Communist ruleand there have been debates as to whether he was electedor rather appointed by the Communist authorities.

Gazproms South streamproject is to bypass Croatiacompletely, with the routegoing rom Serbia directly to Hungary. Plinacro, Croatiasstate-owned gas company, stated that it was not aware oGazproms new plan. Te South stream pipeline is a rivalto NABUCCO.

Serbia

Macedonia

Ater receiving the mostvotes but not an outrightmajority, the DemocraticParty o Socialists has managed to put together a coalitionthat will allow them to maintain their rule o the country.Te Prime Minister has not yet been named, but analystsspeculate it could be the DPS leader Milo Djukanovic,who has served in the past.

Catherine Ashton, thehead o oreign aairs othe European Union, hasarranged or another set o meetings between PrimeMinister Taci o Kosovo and Prime Minister Dacic oSerbia. Te European Union has stated that Serbia mustimprove relations with Kosovo to be seriously consideredor EU membership.

Slovenian ParliamentarySpeaker Gregor Virantsaid he will decide whetheror not to hold a reerendum on recapitalizing the bankson November 12. Opposition lawmakers requested areerendum on the proposed bad bank acts last week.Standard and Poors put Slovenia on Credit Watch amidthe possibility a reerendum would vote down the muchneeded economic overhaul, orcing Slovenia to request aninternational bailout.

One o Albanias ormerpolitical prisoners, Lirak

Bejko, died ater setting himsel on re in protest othe governments reusal to compensate them or unjustimprisonment. Hundreds attended his uneral in irana.

Archeologists rom theUniversity o bingensInstitute o Prehistory in

cooperation with the Serbian Archaeological Institute inBelgrade have discovered one o the largest old hoardsrom the Neolithic era in Belica, Serbia. Te gurines areestimated to be almost 8,000 years old.

Tis week the ForeignMinister o Macedonia,Nikola Poposki, responded

to a memorandum o understanding proposed byGreece in October, which aimed at reinvigorating talkson the name dispute between the countries. Tis disputehas largely been responsible or keeping Macedonia romEU integration.

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6/6

Country News Digest

Bosnia &Herzegovina

Te events in Srebrenicawere cited this week asreason not to delay actionin Syria. urkeys Prime Minister Erdogan critiqued theUnited Nations Security Council or ailing to act so aron the events going on in Syria. Te Srebrenica massacreis one o the worst atrocities o post-WWII Europeanhistory and, according to Erdogan, saw the UN sit by

while thousands were killed.

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