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Russia celebrated National Unity Day on Tuesday, whichinvolved nationalist parades and rallies throughout thecountry. However, in Moscow this year, the parades drewonly a few thousand participants, rather than the anticipated10,000. Many noted that the rally was split betweennationalists who support the Kremlins policy towards

Ukraine, and those who do not. National Unity Daycommemorates the battle in 1612 that expelled the Polish

army from Moscow.

RFE/RLNew York Times

Last week, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated thenew presidential palace. Called theAk Saray, or WhitePalace, its covers 3.1 million square feet and exceeds theworlds current largest residential palace, the Sultan of

Bruneis Istana Nurul Iman palace. The palaces price-tagof $615 million and environmental impact have sparked

criticism in mostly opposition circles.

BloombergBBC

Kiev announced on Friday morning that 32 Russian militarytanks, 30 trucks, and 16 howitzers have crossed the Russianborder into Ukraine. Ukrainian officials said the incursionbegan on Thursday. Russia has denied the claims, sayingthat they are provocative reports aimed at fueling

tensions. Fighting in southeastern Ukraine has beenconstant, despite the signing of a ceasefire agreement in

early September.

ReutersCNN

Western-leaning Minister of Defense Irakli Alasania wasdismissed from his position on Tuesday by Prime MinisterIrakli Garibashvili after the former defended his employeesagainst what he called a politically-motivated corruptioninquiry. In solidarity, Georgian Foreign Minister MaiaPanjikidze and Minister for European and Euro-AtlanticIntegration Alex Petriashvili resigned as well. Since then,the Free Democrats party, headed by Alasania, has

splintered away from the Georgian Dream coalition.

RFE/RLNew York Times

At a meeting in Brussels on Monday, the EU pledged toprovide between 140 and 170 million euros for privatesector, public administration, and judicial reforms inArmenia over the next three years. In addition, a budgetaryassistance agreement was signed that will provide 25million euros to assist Armenian agricultural growth. Thedeal represents the most significant agreement between theEU and Armenia since the latter joined the Russia-led

Eurasian Customs Union.

Panorama.amRFE/RL

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Developmentannounced this week that it will provide $25 million toMoldovan corporation Trans-Oil Group. The loan willfinance the expansion of Trans-Oils grain terminal in theport of Giurgiulesti, on the Danube River, and theacquisition and modernization of a grain facility in the portof Reni, in Ukraine. Trans-Oil is Moldovas largestagrobusiness and an international commodities exporter.

Ukrainske RadioRomania Insider

ITAR-TASSBelta

Khalid Bagirov has become the second lawyer to be bannedfrom defending jailed Azerbaijani human rights activistLeyla Yunus. Bagirov was allowed to meet the client,however he was denied permission to defend her by theprosecutor-generals office. No explanation was provided.Yunus, a harsh critic of Azerbaijans human right

violations, was arrested in July. Western government andhuman rights groups have called for her release.

RFE/RL Index of Censorship

The Foreign Ministry of Belarus issued a statementexpressing its readiness to contribute to the peacefulsettlement of the Ukrainian crisis in every possible way.Spokesman for the Ministry Dmitry Mironchik said thatBelarus considers continuation and successful completion ofthe peace negotiations as its priority task. We reaffirm our

commitment to provide all kinds of assistance, Mironchik

said. The Minsk Protocol was signed in Belarus earlier inSeptember, creating a ceasefire agreement in easternUkraine.
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According to reports in Western media, Iran has tentativelyagreed to send a significant portion of its uranium stockpileto Russia to be turned into specialized fuel rods for theBushehr reactor. This agreement would ensure that Irancannot use the uranium to manufacture nuclear weapons andwould alleviate Western concerns about Irans stockpile of

enriched uranium. Marziyeh Afkham, spokeswoman for theIranian Foreign Ministry, dismissed these reports aspolitically motivated speculation.

Tasnim NewsNew York Times

On Wednesday, the Tajik Embassy in Cairo reported thatfour Tajik nationals who were detained in Egypt inSeptember have now been charged with having links to theIslamic State. The men were arrested on September 19 nearthe Giza pyramids for allegedly recruiting fighters for theIslamic State but deny any wrongdoing. The Tajikgovernment estimates that around 200 Tajik citizens have

joined militant groups fighting in Syria and Iraq.

RFE/RL Central Asia Online

Turkmenistan announced that it has signed an agreement tobecome the first Central Asian country to host a WorldBank Group permanent office in its capital. The WorldBank Group includes several international financialinstitutions, such as the International Bank forReconstruction and Development. At the signing ceremony,World Bank officials praised Turkmenistans rapid

economic growth under the leadership of President

Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov.

Central Asia Online Azer News

On Wednesday, the Mongolian Great Hural legislaturevoted to oust Prime Minister Norov Altankhuyag due to hisalleged nepotism, corruption, and economicmismanagement in a time of economic downturn andfalling prices due to a slump in the mining industry. Fifty-four percent of Mongolias 66 members of parliamentvoted to remove Norov, including members of his own

Mongolian Democratic Party.

BBC Deutsche Welle

On October 31, the International Labour Organizationpraised Uzbekistan for tentative progress in the fight againstchild labor in Uzbekistans cottonindustry. Eight workinggroups monitored 172 rural areas from September 18 toOctober 25 and found 49 cases of child labor, down from 53cases last year. This year, Uzbekistan also carried out itsown monitoring of government-led efforts to stop childlabor.

In a speech to the Defense Council of Kyrgyzstan, PresidentAlmazbek Atambaev warned that the radical Islamespoused by ISIS poses a special threat to the identity of

the resurgent Kyrgyz ethos. Atambaev elaborated that

Islamization would force the Kyrgyz people to abandontheir national characteristics, national dress, spiritual wealthand national identity. The Kyrgyz media hasdevotedextensive coverage to the problem posed by ISISrecruitment since the summer.

EurasiaNet RFE/RL

UzNews Malay Mail

On Thursday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenbergvisited Kabul, where he reaffirmed NATOs commitment to

preserving the gains made in Afghanistan after the end of theforeign combat mission this year. This will entail providing$4.1 billion annually to Afghan forces, along with trainingand support missions. The Taliban continues to be a neardaily threat, carrying out attacks and regaining control ofseveral provinces.

ReutersABC

The worldwide decline in oil prices threatens stability in

Kazakhstan. Although officials claim that the government

has enough resources to grapple with fiscal problems that

may arise, revenues from oil industry account for 25 percent

of KazakhstansGDP and 60 percent of its balance of

payments. The price of oil decreased from $106 to $80 since

June 2014. Analysts project that the decline might have

implications for Kazakhstans economy in the long run.EurasiaNetTrend.az
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Polandsnatural gas company, PGNiG, has initiated talks withGazprom to cut gas prices under a long-term supply contract.The contract would provide for the delivery of up to 10.2billion cubic meters of gas to Poland annually. PGNiG releaseda statement claiming that significant changes on the Europeanenergy market necessitated the renegotiation of the gas prices.

The company reported that it may seek court arbitration if it isnot able to reach an agreement with Gazprom within sixmonths.

Nation XinhuaNet

Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak signed an agreementwith his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Binh Minh on Tuesdayto further promote bilateral trade ties and energy cooperationbetween the two countries. The agreement was signed duringLajcaks three-day official visit to Vietnam. VietnamesePresident Truong Tan Sang emphasized that there will be evenmore opportunities for cooperation once the Europe-VietnamFree Trade Agreement (EVFTA) is signed. Lajcak also stated

his support for the early conclusion of EVFTA negotiations.

Vietnam Net Global Post

Romanias current Prime Minister, Victor Ponta, won the

first round of Romanias presidential elections on Sunday,November 2. Ponta won approximately 40% of the votes inthe first round. His nearest challenger, Klaus Iohannis, themayor of Sibiu, won approximately 30% of the votes. A run-off vote between Ponta and Iohannis will be held onNovember 16.

Washington Post BloombergThe Moscow TimesBaltic Times

According to the Latvian army, NATO fighters intercepteda Russian surveillance plane in the Baltic Sea, near Latvianterritorial waters, on Thursday. The interception comes inthe wake of a series of similar incidents, with NATOintercepting 100 planes this year alone, more than threetimes last years total. Although many of the sightings havebeen near the Baltic Sea, Russian military ships and planeshave been spotted throughout Europe in recent months,

including as far west as Portugal.

Bloomberg Newsweek

Thenews.pl Bloomberg

Belta

Daily Star Hungary Today

Baltic Course

On Sunday, President of the Czech Republic Milos Zeman ina live radio interview shocked the audience with extensiveuse of vulgar language. Zeman used crude and vulgar termswhen translating the name of Russian dissident punk groupPussy Riot into Czech. Presidents extensive use of

swearwords drew criticism from the media and politicians.Zeman has caused controversies in the Czech Republic andabroad since he took office last year.

Belarus and Lithuania held the tenth annual joint economicforum in Mogilev, Belarus, where the issues of mutualeconomic cooperation, trade, and investment were discussed.The prime ministers of the both countries expressed theirinterest in further developing economic relations betweenthem. Not only do we share acommon history and culturalheritage, but also the long-standing economic relations, saidPrime Minister of Lithuania Algirdas Butkevicius.

Estonia is the third state to ban Russian actor IvanOkhlobystin from entering the country. Okhlobystin wasdeclared persona non-grata after his comments on sexualminorities and Ebola victims caused an international scandal.Although the Ministry of Interior has not explained itsdecision for blacklisting Okhlobystin, it is believed to beconnected to his comment from earlier this year that said allhomosexuals should be burned alive. Okhlobystin is an opensupporter of Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine.

Washington has pressured Hungary over the latters support

of the Russian-backed South Stream pipeline and desire notto cut energy ties with Russia despite the Ukraine crisis.However, Orban insisted Hungary is pursuing a Hungary-friendly, not Russia-friendly policy, notwithstandinginternational accusations. In the last months, the U.S. hasissued entry bans on six Hungarian officials, and inSeptember, President Obama criticized Hungary for thecrackdown on the NGOs.
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Bulgarias central bank announced on Thursday that it had

revoked Corpbanks banking license. The central bank alsorequested that the relevant court open insolvency proceedingsagainst Corpbank and informed the Bulgarian DepositInsurance Fund. This move is the latest development inBulgarias ongoing banking crisis, which began in June with

a run on Corpbank.

Yahoo! News Novinite

Eulex, the EUs rule of law mission in Kosovo, is facing

allegations of corruption and of an attempt to cover upevidence of this corruption. A British prosecutor at Eulex,Maria Bamieh, has accused two top Eulex officials of takingbribes in exchange for dropping three cases involvingorganized crime. Bamieh, who has been suspended, said thatEulex ignored her calls for an investigation into theseallegations of corruption. EU foreign affairs chief FedericaMogherini announced that she will appoint an independent

expert to investigate these corruption allegations.BBC The Guardian

On November 6, six IL-76 aircraft from Russia arrived inBelgrade in preparation for the first joint Russia-SerbiaAnti-Terrorist Exercisesin Serbia. Paratroopers from Tulawill take part with take part in combat exercises with Serbianforces under a bilateral military cooperation plan for 2014.Joint flight tactical exercises are further planned betweenRussia and Serbia for 2015.

Itar-Tass RFE/RL

Economy Minister Ivan Vrdoljak announced that Croatiareceived six bids in an international tender for oil and gasexploration off its Adriatic coast and expects to decide thewinning bid by the end of the year. Croatia is expecting aninvestment of around 2 billion euros over the next five yearsfor oil and gas exploration. Vrdoljak declined to comment onspecific companies, but local media report Exxon, Shell,

Chevron, and Total as all being interested.

EurActiv XinHua

The Albania Football Association will appeal the punishmentimposed by the Union of European Football Associations,following a clash on October 14 between the Albanian teamand Serbian spectators. The UEFA charged both nations withnumber of offences and fines of 100,000 euros. AlbaniasFootball Association accused Serbian spectators of racist abuse

and violent instigation.

In his first meeting with a head of state, Slovenian PrimeMinister Miro Cerar met with German Chancellor AngelaMerkel in Berlin to discuss Slovenias project of economicconsolidation. Merkel welcomed the plan to address issueswith unions, investors, and employers while developing aculture of shared responsibility. Merkel also emphasizedthat German companies remain interested in economic

cooperation, including Slovenias privatization efforts.

STA Slovenia Times

Sky SportsMirror UK Huffington PostDeutsche Welle

FocusNovinite

At a forum held between the transportation ministers ofMacedonia, Bulgaria, and Albania, MacedonianTransportation Minister Mile Yanakieski announced that heexpected the Bulgaria-Macedonia rail line to startfunctioning in 2022. The railway will be built in threestages. The first stage, from Kumanovo to Beljakovce, isalready underway. The second and third stages, to KrivaPalanka and then to Gyueshevo, will begin in 2015 and2017 res ectivel .

Around 100 people joined a gay parade on Sunday in the

capital of tiny Balkan country Montenegro. Demonstrators

were vastly outnumbered by around 2,000 police officers

who were mobilized to avoid the potential violence. The

parade was the third one in Montenegros history. The head

of the EU Delegation in Montenegro, Mitja Drobnic, joined

the rally. Last years parade saw violent clashes between

police and protesters.
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The Supreme Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina ordered an end tothe practice of dividing Bosniak and Croat children intoseparate classrooms with different curriculums, ruling suchpractices as discriminatory. Bosnian human rights NGO VasaPrava hailed the verdict as the end of a clear practice of the

division of children in elementary and high schools. The

Supreme Court further mandated schools to implement

common curriculum.

Vice Balkan Insight
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