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On Monday, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met withTurkish Chief of General Staff Ozel and President Erdoganto discuss potential cooperation in countering the threatposed by ISIS. Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglucautioned that participation in an anti-ISIS coalition mightendanger the 49 Turkish diplomats currently held prisoner

by the group.

Hurriyet Daily NewsNew York Times

A new round of EU sanctions went into effect today,targeting 24 individuals, five banks, three oil companies,and three defense firms. Despite the cease-fire signed lastweek between Ukrainian and rebel forces, EU officialsdecided to proceed with the sanctions, noting that they willbe lifted if Russia complies with the terms of that agreementon the ground. The US is expected to announce a new set ofsanctions on Friday as well.

ReutersNew York Times

Early Friday morning, a prisoner swap took place betweenUkrainian and separatist forces. Thirty-six Ukrainianservicemen were released in return for 31 pro-Russianrebels, some of whom were Russian nationals. Theexchange was part of the cease-fire agreement negotiatedlast week. Some of the prisoners were reported to be in poorhealth.

NPRAl Jazeera America

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel became the first USdefense secretary to visit Georgia in over a decade when hemade a trip to Tbilisi last Sunday. In a meeting withGeorgian Defense Secretary Alasania, Hagel vowed to helpGeorgia improve its security, such as paving the way for thesale of American Blackhawk helicopters.

TimeBoston Globe

On Thursday, the Armenian Revolutionary Federationannounced that it would endorse the constitutional changesproposed by President Sargsyan. However, many otheropposition parties oppose the reforms, saying they areunnecessary. Sargsyan claims that the amendments will notbe serious, but oppositionists feel that the president shouldfocus on more pressing national issues, like economic andsocial reform.

Armenia NowAzatutyun

The Moldovan Economy Ministry announced onWednesday that Moldova will be able to receive Russiangas via Romania through the expansion of the Iasi-Unghenipipeline. The EU has allotted 10 million euro to extend thepipeline to Chisinau. The project was commissioned inAugust and is expected to be fully complete in two years.Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Candu statedthat the project will diversify Moldovas energy supplies.

Romania InsiderItar-Tass

EU commissioner for Enlargementtefan Flemet with theCivil Society representatives of Azerbaijan on Monday,September 8th. The meeting aimed at exchanginginformation and views over the recent crackdown ofprominent human rights activists and foreign funded NGOsin Azerbaijan. Past week, Azerbaijan Security Forces raidedthe buildings of IREX, U.S. Funded NGO and froze bankaccounts of international NGOs including TransparencyInternational, Oxfam and the National Democratic Institute.

RFE/RL European Commission

Belarus and Russia plan to establish common visa areasimilar to Schengen zone. On Wednesday, Russia-BelarusUnion States Secretary Grigory Rapota announced. Rapotasaid that tourism and business will be easier if two countrieswere to establish unified visa system. I think we will try tocreate something similar to Schengen Visa, and at themoment we are working on this issue he added.

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After meeting with her Iranian counterpart Hossein AmirAbdollahian, South African Deputy Foreign MinisterMfeketo announced that South Africa hopes to resolvesanction issues and resume oil imports from Iran within thenext three months. Before halting oil purchases from Iran inJune 2012 as a result of Western sanctions, South Africawas importing around 68,000 barrels of oil per day fromIran.

ReutersTasnim News

Tajikistan will host the Shanghai Cooperation Organizationsummit in Dushanbe on Friday, September 12. The SCO isexpected to adopt new regulations for the admission ofcountries to the organization, opening the door tomembership for countries including India, Pakistan, andMongolia, which currently hold observer status in the

organization.

Xinhuanet AKIPress

In a visit to Turkmenistan, Daniel Rosenblum, the UnitedStates Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central Asia,discussed prospects for cooperation between the US andTurkmenistan. There was specific emphasis on increasingbusiness and security cooperation, but Rosenblum alsonoted that human rights concerns prevent the relationshipbetween the two countries from expanding in some areas.

Trend US State Department

The Asian Development Bank recently released a report onMongolias Water-Energy-Mining nexus, concluding thatthe mining industry will dramatically increase the demandfor water and energy across the country. Rapiddevelopment of the mining industry has fueled fasterurbanization, leaving an already water-scarce capital citywith a bleak outlook for the near future. Ulan Bator isexpected to face water shortages as early as 2015.

Deutsche Welle Energy Live News

Gulnara Karimova, daughter of President Karimov, hasbeen accused by the Prosecutor-General of aiding a mafiagroup in stealing assets worth 40 million euros. Karimovahas been kept under house-arrest after angering her fatherthrough various statements on social media. This domesticinvestigation of Karimova is in addition to ongoinginternational investigations, including a money-laundering

case in Switzerland and graft probe in Sweden.

September 9 marked the opening day of the First AnnualWorld Nomad Games, held in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan.The games feature teams from twelve nations in theCommonwealth of Independent States, as well as Turkey,Brazil and others. President Atambayev stated that theWorld Nomad Games should be held every year as a forum

for strengthening unity and friendship of Turkic states.

AzerNews 24.kg

RFE/RL Guardian

As disputes over the recent presidential election continue,frontrunner Ashraf Ghani refused to accept a deal this weekthat would allow his rival, Abdullah Abdullah, to take overthe role of Chief Executive. The position was created inconjunction with the US government to support governmentalunity. Ghani, who had a majority of votes in the June election,is awaiting the results of an electoral fraud audit called for byAbdullah. Final election results could be released as early asnext week.

ReutersVoice of America

Kazakhstan blocked around 50 webpages in accordancewith Astanas Court Decisions. The webpages that providedonline casino services as well as those ones containingcruelty and violence were blocked. The court examined 23cases and owners of 229 websites were ordered to removeillegal content. The court made the decision based on theLaw on Mass Mediacategorizing the content of websitesas product of Media.

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Poland's state gas firm PGNiG announced that it hadobserved a drop in Russian gas supply this week. As a result,Poland briefly stopped supplying reverse flow gas toUkraine. PGNiG reported that gas flows were 24% lowerthan normal. Ukrtransgaz in Kiev accused Gazprom ofretaliating against Poland for exporting gas to Ukraine, whileGazprom insisted that Poland supplies were unaffected. Gas

supplies to Ukraine from Poland resumed on Friday.

Business Review Romania Insider

On Thursday, the Slovak Statistics Office reported thatindustrial production in Slovakia continues to grow, but at aslower rate than in past months. Industrial production rose4.4% year-on-year in July, a significantly slower rate thanthe 7.6% growth rate observed in June. After seasonaladjustment, industrial production increased by 0.1 percentcompared with June.

RTTNews The Slovak Spectator

Starting September 13, two of the largest Romanian telecomoperators, Romtelecom and Cosmote, will be united intoTelekom Romania. The deal is part of a 15 million euroinvestment by Deutsche Telekom via Greek group OTE.Romania, which will now be part of the Deutsche TelekomT network, is now the third largest market for the telecomprovider, after Germany and Poland.

Prague Post Radio.CzBBCFox News

Following the NATO summit in Wales last week, NATOstaged a major military exercise last Saturday in Latvia.Approximately 500 paratroopers landed at LielvardeAirport, along with hundreds of vehicles and aircraft.Similar exercises were carried out in Estonia, Lithuania,Poland, and Germany, geared at showing NATO support for

member countries.

Reuters UK RFE/RL

Guardian Reuters

Lithuania received a request from the Russian Federation toassist in the investigation of the cases against those whorefused to serve in the Soviet Army during 1990-1991, uponLithuanias declaring ofIndependence. "We have receivedsuch request for legal assistance. As the activities, whichRussia lists among criminal deeds, is not criminalized inLithuania, the request for legal assistance will not beprocessed,"commented Prosecutor Generals Office.

Lrt.lt BBC

Estonian Government is trying to contact Estonian SecurityOfficial, Eston Kohver, who has been accused of spying anddetained by Russian Security Forces at the border. "Wedon't know where they are keeping him behind bars," -Estonian Security Police told the BBC. Estonian Consul inMoscow was not allowed to meet Kohver. It is also disputedwhether Kohver was captured on Russian or Estonian soil.

President of Czech republic Milo Zeman hopes that thecountry will join Eurozone within next five years. Zemanmade the statement while on the visit to the OECDheadquarters in Paris. I deeply hope that the euro will beadopted by 2020, maybe even earlier, he said. In Zemanswords the low support for the European currency among theCzech population is caused by the fear of unknown.

Hungarian police on Monday raided Norwegian Governmentfunded NGOs in Budapest. The offices of Norway backedNGOsOkotars and Damnet, were searched on suspicion ofunauthorized financial activities. This follows similar raidsthat took place in June. Since then 58 NGOs were requestedto hand over documents as part of the investigation. Norwayregarded the moves as unacceptable and representingharassment

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The unemployment rate in Bulgaria has dropped for theseventh consecutive month, the Bulgarian NationalEmployment Agency reported. In August 2014, theunemployment rate was 10.4%, down 0.2% from theprevious month. Unemployed people over 50 years of ageaccounted for 38.8% of the total number ofthoseunemployed, and people 24 years of age and youngeraccounted for 7.3%.

Novinite Balkans.com

On Sunday, September 7, the Kosovo national football teamwon its first official international soccer game, defeatingOman 1-0 in an international friendly match held in Pristina.FIFA granted Kosovo permission to start playing officialinternational matches in January, and Kosovo has sinceplayed three other international friendlies, resulting in adraw and two losses.

SBS Muscat Daily

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said that Serbia has not andwill not impose sanctions against Russia after an interviewwith Russian state media outlet ITAR-TASS. Vucic statedthat although Serbia is seeking EU membership, it cannot beforced to ruin its relations with Russia. Moscow, for its part,has threatened that if Serbia endorses sanctions againstRussia, it could lose preferential trade status with Russia.

ITAR-TASS ABC NEWS

A team of archaeologists led by Maja Krsnaric Skrivanko andHrvoje Vulic have discovered a Stone Age city around 7,000years old near the city of Vinkovci. The city covers over100,000 square meters, containing ritual burial sites and over300 objects such as kilns and dishes. The team claimed thatthey found the Stone Age artifacts 30 inches below Earthssurface. The team connects the site with the Sopot culture.

The Week The Inquisitir

Last Friday, Albanias central bank governor Ardian Fullaniwas arrested on charges of abuse of power. Fullani isaccused of links to the recent theft of 713 million leks ($6.6million) from the bank. If convicted, Fullani faces a 7 yearsentence. Prime Minister Edi Rama is pushing theprosecution as part of a wider fight against corruption afterAlbania began EU talks in June.

According to Ales Cantarutti, chairman of the SlovenianTrade and Industry Chamber, additional EU sanctionsagainst Russia will dramatically hurt Slovenian economy.He highlighted the fact that Slovenian exports to Russiahave dropped by 13% in the period from January toSeptember, and predicted that the total financial damage

caused by this drop to total 200 million euros by years end.

ITAR-TASS New Europe Online

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NaharnetReuters

Early last week, Macedonian authorities uncovered morethan 1,000 illegal immigrants, mainly from Syria and Iraq,hiding in the back of a truck in central Macedonia.According to police, the immigrants each paid 3,000 euro tobe smuggled from Syria and Iraq, through Turkey andGreece, and then through Macedonia and Serbia to WesternEurope. The immigrants are now being held at a facility

near Skopje and will be repatriated to Greece.

NATO leaders promised Montenegro their support on theway of countrys integration in the alliance. NATO in Walesagreed to open intensive talk with Montenegro and decide bythe end of 2015 whether the country will be invited to jointhe alliance or not. And for those who are willing and ableto meet the responsibilities of membership, we will keep ourdoor open,"Secretary General of NATO Anders FoghRasmussen declared.
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On September 5, 29 miners were pulled to safety after a coalmine collapse in central Bosnia. Five miners could not bereached by emergency workers in time and died in therubble. A 3.5 magnitude earthquake is believed to havecaused a gas blast within the mines, marking the thirdaccident in Zenica mines this year. On Monday, thousands ofBosnians paid respects to the five miners killed.

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