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* Albanianews (Albania, Italy and Kosovo)

 Apre la mostra degli artisti albanesi a Firenze

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 03:06 PM PST

E’ stata una bella serata, venerdì scorso, alla Casa della Creatività di Firenze. Liljana Çika Kosturi, Bardhyl Alibali, Alban Berberi, Altin Shuaipi, Lek M. Gjeloshi, 5 artisti albanesi dell’Accademia delle Belle Arti di Firenze hanno aperto la prima mostra congiunta dei loro lavori di pittura, fotografia e scultura.

 Euro 2012: Albania nel gruppo di ferro

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 01:08 PM PST

Nel sorteggio per le qualifiche all’Europeo 2012 che si è tenuto domenica a Varsavia, l’Albania è capitata nel gruppo D, e dovrà vedersela con Francia, Bosnia, Romania, Bielorussia e Lussemburgo. Un gruppo molto impegnativo per la nostra nazionale visto anche i nomi degli avversari.

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* Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (Bosnia and Balkans)

Balkan Investigative Reporting Network Balkan Insight Daily No. 460, February 8, 2010

> For further information: www.birn.eu.com

* Belarus News and Analysis (Belarus and Cis)

 7 new articles posted on February 6, 2010

 3 new articles posted on February 7, 2010

> For further information: www.data.minsk.by/belarusnews

* Central Asian News Service (Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia)

Daily news report of February 8, 2010

> For further information: www.ca-news.org

* Centre Culturel Français de Palerme et de Sicile (Italy and France)

 Ciné-club - vendredi 12 février 18h30

Litan : La cité des spectres verts * France, 1981, 83’, coul. * version originale française

réalisation Jean-Pierre Mocky ; scénario Jean-Claude Romer, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Patrick Granier ; photographie Edmond Richard ; musique originale Nino Ferrer avec Marie-José Nat, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Nino Ferrer

Jock et Nora, un jeune couple de touristes, arrive dans la cité brumeuse de Litan. Une ville étrange où l’on célèbre les morts, où des formes lumineuses naviguent au dessus des eaux et où les vivants sont transformés en statues. Autant de mystères que Jock et Nora vont tenter de percer.

Sous-titré La cité des spectres verts, Litan est le seul film purement fantastique de Jean-Pierre Mocky. Le cinéaste confie volontiers s’être inspiré des carnavals funèbres et macabres qui ont peuplé son enfance en Slovénie. Œuvre résolument moderne et iconoclaste, onirique et décalée, Litan privilégie les non-dits, les “espaces vides” et la construction en forme de puzzle afin, selon le réalisateur, “de laisser les spectateurs introduire dans l’histoire leurs propres fantasmes”.

Prix de la Critique à Avoriaz en 1982.

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* Civil Georgia (Georgia)

 Daily news online of February 6, 2010

> For further information: www.civil.ge

* Council of the European Union (Belgium)

 Foreign Affairs:

Statement by HR Catherine Ashton, on the Ukrainian presidential elections, January 17th and February 7th, 2010

Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Vice President of the Commission made today the following statement:

“I welcome the completion of the second round of voting in the Ukrainian presidential elections and the positive assessment given to the process by the OSCE/ODIHR-led International Election Observation Mission.

The generally calm atmosphere in which the elections were conducted, the open campaign in the media and the fact that the electorate were provided with a genuine choice represent important achievements in Ukraine’s democratic development.

I should in particular like to congratulate the people of Ukraine for the high turn out in both rounds of the elections and the strong commitment demonstrated to the democratic process.

The European Union remains committed to deepening the relationship with Ukraine and supporting it in implementing its reform agenda. It looks forward to working with the new President to this end”

> For further information: www.consilium.europa.eu

* Le Courrier des Balkans (France and Balkans)

Le Bulletin du Courrier des Balkans N°692

> For further information : http://balkans.courriers.info * Ebrd (England, Eastern Europe, Russia, Caucasus and Central Asia)

 Procurement notices - Opportunities for suppliers, contractors and consultants worldwide:

Plovdiv Urban Transport, Bulgaria

 Feature stories:

EBRD helps launch fund for underperforming assets, Regional

Empowering Turkish women entrepreneurs, Turkey

Strong demand for local currency loans, Regional

> For further information: www.ebrd.com

* Ec Delegation Bosnia (Bosnia and Belgium)

 PPRD South Workshop on “Disaster Risk Reduction: Mechanisms and Methodologies in Civil Protection” - Radionica u okviru programa „PPRD jug“ „Smanjenju rizika od katastrofa: Mehanizmi i metodologije civilne zastite“

 Statement by Ambassador Dimitris Kourkoulas, Head of the EU Delegation to BiH - Izjava ambasadora Dimitrisa Kourkoulasa, sefa Delegacije EU u BiH

> For further information: www.europa.ba

* Eurasia Partnership Foundation – Armenian branch (Armenia)

 Hai-Vratsakan handipum

Հարգելի գործընկերներ,

Ս.թ. փետրվարի 9-ին, ժամը 19:30, Կոնգրես հյուրանոցի «Պիկասո» դահլիճում տեղի կունենա ընդունելություն, որը կեզրափակի Եվրասիա համագործակցություն հիմնադրամի և «Բաց հասարակության Վրաստան» հիմնադրամի համատեղ ջանքերով կազմակերպված հայ-վրացական ռազմավարական հանդիպումը: Ընդունելության ընթացքում կներկայացվեն քննարկման արդյունքները: Ընդունելությանը ներկա կգտնվեն Հայաստանի և Վրաստանի քաղաքացիական հասարակության մի շարք ներկայացուցիչներ, քաղաքագետներ, լրագրողներ:

Միշտ ուրախ ենք տեսնել ձեզ:

Հարգանքով,

Իզաբելլա

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* Governo Italiano (Italy)

 Incontro Pres. Berlusconi (Italia) con Premier Kosor (Croazia)

Il presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri, Silvio Berlusconi, incontra oggi, alle ore 12,30, ad Arcore il primo ministro della Repubblica della Croazia, Jadranka Kosor.

Dopo la colazione, i due premier si recheranno all’Università della libertà a Villa Gernetto, località Lesmo, dove rilasceranno nell’Auditorium delle dichiarazioni alla stampa.

> For further information: www.governo.it

* Interfax (Russia and Cis)

Interfax Russia & CIS Diplomatic Panorama February 8, 2010

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* Latvian Centre for Human Rights (Latvia)

Newsletter of February 8, 2010

> For further information: www.humanrights.org.lv

* Memorial (Russia and Cis)

 Human Rights Activists Detained in Chechnya Freed

Yesterday, on February 7, 2010, three human rights activists who give legal help to relatives of abducted and missing people were detained in Chechen Republic.

On February 7, 2010, around 7 p.m. in the town of Shali (Chechnya) three Russian human rights activists - Dmitry Egoshin (civil organization Man and law, Yoshkar-Ola, Expert Council under the Russian Ombudsman), Roman Veretennikov (Mothers for the rights of the detained, people under investigation and the convicted, Krasnodar) and Vladislav Sadykov (Bashkir department of the Committee against tortures) - were detained. Magomed Daudov, head of the district police department of Shali, where the human rights activists were taken, participated personally in the detention.

The detained human rights activists are the lawyers of the combined mobile group of Russian civil organizations (SMG), that acts in the territory of Chechen Republic since November 2009 and investigates residents’ applications regarding tortures, abductions and murders that happen in the region. Human rights activists were detained during a meeting with an unknown Chechen resident who promised to give some valuable information about one of the abducted residents of Shali district. During the meeting Veretennikov and Sadykov were detained and taken to the office of the head of the Shali district police department. In an hour and a half the third participant of the meeting - Dmitry Egoshin - was detained by the officers of Road Patrol Service. There are reasons to say that the meeting has been organized by the officers of the Shali district police department beforehand. A man introducing himself as Magomed Daudov told Oleg Habibrakhmanov, member of the Committee against tortures, by phone that the human rights activists had really been taken to the Shali district police department and the investigators had been carrying out some measures. According to him, they were not detained according to the procedural norms but they would be kept in the Shali police department till morning. As Habibrakhmanov’s interlocutor said, Federal Security Service and Republic Public prosecutor’s office had been informed about the detention of the lawyers of SMG.

According to the latest information, all three detained were released in the morning of February 8.

The details of the detention are being cleared up.

 Human Rights Activists Detained in Chechnya Freed. Details

Around 10:30 a.m. on February 8, 2010, human rights activists Dmitry Egoshin, Roman Veretennikov and Vladislav Sadykov detained the night before were released (see the Memorial’s message: http://www.memo.ru/eng/news/2010/02/08/0802101.htm).

The detained human rights activists are the lawyers of the combined mobile group of Russian civil organizations (SMG), that acts in the territory of Chechen Republic since November 2009 and investigates residents’ applications regarding tortures, abductions and murders that happen in the region.

Dmitry Egoshin, Roman Veretennikov and Vladislav Sadykov were detained around 7:00 p.m. on February 7 in Shali (Chechen Republic). Magomed Daudov, head of the district police department of Shali, participated personally in the detention.

Human rights activists were detained during a meeting with an unknown Chechen resident who promised to give some valuable information about one of the abducted residents of Shali district. There are reasons to say that the meeting has been organized by the officers of the Shali district police department beforehand.

While detaining SMG members, policemen searched them. They also examined their car from which took an audio-video recorder; the device was damaged.

Veretennikov and Sadykov were taken to the office of the head of the Shali district police department. In an hour and a half Dmitry Egoshin was detained by the officers of Road Patrol Service.

The detained were taken to different rooms of the police department where they were held for 15 hours. At night a man introducing himself as Magomed Daudov told Oleg Habibrakhmanov, member of the Committee against tortures, by phone that the human rights activists had really been taken to the Shali district police department and the investigators had been carrying out some measures. According to him, they were not detained according to the procedural norms but they would be kept in the Shali police department till morning. As Habibrakhmanov’s interlocutor said, Federal Security Service and Republic Public prosecutor’s office had been informed about the detention of the lawyers of SMG. So, the policemen were not going to complete the formalities for the detention that confirms its illegal character.

In the morning the policemen tried to get from the detained the receipts that they did not have any reason for complaint.

The illegal detention of Sadykov, Egoshin and Veretennikov without completing any formalities will be appealed against soon.

However, information agency RIA Novosti with reference to press-service of Ministry of Home Affairs in Chechnya reports that the human rights activists were taken to the district police department in the network of checking the appeal of Shali resident who had said that three unknown people had come to her and asked to write a slanderous application regarding some policemen.

The RIA Novosti message says that the human rights activists were taken to the police department in accordance with law and were released after all the circumstances regarding the application of the Shali resident had been cleared up.

> For further information: www.memo.ru

* Moscow Museum of Modern Art (Russia)

LIVRE D’ARTISTE - Within “World Masterpieces of Livres d’Artistes” program

Curators: Gergiy Nikich, Boris Friedman

Dates: February 16 – March 21 2010

Venue: Moscow Museum of Modern Art, 9 Tverskoy Blvd

Opening: February 15 at 7pm

The Moscow Museum of Modern Art opens the first show of the “World Masterpieces of Livre d’Artistes” exhibition program. Classic examples of the livre d’artiste are almost not represented even in the largest Russian museums. However, this synthetic form of art is one of the links connecting visual art and literature, artists, publishers, and writers from all over the world. CAPTIONS

Image captions.

Все работы из коллекции Б.М. Фридмана / All works are from Boris Friedman’ private collection

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Осип Цадкин - Бумага, офорт - Гийом Апполинер – Каллиграмма - Иллюстрация к книге “Гийом Апполинер:7 каллиграмм. Осип Цадкин: 10 офортов” (Guillaume Apollinaire: Sept Calligrammes. Ossip Zadkine: Dix Eaux-Fortes) - Czwiklitzer, 1967 - Тираж 75 экземпляров

Ossipe Zadkine - Etching on paper - Guillaume Apollinaire – Calligramme – Illustration - Guillaume Apollinaire: Sept Calligrammes. Ossip Zadkine: Dix Eaux-Fortes - Czwiklitzer, 1967 - 75 editions

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Андрей Ланской - Бумага, цветной пошуар - Разворот книги “Кортеже” (Cortege), автор - Lecuire Pierre - Париж: Lecuire Pierre, 1959 - Тираж 170 экземпляров

Andre Lanskoy - Coloured pochoir - Page spread - Cortege. Lecuire Pierre - Paris: Lecuire Pierre, 1959 - 170 editions

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Соня Дэлоне - Титульный лист книги - “Ритмы-цвет” (Rhythmes-Couleurs), автор Jacques Damase - Париж: Les Éditions de la Galerie Motte, 1966 -Тираж 100 экземпляров

Sonia Delaunay - Title page spread - Rhythmes-Couleurs. Jacques Damase - Paris: Les Éditions de la Galerie Motte, 1966 - 100 editions

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Соня Дэлоне - Бумага, гуашь - Разворот книги “Ритмы-цвет” (Rhythmes-Couleurs), автор Jacques Damase - Париж: Les Éditions de la Galerie Motte, 1966 - Тираж 100 экземпляров

Sonia Delaunay - Gouache on paper - Page spread - Rhythmes-Couleurs, Jacques Damase - Paris: Les Éditions de la Galerie Motte, 1966 - 100 editions

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Марк Шагал - Бумага, цветной офорт - Титульный разворот книги “Кто говорит что-то, ничего не говоря” - (Celui Qui Dit Les Choses Sans Rien Dire), автор Луи Арагон - Париж: Maeght Editeur, 1976 - Тираж 225 экземпляров

Marc Chagall - Coloured etching on paper - Celui Qui Dit Les Choses Sans Rien Dire, Louis Aragon - Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1976 - 225 editions

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Марк Шагал - Бумага, цветной офорт - Иллюстрация книги “Кто говорит что-то, ничего не говоря” - (Celui Qui Dit Les Choses Sans Rien Dire), автор Луи Арагон - Париж: Maeght Editeur, 1976 - Тираж 225 экземпляров

Marc Chagall - Coloured etching on paper – Illustration - Celui Qui Dit Les Choses Sans Rien Dire, Louis Aragon - Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1976 - 225 editions

> For further information: www.mmoma.ru

* Ministero degli Esteri (Italia)

 Mediterraneo: Frattini, da Trieste il rilancio del sistema portuale Il Ministro Frattini durante il suo intervento alla Conferenza "Lo spazio Mediterraneo della mobilità" - 05 Febbraio 2010

Il rafforzamento del porto di Trieste si inserisce nel quadro di un potenziamento delle infrastrutture italiane, per collegare l’Europa con la sponda sud del Mediterraneo. “Un bell’esempio di sistema Italia, in cui pubblico e privato lavorano insieme”, ha sottolineato il Ministro Franco Frattini nel corso della Conferenza Internazionale sulla mobilità nel Mediterraneo, a Trieste, a proposito del progetto dello sviluppo del porto giuliano presentato da Unicredit.

Per Frattini “è necessario attirare investimenti e occasioni per riempire di contenuti di questa importante piattaforma spiegando ai nostri interlocutori della riva sud del Mediterraneo che l’autostrada del mare che arriva a Trieste è assolutamente più conveniente e più veloce di quella che circumnaviga l’Europa e arriva fino a Rotterdam".

Alla base di queste valutazioni c’è la convinzione del Ministro che l’asse Adriatico-Baltico sia “l’asse emergente nei trasporti internazionali”. Su questo tema, infatti, il prossimo mese di maggio, ad Ancona, ci sarà un incontro con i Paesi dell’area baltica. “Per realizzare questo corridoio - ha spiegato Frattini - vanno eliminati tutti i colli di bottiglia e in primis quelli rappresentati dal Semering e Koralm in Austria". E il progetto per il porto di Trieste, ha spiegato, va proprio in questa direzione.

La piattaforma portuale e logistica mediterranea, ha ricordato Frattini, “tallona ormai quella atlantica”. Ha recuperato, dalla metà degli anni Novanta, circa dieci punti al Mare del Nord e, nello stesso periodo, ha aumentato il traffico container in media di oltre il 10% l’anno, rispetto ad una media mondiale ferma al 6%. Oggi, il solo Canale di Suez inietta da solo più traffico verso l’Europa che tutto l’Oceano Atlantico. A questi grandi cambiamenti “si aggiunge il crescente dinamismo economico e demografico della sponda sud del Mediterraneo, verso cui l’Italia ha consolidato la posizione di primo partner commerciale europeo e l’Ue ha confermato il ruolo di principale donatore”. E la Conferenza di Trieste si è proposta di “offrire una nuova progettualità italiana all’ambizioso processo dell’Unione per il Mediterraneo”.

> For further information: www.esteri.it

* Osservatorio sui Balcani e Caucaso (Italy, Balkans and Caucasus)

 Infinite polemiche

Si è votato nel giugno 2009. Ma il parlamento albanese è ancora paralizzato. I socialisti intendono boicottarne i lavori sino a quando non si riconteggeranno i voti, Berisha non ne vuol sentir parlare. E adesso arrivano gli internazionali

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* Polish Institute of International Affairs (Poland)

 Please find enclosed next issue of the Bulletin – “Crisis Over Forming of Afghanistan’s New Government” by Piotr Krawczyk.

President Hamid Karzaj’s new Afghan government was sworn in only on 18 January 2010. The lengthy process of forming the government compounded Afghanistan’s political crisis triggered by election-rigging during the presidential election. Given the controversies over the new government and the country’s unstable internal situation, the London conference on Afghanistan scheduled for 28 January is unlikely to achieve its aims.

> For further information: www.pism.pl

* The Presidency of Russian Federation (Russia and Cis)

Daily news report of February 8, 2010

> For further information: http://president.kremlin.ru/eng

* Sarke (Georgia)

News in brief of February 5, 2010

> For further information: www.sarke.com

* Seenews (Bulgaria and Balkans)

 Daily news report of Albania (February 6, 7 & 8, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Bosnia-Herzegovina (February 6, 7 & 8, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Bulgaria (February 6, 7 & 8, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Croatia (February 6, 7 & 8, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Macedonia (February 6, 7 & 8, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Moldova (February 6, 7 & 8, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Montenegro (February 6, 7 & 8, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Romania (February 6, 7 & 8, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Serbia (February 6, 7 & 8, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Slovenia (February 6, 7 & 8, 2010)

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* Uzreport (Uzbekistan and Central Asia)

Daily report of February 8, 2010

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