Today news:

* Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (Bosnia and Balkans)

 Balkan Investigative Reporting Network Balkan Insight Daily No. 469, February 19, 2010

 Justice Report n. 206

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

* Balkans.com (Balkans)

Balkans.com Business News of February 19, 2010

> For further information: www.balkans.com

* Camera di Commercio Italiana per la Romania (Romania and Italy)

Si pubblica in allegato la raccolta dei principali bandi di gara pubblicati in Romania nel periodo 06 febbraio 2010 - 19 febbraio 2010.

> For further information: www.cameradicommercio.ro

* Camera di Commercio Italia Uzbekistan (Uzbekistan and Italy)

La Camera di Commercio Italia Uzbekistan ha il piacere di segnalarVi la prossima missione imprenditoriale multisettoriale in Uzbekistan. L’evento, organizzato in collaborazione con Promos – Azienda Speciale Camera di Commercio di Milano, avrà luogo dal 18 al 22 Aprile 2010. Per le piccole e medie imprese lombarde in possesso dei requisiti richiesti, è possibile usufruire del voucher pari a euro 2.000 messo a disposizione dalla Regione Lombardia attraverso il bando Internazionalizzazione delle Imprese Lombarde.

Si allega alla presente informativa sulla missione e bando della Regione Lombardia.

> For further information: www.ciuz.info

* Central Asian News Service (Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia)

Daily news report of February 19, 2010

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

* Civil Georgia (Georgia)

Daily News Online of February 18, 2010

> For further information: www.civil.ge

* Council of the European Union (Belgium)

Ninth meeting of the Accession Conference at Deputy level with Croatia, Brussels, 19 February 2010 (original version)

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

* demosEuropa (Poland)

 A European voice in the UN Security Council. Austria’s non-permanent membership 2009/2010.

3 March 2010 - Sala Ludwikowska, Polonia Palace Hotel - Al. Jerozolimskie 45, Warsaw

demosEUROPA - Centre for European Strategy, the Embassy of Austria to Poland and Polonia Palace Hotel cordially invite you to a speech by Michael Spindelegger, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria.

Amidst discussions on a new role for the United Nations and on the possible introduction of a single European voice in the Security Council, Mr. Spindelegger will share the experience of Austria as a 2009/2010 non-permanent member of the Security Council. With Vienna as one of the UN seats, Austria has always considered the United Nations as the primary centre for successful multilateral cooperation. It is the third time Austria holds a seat in the Security Council, but this time it is also a member of the European Union. The membership in the EU gives its role in the Security Council an additional European angle.

Minister Spindelegger will take questions from the audience after his speech, which will be delivered in English.

Michael Spindelegger assumed the office of Austrian Foreign Minister in December 2008. Before, he served as a Member of the European Parliament and of the Austrian Parliament where he represented the Austrian People’s Party. He holds a PhD in law.

REGISTRATION

Programme

16.00 - 16.30 Registration

16.30 Welcome and introduction

HE Herber Krauss, Ambassador of Austria to Poland

Adam Jasser, Director of Programmes, demosEUROPA - Centre for European Strategy

16.40 "A European voice in the UN Security Council. Austria’s non-permanent membership 2010/2011" - speech by Michael Spindelegger, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Austria

17.00 Discussion with the audience

17.25 Concluding remarks

Adam Jasser, Director of Programmes, demosEUROPA - Centre for European Strategy

The event will be held in English only.

Participation in the event is free of charge.

> For further information: www.demoseuropa.eu

* Ebrd (England, Eastern Europe, Russia, Caucasus and Central Asia)

 Project summary documents - New PSD/s available on ebrd.com:

Energy Resources Phase II, Mongolia

Kaluga Industrial Park, Russia

 Press releases: week ending 19 February 2010:

EBRD to boost investments in the corporate sector

$1 billion to diversify Kazakhstan economy

EBRD boosts energy security in south-eastern Europe

EBRD in €125 million equity investment in Iberdrola Renovables subsidiaries to promote renewables use in eastern Europe

EBRD helps increase power generation capacity in Baltics

EBRD supports UniCredit Leasing Ukraine

> For further information: www.ebrd.com

* Ec Delegation BiH (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

 Ashton: Bosnia and Herzegovina is one country and its future is in the European Union - Ashton: Bosna i Hercegovina je jedna zemlja, a njena buducnost je u Evropskoj uniji

 Letter of President Barroso to EU Heads of State and Government on climate action - Pismo predsjednika Barrosoa sefovima drzava i vlada zemalja clanica EU o klimatskim promjenama

> For further information: www.europa.ba

* Eurasianet (Usa, Caucasus and Central Asia)

EurasiaNet Weekly Update of February 19, 2010

 Central Asia

Afghanistan: Loyal Political Opposition Feeling Left Out in the Cold BY AUNOHITA MOJUMDAR

Violence in Afghanistan pays and offering the criticism of loyal opposition does not. So thinks Abdullah Abdullah, the losing presidential candidate in Afghanistan’s 2009 election. In an interview with EurasiaNet in Kabul, Abdullah derided Afghan government plans to contain the Taliban insurgency, complaining that new policies could end up undermining democratization and increasing the chances of renewed inter-ethnic strife.

 Central Asia

Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev Synchronizes His Watch with Russia’s BY JOANNA LILLIS

 Central Asia

Uzbekistan: Karimov Reaps Deals and Praise from South Korea

 Caucasus

Armenia Could Move First on Protocol Ratification, Parliamentary Deputy Speaker Says BY MARIANNA GRIGORYAN

 Caspian Basin

Azerbaijan: One Year Later, Murder of Air Force Commander Remains a Mystery BY SHAHIN ABBASOV

 Caucasus

Georgia: Olympic Luger Nodar Kumaritashvili’s Hometown Mourns His Death BY GIORGI LOMSADZE

 Central Asia

Kyrgyzstan: Moscow Withholding Promised Aid to Bishkek

 Central Asia

Mongolia: Harsh Winter Weather Wiping Out Livestock A EURASIANET PHOTO ESSAY BY ANDREW CULLEN

> For further information: www.eurasianet.org

* Interfax (Russia and Cis)

 Interfax Russia & CIS Diplomatic Panorama February 19, 2010

 Russia & CIS Banking and Finance Weekly February 19, 2010

 Russia & CIS Business and Investment Weekly February 19, 2010

> For further information: www.interfax.com

* Interfax announcement (Russia and Cis)

Dear Interfax friends,

We are pleased to announce the following event organised by Caspian Business Events:

The V Annual International Symposium and Exhibition on Refining and Petrochemistry - 25 - 27 March 2010 - The Rixos Almaty Hotel | Almaty | Kazakhstan

Do You Have Idea? Are you expert in your area? Want to share knowledge?

If you still haven’t registered for speaking opportunities at our events, it’s always time to show you’re not afraid of your competitors and you can spend time to share knowledge and expertise with our target audience and markets needs you today.

Are you expert in the Kazakhstan markets? Speaking at a Caspian Business Events in Kazakhstan provides you with an ideal opportunity to increase your company’s profile within the market as well as providing you with the opportunity to network with a highly focused audience.

Our conferences are typically two days in length with around 10 speakers on each day and our speakers are invited to attend the entire conference for free. In addition, your name, company and presentation synopsis appears on the conference promotional materials which is marketed to a highly targeted international audience through inserts/adverts in industry and markets publications as well as through marketing campaigns using the our extensive database and intelligence data.

As a speaker your name and company profile will be associated with the some of the largest business community gatherings in the Kazakhstan. If you would like to find out more about presenting a paper at one of Caspian Business Events please contact our development team.

If you would like to make a presentation at the KazStimOil 2010 Conference please contact us by phone: +44207 6177532 or email enquiry@caspian-events.com or need further assistance? We’ll call you! Request A Call Back.

Further details to follow soon, for information please contact +4420 7617 7532 or sign up here for regular updates direct to your inbox.

Contacts:

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In London Tel: +4420 7617 7532 | in Almaty: +7 727 375 9307

Complimentary free 3-month subscription for Interfax oil and gas news (worth £210)

As a complimentary gift to all KazRefinEx 2010 delegates, Caspian Business Events in partnership with Interfax will give away a free 3-month subscription (worth £70/month) for the following weekly reports:

Kazakhstan Oil and Gas Weekly

Kazakhstan General Newswire

Russia and CIS Oil and Gas Weekly

We are hoping to see you at KazRefinEx, and hope that you will enjoy your free 3-month subscription!

* Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Bucarest (Romania and Italy)

Pubblichiamo in allegato la locandina del concerto Vukadinovic/Cocea

> For further information: musica.iicbucarest@esteri.it

* Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Varsavia (Poland and Italy)

Włoski Instytut Kultury w Warszawie zaprasza na odczyt poświęcony włoskiemu językowi marketingu, promocji i reklam.

Odczyt pt. “Strategie linguistiche nell’industria pubblicitaria italiana” odbędzie się w poniedziałek, 22 lutego br., o godz. 18:00, we Włoskim Instytucie Kultury w Warszawie.

Udział wezmą Prof. Edoardo Lombardi Vallauri (Uniwersytet Roma Tre) i dr hab. Artur Gałkowski (Uniwersytet Łódzki).

Wstęp wolny

> For further information: http://www.iicvarsavia.esteri.it/IIC_Varsavia

* Latvian Centre for Human Rights (Latvia)

Newsletter of February 19, 2010

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

* Lukoil (Russia and Csi)

LUKOIL GROUP PROVED RESERVES BY SEC STANDARDS EXCEED 17.5 BILLION BARRELS OF OIL EQUIVALENT

> For further information: www.lukoil.com

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

 Dio, Stato e patria

In Albania le ultime rilevazioni statistiche sull’appartenenza religiosa e sulla nazionalità risalgono rispettivamente al periodo di re Zog e al regime di Hoxha. Ora ci si propone di raccoglierne di nuove, in un prossimo censimento. C’è chi chiama al tradimento della nazione albanese e chi semplicemente sottolinea che il censimento non riuscirà a dare un quadro reale del paese.

Read

 In nome delle belle ragazze albanesi

Durante un recente incontro con il premier albanese Berisha, Berlusconi ha attaccato gli scafisti. Poi ha aggiunto: "Faremo eccezioni solo per chi porta belle ragazze". Dalla scrittrice albanese Elvira Dones riceviamo questa lettera aperta al premier Silvio Berlusconi in merito alla sua battuta.

Read

 Newsletter n. 7 del 2010 dell’Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso

> For further information: www.osservatoriobalcani.org

* The Presidency of Russian Federation (Russia and Cis)

Daily news report of February 19, 2010

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

* Sarke (Georgia)

News in brief of February 18, 2010

> For further information: www.sarke.com

* Seenews (Bulgaria and Balkans)

 Daily news report of Albania (February 19, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Bosnia-Herzegovina (February 19, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Bulgaria (February 19, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Croatia (February 19, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Macedonia (February 19, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Moldova (February 19, 2010)

Read and click MOLDOVA on menu bar

 Daily news report of Montenegro (February 19, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Romania (February 19, 2010)

Read and click ROMANIA on menu bar

 Daily news report of Serbia (February 19, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Slovenia (February 19, 2010)

Read and click SLOVENIA on menu bar

> For further information: www.seenews.com

* Transitions Online (Czech Republic, Eastern Europe, Russia, Caucasus and Central Asia)

New at Tranistions Online - February 19, 2010

 Top Stories:

1: Society: No Borders Here

2: A Dickensian Tale

3: Environment: Slow-Motion Catastrophe

4: The New EU: Sikorski the Politician

5: Society Serbian Extremism’s Fresh New Face

6: Conflict & Diplomacy: Lithuania Between Scylla and Charybdis

 Announcement:

TOL Summer Courses in Prague

 New Media for NGOs

 Investigative Journalism

 Foreign Correspondent

 Photojournalism

Read

> For further information: www.tol.cz

* Uzreport (Uzbekistan and Central Asia)

Daily report of February 19, 2010

> For further information: www.uzreport.com