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Centro Studi Est Europa: synthetic overview of 23 November 2009

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by Emanuele G. - Monday 23 November 2009 - 1526 letture

Today news:

* AlbaniaNews (Italy, Albania and Kosovo)

Nuove notizie del 21 Novembre 2009

La Corte d’Appello rilascia Taçi

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 08:40 AM PST

Ieri pomeriggio è terminata la permanenza di Rezart Taçi, presidente della compagnia Taçi Oil, nel carcere 302 di Tirana. La Corte d’Appello ha accolto il ricorso dei suoi legali modificando la misura cautelare decisa dal Tribunale di Primo Grado: Taçi ha l’obbligo di presentarsi in procura di lunedì alle 14.30.

Nuove notizie del 23 Novembre 2009

Albania, protagonista della rassegna Fuorirotta 2009

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 03:00 PM PST

L’anno scorso "Fuorirotta" aveva portato i suoi viaggiatori in Mozambico. L’anno prima in Vietnam. Questa volta la meta è più vicina, appena dall’altra parte dell’Adriatico, è l’Albania.

> For further information: www.albanianews.it

* Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (Bosnia and Balkans)

Balkan Investigative Reporting Network Balkan Insight Daily No. 409, November 23 2009

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

* Central Asian News Service (Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia)

Daily news report of 23 November

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

* Le Courrier des Balkans (France and Balkans)

Le Bulletin du Courrier des Balkans N° 671

PLEASE, READ ATTACHED FILE

> For further information : http://balkans.courriers.info

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

Environmental impact assessments - New EIA available on ebrd.com:

D1 Motorway Phase I

> For further information: www.ebrd.com

* Interfax (Russia and Cis)

Interfax Russia & CIS Diplomatic Panorama, November 23:

MEDVEDEV PRAISES RELATIONS WITH GERMANY

RUSSIA HAILS INTRODUCTION OF POST OF EUROPEAN COUNCIL CHAIRMAN

SIX POWERS DISCUSS IRAN, PREPARATIONS FOR IAEA SESSION

RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT, CHEVRON COUNSELOR DISCUSS BUSINESS DIALOG

ROGOZIN PLAYS DOWN NATO CONCERNS OVER RUSSIA-BELARUS SEPTEMBER DRILLS

BASTRYKIN DISAPPOINTED WITH WORK OF DIPLOMATS IN INTERNATIONAL COURTS

BAKU NOTES PROGRESS IN KARABAKH TALKS

ARMENIAN, AZERI PRESIDENTS IN TALKS ON KARABAKH

AZERI STATEMENTS HAVE NEGATIVE EFFECT ON KARABAKH TALKS - YEREVAN

ARMENIA MAY RECOGNIZE INDEPENDENT KARABAKH IF TENSIONS GROW

BAKU ASKS TURKEY NOT TO OPEN BORDER WITH ARMENIA

AZERI-ARMENIAN PRESIDENTS’ MEETING CONSTRUCTIVE – OSCE

ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN WILL CONTINUE TALKS ON KARABAKH AT MINISTERIAL LEVEL IN DECEMBER

JOINT PROJECTS OF UKRAINE, BELARUS WILL HAVE BETTER CHANCES IN BRUSSELS – YUSHCHENKO

INVOLVEMENT IN EUROPEAN SECURITY POLICY WILL SAVE UKRAINE, RUSSIA FROM QUAGMIRE - YUSHCHENKO

> For further information: www.interfax.com

* Latvian Centre for Human Rights (Latvia)

21 November, 2009

* State Language centre fines Member of Liepaja City Council

State Language centre fined with 35 LVL (49 EUR) Member of the Liepaja City Council Valerijs Kravcovs (Concord Centre). Mr. Kravcovs paid the fine but also filed all documents to the lawyer to clarify some legal points. State Language centre has already fined four members of the local elected bodies and is presently testing local councils in Jurmala, Riga and Jekabpils. Latvijas Avize

23 November, 2009

* Latvian Russians are our Russians

Vice mayor of Riga Ainars Slesers stated that “Latvian Russians are our Russians. We are united and that is clearly visible and we have the same goals. Everyone is glad that we don’t share the radicalism of the previous years and that we don’t have such problems as with bronze “Alyosha” in Estonia”. Slesers admitted that this “national dynamics” has been positively received in Russia and he also pointed out that after his recent visit to Russia many Russians expressed their will to receive residence permit in Latvia. Slesers states that his political party is suggesting that a residence permit could be granted to those international investors who invest in real estate more than 100 000 LVL (around 140 000 EUR). Chas, Vesty Segodnya

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

* Nato (Belgium)

NATO Secretary General to visit Poland

The NATO Secretary General, Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, will travel to Warsaw today, Monday 23rd November 2009. He will meet the Prime Minister Mr. Donald Tusk, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Radoslaw Sikorski and the Minister of Defence, Mr. Bogdan Klich.

> For further information: www.nato.int

* Osce (Austria, Eastern Europe, Russia, Caucasus and Central Asia)

OSCE Centre supports training course for financial compliance officers

ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 23 November 2009 - An OSCE Centre-supported five-day seminar for financial compliance officers from Kyrgyzstan’s commercial banks aimed at co-ordinating efforts to combat money laundering and terrorism financing started in Issyk-Kul today.

The training course was organized by the Union of Kyrgyz Banks in co-operation with the Kyrgyz Financial Intelligence Service and with support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek. It brings together 60 compliance officers from the Kyrgyz commercial banks and representatives of banking associations of Central Asia countries.

The curriculum was developed to take recent changes in banking-related legislation into account. The participants will gain practical skills and learn about innovative techniques to detect suspicious banking operations.

"The initiative promotes the public-private partnership in the sphere of anti-money laundering and joint efforts to counter financing of international terrorist operations," said Ambassador Andrew Tesoriere, the Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek. "This activity will also enhance the important role of compliance officers in Kyrgyz commercial banks as information links between public and private institutions."

Anvar Abdraev, the President of the Union of Banks of Kyrgyzstan added: "According to the results of a survey conducted this June, 80% of compliance officers in Kyrgyzstan have very limited knowledge, skills and capacity to address complex challenges such as money laundering and terrorism financing. The training course was useful for Kyrgyz compliance officers in terms of both accumulating practical knowledge and exchanging views and experiences with Central Asian colleagues."

The course is a part of the work of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek to strengthen the capacity of government agencies and private establishments in combating money laundering and financing of terrorism.

For PDF attachments or links to sources of further information, please visit

> For further information: www.osce.org

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

Croazia: verso le presidenziali

Manca poco più di un mese alle elezioni e la campagna elettorale inizia già a surriscaldare il clima politico. 12 i candidati in lizza ma scarse le probabilità che il successore di Mesic; venga eletto al primo turno. Gli analisti già pensano al ballottaggio del 10 gennaio 2010

Puoi leggerlo in forma completa, visitando il seguente link

Foibe. Una storia d’Italia

Di foibe lo storico Jože Pirjevec aveva scritto solo fugacemente agli inizi degli anni Novanta. Ora ritorna sulla questione con un intero libro: “Foibe. Una storia d’Italia”, pubblicato da Einaudi. Una recensione

Puoi leggerlo in forma completa, visitando il seguente link

> For further information: www.osservatoriobalcani.org

* Presidency of Russian Federation (Russia and Cis)

Daily news report of 21 November 2009:

* Meeting with Transport Ministers from 24 Countries

* MEETING-MINISTERS-TRANSPORT

* MEETING-GERMANY-VICE CHANCELLOR-WESTERWELLE

* CONGRATULATIONS-PATRIARCH-KIRILL

Daily news report of 22 November 2009:

* Speech at 11th United Russia Party Congress

* CONGRESS-PARTY-UNITED RUSSIA

Weekly report of 23 November 2009

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

* Sarke (Georgia)

News in brief of 20 November 2009:

politics

GOVERNMENTAL CIRCLES AND BUSINESSMEN CONSIDERED TECHNICAL BARRIERS IN EUROPEAN MARKET

Round table, organized by Eurasian Cooperation Fund today, has discussed Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT), existing on European market. The discussion scoped, in particular, demands to production safety and quality certifying system.

economics

THE PARLIAMENT RATIFIED CREDIT AGREEMENTS WITH IBRD AND ADB

Credit agreements, signed between Georgia and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and Asian Development Bank (ADB), have been ratified at the Parliament plenary session today.

Agreement with IBRD (signed on November 12) foresees allotment of $58 million to Georgia in terms of rehabilitation of East-West highway and Vaziani-Gombori-Telavi road.

MAXIMAL TERM FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND MINERAL EXTRACTION LICENSE EXTENDED TO 30 YEARS

Maximal period of license for construction materials and minerals (not ore) extraction has been extended from 20 years to 30 years. The mentioned amendments in “Law on Minerals” have been approved with 71 votes at the plenary session of the Parliament today.

BUDGET ASSIGNATIONS INCREASED IN TERMS TO OVERCOME LOSS, INFLICTED BY NATURAL DISASTER

According to draft amendments to the budget-2009, assignations for fund of projects to be implemented in regions will increase by 22 million lari.

While presenting the project at the Parliament today, Finance Minister Kakha Baindurashvili has declared that increased sum will be mainly directed to fund measures on liquidating of damage, inflicted by natural disaster in the country.

TI GEORGIA: MOST OF GEORGIAN TV CHANNELS EXIST BECAUSE OF OWNERS’ SUBSIDIES

According to the study, conducted by local branch of Transparency International, TI Georgia, most of Georgian TV channels live on subsidies of the owners. The mentioned is caused by small size of advertisement market, as sums mobilized from advertisement does not afford media companies to develop.

business

SAKARTVELOS BANKI EXPECTS PRE-PROVISION PROFIT OF 31M LARI IN Q4 AND 135M LARI – IN 2010

Sakartvelos Banki (Bank of Georgia) announced that its pre-provision profit in the 4th quarter is expected to amount to 31 million lari. At that, the bank said that net provision expense should amount to 28 million lari.

SAKHALKHO BANKI TO OPERATE WITH NEW BOARD

Lado Gurgenidze, executive chairman supervisory board and director general of Sakhalkho Banki (People’s Bank), has presented new members of management board today. Setting up of the board has taken 2 months.

SAKHALKHO BANKI PLANS TO HAND OVER 8% OF SHARES TO MANAGEMENT

Top and middle managers of Sakhalkho Banki (People’s Bank) will be able to participate in the bank’s plan on compensation with shares from January 2010.

The matter concerns 37 persons and 8% of shares, planned to be handed over to them in total.

SAKHALKHO BANKI NOT COMMENTS ON LOSS

As of September 30, loss of Sakhalkho Banki (People’s Bank) made up 12.16 million lari. Compared with the 2nd quarter, the figure is decreased by 5.8%.

BANK REPUBLIC DOES NOT CONSIDER INTEREST RATE REDUCTION AT THIS STAGE

Giorgi Suladze, bank Republic’s head of retail service, declared to Sarke that the bank does not considers interest rate decrease at this level. The bank has the lowest interest rate if compared to the competitors, he noted.

LLC GEORGIAN RAILWAY SELLS ITS SHARE IN JSC CHITAKHEVI-BORJOMI

LLC Georgian Railway announced an auction on its 25% share of JSC Chitakhevi-Borjomi. The JSC is engaged in electricity generation and selling.

CANDIDATE OF COMMUNICATION OMBUDSMAN BLAMES UNITED TELECOM

David Ebralidze, communication ombudsman nominee, intends to register a claim against JSC United Telecom in National Communication Commission.

Ebralidze objects new tariff system of Telecom.

AJARA AUTONOMOUS REPUBLIC GOT 67 STATE-OWNED ENTITIES

On the orders of the Georgian government, state-owned real estate property is handed over to Ajara Autonomous Republic. The matter concerns 67 objects (buildings and land plots), located in Batumi, as well as in other areas of autonomous republic.

SANITARY AND HYGIENE RESEARCH INSTITUTE TO BE SOLD OUT

Georgian Economic Development Ministry brought on the auction state share of 100% in JSC G.Natadze Sanitary and Hygiene Research Institute.

Starting price amounts to $1.15 million.

STATE-OWNED SHARE IN JSC MARMARILO TO BE SOLD

Georgian Economic Development Ministry has brought state-owned controlling share in JSC Marmarilo (Marble) of 55.6% on the auction. The starting price of the stake is estimated by $120,000.

LLC TSNORI WINERY IS AUCTIONED AFRESH

Georgian Economical Development Ministry has brought LLC Tsnori Winery on auction afresh. Its starting price is maintained at $120,000.

PROPERTY OF LOW POWER ELECTRO MACHINE INSTITUTE IS AUCTIONED FOR $2.5M

Georgian Ministry of Economical Development brought at the auction the property of Low Power Electro Machine Institute. Starting price amounts to $2.5 million.

STATE SELLS ITS SHARE IN JSC SAKPRESS

Economic Development Ministry has brought its share in JSC Sakpress (GeoPress) for sale. The matter concerns 33,329 shares (more than 15.08% of emission) with nominal value 1 lari.

> For further information: www.sarke.com

* Seenews (Bulgaria & Balkans)

Daily news report of Albania (23 November 2009)

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