October, 2009

• 23 October

  EC ready to delagate experts to help investigate Moldova April 7 events

  The Deputy Premier believes the April 7 events should not be used as a reason for unleashing a reprisal against the present-day political opposition. European Commission’s Director for Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia Gunnar Wiegand met with Moldovan Minister of Justice Alexandru Tanase here on Thursday, and confirmed …

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• 23 October

  Ukrainian foreign minister satisfied with Moscow visit

  Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pyotr Poroshenko is satisfied with results of his Moscow visit. “Problems in the bilateral relations should be resolved diplomatically, through the dialog, rather than through the media,” he said at the Kiev Borispol Airport on Friday. “The sides agreed to gradually reduce the black list of individuals, …

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• 23 October

  Georgian Azerbaijanis concerned by interference of Georgian NGOs in restoration of mosques

  Georgian Azerbaijanis are concerned about religious interference of the Georgian government. In the village of Fahrali of Bolnisi district and in several villages in Gardabani region of Georgia, densely populated by the Azerbaijanis, some non-governmental organizations in the country prevents the restoration of old mosques and the local authorities are …

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• 23 October

  Azerbaijan proposes to extend transport corridor within CAREC

  The Azerbaijani Ministry of Transport proposed to extend the second international transport corridor within the CAREC from its passing through Georgia to Turkey and Europe at the eighth ministerial conference within the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC). 

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• 23 October

  Georgia to host conference of Association of South Caucasus’s Municipalities

  A conference of the Association of Municipalities of the South Caucasus countries will be held in Kutaisi on Oct.29-30. The two-day conference will be held upon the initiative of the Local Democracy Agency and the Congress of the regional and local municipalities of the Council of Europe, the Bureau of …

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• 23 October

  Presidential election campaign opens in Romania

  The presidential election campaign started Friday in Romania, a country struggling with a severe recession and reeling from political turmoil after its government collapsed last week. The first round of the presidential poll is set for November 22, and it will be the first election of a head of state …

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• 23 October

  Vice President Biden reassures Central European Allies

  Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. wraps up his central European tour of Poland, Romania and the Czech Republic. His visits were designed to reassure NATO allies that the United States remains committed to European security and that the recent “reset” effort in US-Russian relations is not to the detriment …

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• 23 October

  Romania’s 2nd NPP to be built nearby Somes River, say government sources

  Romania’s second nuclear plant will be built nearby the Somes River, in Transylvania region, as authorities are currently evaluating four locations, the Romanian Mediafax reports, quoting unnamed government sources.

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• 23 October

  Russia seeks Bulgarian re-assurance on Belene nuke

  Russian officials have once again asked Bulgaria to make a decision on the future of the planned nuclear plant at Belene, Bulgaria’s Economy and Energy Minister Traicho Traikov said on October 23, after returning from a one-day trip to Moscow. “I told [Russian energy] minister [Sergei] Shmatko that for us …

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• 23 October

  Karadzic boycott threat sets up trial stand-off

  A stand-off looms on Monday between former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and trial judges after the war crimes suspect said he would boycott the start of his trial on claims he is being denied a fair process. More than 13 years after an arrest warrant was issued, Karadzic is …

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