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Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:30 PM

Minsk

Type: City

Name: Minsk

Country: Belarus

Latitude: 53.91

Longitude: 27.549999

population: 1,742,123

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 16 hours ago - 2 Documents

Prospects for resolving Nagorno-Karabakh better than ever: British expert

Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 20 / Trend News E.Ostapenko /The situation with Nagorno-Karabakh is more positive now than at any time since the start of the conflict, International Institute for Strategic Studies Senior Fellow Oksana Antonenko said today at the ... [Trend News Agency - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Minsk, Organization for Security and Co-operation in E..., Baku

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Economy)

UPDATE 1-Belarus c.bank to cut rates by 50 bps from Dec 1

The IMF -- which has opened a $3.63 billion credit line to the former Soviet country -- had previously called for tight monetary policy and limits on lending to the real economy. 'An agreement has been reached with the IMF that we can start the process ... [Interactive Investor International - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Belarus, International Monetary Fund, Tranche, Refinancing, Gross Domestic Product

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Armenian, Azeri presidents could meet in Munich on Nov 22

YEREVAN. Nov 19 (Interfax) - The next meeting between the Armenian and Azeri Presidents, Serzh Sargsian and Ilham Aliyev, respectively, will be held at the residence of the French Consul General in Munich, the French Foreign Ministry said in a press statement ... [Interfax - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Munich (Germany), Consul, Organization for Security and Co-operation in E...

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Energy)

Belorusneft

Belarus to Gain Access to Venezuelan Gas Deposits

add comment ()Belarus will be able to extract natural gas at gas fields in Venezuela, the Venezuelan ambassador to the ex-Soviet republic said on Wednesday.'Belarus will be able to extract gas as soon as it starts the development of deposits,' Americo ... [Turkish Weekly - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Belarus, Venezuela, Belorusneft

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar: We should find ways of solution to Nagorno Karabakh conflict

Strasbourg. Fuad Gulubayli – APA. “All frozen conflicts, including Nagorno Karabakh conflict, should be solved soon,” Slovenia’s Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar said at the press conference after Switzerland took over from Slovenia as Chair of the Committee ... [Azeri-Press Information Agency - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Samuel Žbogar, European Union, Minsk, Slovenia, Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

European Union

Belarus foreign minister urges EU to "upgrade" bilateral ties - Hungarian paper

[Interview with Belarus Foreign Minister Syarhey Martynaw by Gabor Stier; place and date not given: "Minsk Expects Serious Signs from Brussels"][Passage omitted] [Stier] You mentioned the Eastern Partnership Programme, which shows well the recent change ... [Individual.com - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Belarus, Bilateral, European Union, Minsk

First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 Documents

International Monetary Fund

International Monetary Fund: IMF Mission Reaches Staff-Level Agreement on Third Review Under Stand-By Arrangement with Belarus

1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONSAn International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, led by Mr. Chris Jarvis, visited Minsk during November 10-19, 2009 to hold discussions with the Belarusian authorities as part of the third review of the country's Stand-By Arrangement ... [Individual.com - 12 hours ago]

Entities: International Monetary Fund, Belarus, Chris Jarvis

First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 Documents

Armenia expects Russia to retract statement on Garabagh

Armenian government is seeking a retraction from Moscow following a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman that the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict is being discussed as part of Turkey-Armenia reconciliation talks.Armеniа Today news agency ... [Azer News - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Andrei Nesterenko, Armenia, Eduard Nalbandian, Russia, Russian Foreign Ministry

First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Aliyev, Sarkisian to meet at French consulate in Munich

Sarkisian due in Munich, Germany this weekend will be held at France’s general consulate residence, according to the French Foreign Ministry’s website.Paris said the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group brokering the peace process hope the sides will accomplish ... [Azer News - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Munich (Germany), Armenia, French Foreign Ministry, Minsk, Organization for Security and Co-operation in E...

First Reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 Documents

Preparations for EEC interstate council

Preparations for the forthcoming meeting of the Eurasian Economic Community Interstate Council are coming to an end. On the 27th of November in Minsk, the president of Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus will sign documents beginning the Customs Union. To ... [Caspio Net - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Belarus, Eurasian Economic Community, Customs Union, Tair Mansurov, Minsk

First Reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 Documents

The week in review ï»¿17 – 23 November

:58 21/11/2009 16/11/2009 Moscow â„-44 2009 The week in review ï»¿17 – 23 November Andy PottsThe crisis will end - in 2012The crisis will be officially over by 2012, according to Kremlin economic aide Arkady Dvorkovich.He expects the Russian economy ... [Moscow News - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Gazprom OAO, Ukraine, Belarus, Vladimir Putin

First Reported 48 mins ago - Updated 48 mins ago - 1 Documents

Department chief of Azerbaijan Presidential Administration: “Minsk Group countries, including co-chairs, never show concrete position”

Baku. Lachin Sultanova – APA. “Recent financial crisis is influencing on the international diplomacy, politics and international relations.People rather feel the results of financial crisis and therefore don’t pay attention to its impact on politics and ... [Azeri-Press Information Agency - 48 mins ago]

Entities: Azerbaijan, Minsk, Armenia

Quotes

And Sidorsky added: "We should point out that when the joint enterprise was created and 50% of Beltransgaz's shares were sold to Gazprom, we agreed on equal profitability. Belarus has a legal right to negotiate on the issue, taking into consideration the slump in [global] gas prices." The proposals will put Minsk on a collision course with Gazprom chief Alexei Miller, who says prices will be raised according to a 2006 contract with...

The week in review ï»¿17 – 23 November [Moscow News - 1 hour ago]

...'The EU should lay out a concrete plan to advance the negotiations process,' she said. "The plan should include proposals on how to reach a dialogue between the Azerbaijani and Armenian societies and how to achieve the return of refugees." The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan...

Prospects for resolving Nagorno-Karabakh better than ever: British expert [Trend News Agency - 16 hours ago]

...According to the official, the OSCE and Council of Europe must make a decision on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. "The decision should point out that Armenia is the occupier. We demand from the OSCE such a decision" Ibrahimov said. He said the report also must indicate the need to ensure the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan accuses OSCE of postponing Nagorno-Karabakh resolution [Trend News Agency - 11/20/2009]

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International Monetary Fund: IMF Mission Reache... [Individual.com - 12 hours ago]
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Azerbaijani MP reproaches international organiz... [Trend News Agency - 19 hours ago]
Yatseniuk proposes neo-isolationist third way f... [Moldova.org - 11/20/2009]
Adopting law on alternative military service de... [Trend News Agency - 11/20/2009]
Azerbaijan accuses OSCE of postponing Nagorno-K... [Trend News Agency - 11/20/2009]
Press Release: IMF Mission Reaches Staff-Level ... [IMF - 11/20/2009]
Belarus foreign minister urges EU to "upgr... [Individual.com - 11/20/2009]
Armenian foreign minister expects refutation fr... [Azeri-Press Information Agency - 11/20/2009]
Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar: We sh... [Azeri-Press Information Agency - 11/20/2009]
Minister: Turkey-Armenia ties possible only wit... [Azer News - 11/20/2009]
Belarus to Gain Access to Venezuelan Gas Deposits [Turkish Weekly - 11/19/2009]
Armenian, Azeri presidents could meet in Munich... [Interfax - 11/19/2009]
UPDATE 1-Belarus c.bank to cut rates by 50 bps ... [Interactive Investor International - 11/19/2009]
DHL launches new direct US – Europe LCL services [eyefortransport.com - 11/19/2009]
Belarus c.bank to cut rates by 50 bps from Dec 1 [Interactive Investor International - 11/19/2009]
Armenia should change its position: deputy FM [Trend News Agency - 11/19/2009]
Azerbaijan valuable U.S. ally: congressmen [Trend News Agency - 11/19/2009]
MAN DIES IN SHAHUMYAN GOLD DEPOSIT ADIT [Armtown.com - 11/19/2009]
Date of meeting of presidents of Azerbaijan and... [Trend News Agency - 11/19/2009]
EBRD takes its first stake in Belarus retail chain [European Bank for Reconstruction and Redevelopmen - 11/19/2009]

Blogs

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Ukraine: Flu Stats, Panic, Gauze Masks (and Som... [Global Voices Online - 11/10/2009] GV's H1N1 Outbreak 2009 special coverage page is here. Last week's coverage of the flu epidemics in Ukraine: Oct. 31; Nov. 1; Nov. 2; Nov. 3; Nov. 4; Nov. 6; Nov. ...
Medicine professor: “Rate of swine flu in Belar... [H5N1 - 11/04/2009] Via the Swine Flu Blog of Charter'97: Medicine professor: “Rate of swine flu in Belarus concealed”. Excerpt:The Health Ministry turned out to be unprepared for the ...
Belarus: "The hospital is like in wartime&... [H5N1 - 11/04/2009] Via Brest Online, a Belarusian news source: Minsk's Hospital No. 3 said to be packed with patients with acute respiratory disease, pneumonia. Excerpt:Minsk's Hospital ...
After Obama Abandons Missile Defense in Poland:... [Atlas Shrugs - 11/03/2009] Fresh on the heels of Obama' abandonment of Eastern Europe, Obama Officially Abandons Our Allies on Missile Defense in Europe ... Russia starts war gaming.Obama ...
Belarus: H1N1 deaths in Minsk? [H5N1 - 10/31/2009] Via Charter '97: People dying from swine flu in Minsk? Excerpt:Information about death of some people in hospital #5 has appeared on the Internet, but the Health ...

Audio/Video

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Rep. Louise Slaughter on freedom in Belarus [Helsinki Commission - YouTube Channel - 07/15/2009]

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