UPCOMING CONFERENCES |
EVENTICA'S "8th ANNUAL RUSSIAN ECONOMIC FORUM"

On 10-12 April 2005, the Russian Economic Forum will once again bring hundreds of leading industrialists, bankers, fund managers, political leaders and pundits, journalists and other key opinion formers to London, for the largest event of its kind in the world. Confirmed speakers for this year include EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson, Russian Energy Minister Victor Khristenko and Communications Minister Leonid Reiman, ConocoPhilips CEO James J. Mulva, Victor Vekselberg of TNK-BP and RAO UES CEO Anatoly Chubais. For more details call +44
(0)20 7510 2560, email sk@eventica.co.uk or go to www.eventica.co.uk (English) or www.russiaforum.com (Russian).

THE EUROPEAN FINANCE CONVENTION'S "ALBANIAN BUSINESS & INVESTMENT FORUM"

This event will take place on 28-29 April 2005 at the Sheraton Hotel, Tirana, Albania. In collaboration with the Albanian Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (ANIH), high ranking Senior Representatives of the economic, industrial and financial circles will meet with the objective of promoting the development of co-operation between Albania and the Balkan region and to establish wider interconnections with the EU countries. For further information, please contact Tanguy de Craecker, tel: +32 2 733 5940; email: efc-decraecker@euroconvention.com;
or Claudio Cassuto, tel: +44 (0)20 7381 9291; email: cassuto@euroconvention.com; W: www.commsstrategy.com/efc2003/default.htm.

THE 2005 EBRD ANNUAL MEETING AND BUSINESS FORUM

This event will take place on 22-23 May 2005 in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro. Join over 2,000 participants, including government ministers and other key policy makers, corporate CEOs and individual investors, in the two-day programme. For general enquiries about the programme of events and participation, please contact the Annual Meetings Unit at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, tel: +44 (0)20 7338 6625; fax: +44 (0)20 7338 7320; email: aminvitations@ebrd.com; W: www.ebrd.com/am.

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ALBANIA |
 South East Europe and Norway Discuss Business and Investment Partnerships seeurope.net - 21 Mar 2005 12:29:20 GMT |
 Albania to Hold Regional Meeting on Promoting Business and Investment Southeast European Times - 18 Mar 2005 16:45:29 GMT |
 Albanian Election Commission Chief Rejects Demands for Resignation Southeast European Times - 16 Mar 2005 17:11:10 GMT |
ARMENIA |
 Putin to pay working visit to Armenia rbcnews.com - 22 Mar 2005 10:23:08 GMT |
 ARMENIA CELEBRATES RUSSIA YEAR RIA Novosti - 21 Mar 2005 13:20:31 GMT |
 Tatul Margaryan Replaces Arman Kirakossyan as ROA Ambassador to USA groong.usc.edu - 21 Mar 2005 05:41:39 GMT |
AZERBAIJAN |
 BAKU: FM to make official position known toward OSCE fact-findinggroup effort groong.usc.edu - 22 Mar 2005 08:27:44 GMT |
 Azerbaijan: organisation calls for war with Armenia prima-news.ru - 21 Mar 2005 17:29:12 GMT |
 Azerbaijani president pardons 114 convicts ITAR-TASS - 20 Mar 2005 16:57:36 GMT |
 BAKU: President: No need for int'l involvement in protecting BTC groong.usc.edu - 20 Mar 2005 06:15:53 GMT |
BELARUS |
 Andrey Klimov to be tried for slandering President prima-news.ru - 22 Mar 2005 10:29:38 GMT |
 Three Polish journalists detained in Belarus ITAR-TASS - 21 Mar 2005 05:11:47 GMT |
 RUSSIAN, BELARUSSIAN PRESIDENTS MAY MEET SOON RIA Novosti - 18 Mar 2005 20:50:24 GMT |
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina a step further on the EU path EUobserver.com - 21 Mar 2005 18:10:41 GMT |
 BiH Defence Minister: Conditions for PfP Admission Not Fulfilled Yet Southeast European Times - 20 Mar 2005 21:19:15 GMT |
 UN: Calls Mount To End Sexual Exploitation In Peacekeeping Zones Radio Freedom - 18 Mar 2005 16:57:13 GMT |
BULGARIA |
 Bulgaria Aims to Bridge Digital Divide Southeast European Times - 21 Mar 2005 16:20:46 GMT |
 139 Parties Have Failed to Submit Accounts to the Bulgarian National Audit Office focus-fen.net - 21 Mar 2005 13:48:04 GMT |
 EU Enlargement Commissioner Urges Bulgaria to Accelerate Judicial Reforms Southeast European Times - 20 Mar 2005 21:19:18 GMT |
 France: Bulgaria Is New El Dorado novinite.com - 18 Mar 2005 15:43:37 GMT |
 Newspaper Says Croatia's EU Related Accession Costs Could Reach 533m Euros Southeast European Times - 21 Mar 2005 16:20:19 GMT |
CROATIA |
 Zagreb Downplays Effect of EU Snub Southeast European Times - 18 Mar 2005 16:45:14 GMT |
 EU delays Croatian entry talks Guardian - 17 Mar 2005 04:01:04 GMT |
CZECH REPUBLIC |
 Senate to present European Parliament with information on Zelezny Czech Happenings - 22 Mar 2005 13:46:40 GMT |
 Gross hires French agency for his election campaign - press Czech Happenings - 22 Mar 2005 08:20:26 GMT |
 Wage talks at Skoda Auto get tougher, unions threaten with strike Czech Happenings - 21 Mar 2005 19:37:14 GMT |
 A long and winding road to early elections Radio Prague - 21 Mar 2005 15:03:15 GMT |
 Czech Republic: Fitch Raises Individual Rating Of Komercni Banka To 'C' Institutional Investor - 21 Mar 2005 05:14:43 GMT |
 Billboards "I feel shame for my Prime Minister" surface in Prague Czech Happenings - 20 Mar 2005 18:28:38 GMT |
ESTONIA |
 Estonia PM to dissolve government BBC - 21 Mar 2005 16:20:15 GMT |
 Estonia ready to stretch out hand of friendship to Russia - Ruutel Interfax - 21 Mar 2005 10:50:08 GMT |
 Lithuania, Estonia leaders make big historic mistake - speaker ITAR-TASS - 17 Mar 2005 12:01:21 GMT |
GEORGIA |
 ABKHAZIA: PRESIDENT WILLING TO MEET SAAKASHVILI AT CONFERENCE TABLE RIA Novosti - 21 Mar 2005 19:00:09 GMT |
 GAZPROM INTENDS TO BOLSTER ITS POSITIONS IN GEORGIA RIA Novosti - 21 Mar 2005 11:30:14 GMT |
 Georgia may quit if CIS is not reorganized - foreign minister Interfax - 21 Mar 2005 10:50:15 GMT |
 Russia tanker detained in Georgia territorial waters for violation ITAR-TASS - 20 Mar 2005 12:27:44 GMT |
 US against selling Georgia’s gas-main pipeline – ambassador. ITAR-TASS - 17 Mar 2005 16:38:29 GMT |
HUNGARY |
 Wizz Air sells paper tickets at Tesco stores Budapest Business Journal - 22 Mar 2005 11:08:26 GMT |
 Army sells real estate Budapest Business Journal - 21 Mar 2005 13:53:13 GMT |
 Tobacco ads okayed for Formula One Budapest Business Journal - 21 Mar 2005 06:59:40 GMT |
 Lukoil buys former AVA stations Budapest Business Journal - 18 Mar 2005 10:09:43 GMT |
KAZAKHSTAN |
 EurAsEC leaders to meet in Kazakhstan rbcnews.com - 22 Mar 2005 08:49:21 GMT |
 Kazakhstan to boost oil transit via Ukraine rbcnews.com - 21 Mar 2005 11:32:02 GMT |
 Kazakhstan: Government Moves To Add Hizb Ut-Tahrir To List Of Terror Groups Radio Freedom - 18 Mar 2005 16:56:51 GMT |
 GAZPROM AND KAZMUNAYGAZ TO AGREE UPON GAS TRANSPORT THROUGH KAZAKHSTAN RIA Novosti - 18 Mar 2005 12:10:39 GMT |
 Terrorist attacks in Caspian sea possible - Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan Interfax - 15 Mar 2005 17:40:24 GMT |
KYRGYZSTAN |
 KYRGYZSTAN: IS THERE A SOLUTION TO THE "VELVET" CRISIS? RIA Novosti - 22 Mar 2005 14:10:30 GMT |
 Kyrgyzstan Declares Elections Valid, Protests Continue mosnews - 22 Mar 2005 12:37:27 GMT |
 KYRGYZSTAN AUTHORITIES TO DECLARE STATE OF EMERGENCY? RIA Novosti - 22 Mar 2005 12:10:56 GMT |
 Kyrgyz protests branded a coup BBC - 22 Mar 2005 10:00:08 GMT |
 Kyrgyz president to deliver address to the nation ITAR-TASS - 22 Mar 2005 09:28:55 GMT |
 Opposition seize second city in Kyrgyzstan election revolt Times Online - 22 Mar 2005 00:25:12 GMT |
LATVIA |
 RUSSIA'S OSCE REPRESENTATIVE DENOUNCES SS LEGION MARCHES IN EU COUNTRIES RIA Novosti - 21 Mar 2005 15:10:37 GMT |
 Latvia to set up NATO base in Liepaja Interfax - 17 Mar 2005 18:40:16 GMT |
 Moscow concerned that over 1/2 mln Russians unable to vote in Latvia Interfax - 14 Mar 2005 19:30:32 GMT |
LITHUANIA |
 YUKOS BARRED FROM OIL DELIVERIES TO LITHUANIA RIA Novosti - 18 Mar 2005 12:10:27 GMT |
 Lithuania demands Maskhadov's body be given to relatives Interfax - 17 Mar 2005 16:50:23 GMT |
 Kaliningraders produce med insurance police to get Lithuania visa ITAR-TASS - 16 Mar 2005 08:37:48 GMT |
MACEDONIA |
 Constitutional Amendments Needed for Macedonian Judicial Reform, Government Says Southeast European Times - 21 Mar 2005 16:20:24 GMT |
 Macedonian policeman delays plea BBC - 21 Mar 2005 13:50:09 GMT |
 EU Envoy: Voting Irregularities Could Affect Macedonia's EU Bid Southeast European Times - 20 Mar 2005 21:19:13 GMT |
MOLDOVA |
 MOLDOVA: Russia Outraged by Moldova’s Offer of Compensation for Nazi War Veterans seeurope.net - 22 Mar 2005 08:24:30 GMT |
 THE BACKGROUND OF THE TRANSDNIESTRIAN CONFLICT RIA Novosti - 21 Mar 2005 19:00:37 GMT |
 MOLDOVA'S EX-PRESIDENT: MIG-29 SALE CASE LOOKS POLITICAL RIA Novosti - 18 Mar 2005 18:50:24 GMT |
POLAND |
 BT eyes top international corporations as it expands operations in Poland Warsaw Business Journal - 22 Mar 2005 08:36:01 GMT |
 Nafta Polska plans expansion rather than liquidation Warsaw Business Journal - 22 Mar 2005 08:34:15 GMT |
 Warsaw's Dudayev move irks Moscow BBC - 22 Mar 2005 00:50:17 GMT |
 Poland's Foreign Minister Rotfeld Arrives In Ukraine On Official Visit ukranews.com - 21 Mar 2005 13:19:01 GMT |
ROMANIA |
 German Investors Show Interest in Romanian Privatisation Process Southeast European Times - 22 Mar 2005 15:46:38 GMT |
 Record Prices for Romanian Real Estate Southeast European Times - 21 Mar 2005 16:20:42 GMT |
 Seculici Appointed Romanian Deputy Prime Minister Southeast European Times - 21 Mar 2005 16:20:34 GMT |
 ROMANIA: Commercial TV Channels and Radio Stations Might Start Paying VAT seeurope.net - 18 Mar 2005 08:19:13 GMT |
RUSSIA |
 SPETSNAZ TO BE REORGANIZED RIA Novosti - 22 Mar 2005 17:10:40 GMT |
 EXTREMIST WANTED LIST INCLUDES 1,200 RIA Novosti - 22 Mar 2005 16:10:17 GMT |
 New Russian Passports to Contain Biometric Data on Owners mosnews - 22 Mar 2005 16:32:39 GMT |
 Media Watchdog Expresses Concern Over Press Freedoms in Russia mosnews - 22 Mar 2005 15:12:15 GMT |
 Luzhkov won't run for president in 2008 Interfax - 22 Mar 2005 15:00:14 GMT |
 RUSSIAN RAILWAYS TO EXPORT OIL TO NORTH KOREA RIA Novosti - 22 Mar 2005 13:10:16 GMT |
 Russian Man Grows Penis on Arm mosnews - 22 Mar 2005 10:03:14 GMT |
 Moscow Police Search Alfa Group Office as MegaFon Feud Intensifies mosnews - 22 Mar 2005 10:03:10 GMT |
 Russia close to investment crisis? russiajournal.com - 22 Mar 2005 09:00:13 GMT |
 Top rebel's death fuels Chechen woes BBC - 21 Mar 2005 12:50:14 GMT |
 Russia-China oil pipeline profitable if traffic exceeds 30 mln tns ITAR-TASS - 21 Mar 2005 12:30:46 GMT |
 Chubais praises investigation into attempt on his life ITAR-TASS - 21 Mar 2005 12:30:36 GMT |
 Assassination attempt: new details emerge top.rbc.ru - 18 Mar 2005 10:08:44 GMT |
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO |
 Serbia-Montenegro Parliament Speaker Suggests Revising Constitutional Charter Southeast European Times - 21 Mar 2005 16:20:31 GMT |
 Meron: ICTY Will Work Until Chief Indictees Are Tried Southeast European Times - 17 Mar 2005 16:52:21 GMT |
SLOVAKIA |
 Slovakia has most flexible labour force in Europe, CR 7th Czech Happenings - 20 Mar 2005 18:28:33 GMT |
 Armenian president, new Slovak envoy discuss ties groong.usc.edu - 17 Mar 2005 05:40:22 GMT |
TAJIKISTAN |
 Tajikistan tightens control of border with Kyrgyzstan ITAR-TASS - 21 Mar 2005 10:27:50 GMT |
 Tajikistan's new parliament meets BBC - 17 Mar 2005 09:00:15 GMT |
TURKMENISTAN |
 Niyazov, Yushchenko hold talks Interfax - 22 Mar 2005 17:30:17 GMT |
 Turkmen police fight "incorrect holiday" prima-news.ru - 18 Mar 2005 11:27:31 GMT |
UKRAINE |
 Yushchenko signed the plan of withdrawal of peacemaking contingent from Iraq forUm - 22 Mar 2005 12:35:23 GMT |
 YUSHCHENKO TO DISCUSS ENERGY COOPERATION IN TURKMENISTAN RIA Novosti - 22 Mar 2005 10:10:23 GMT |
 Yanukovich does not intend to emigrate from Ukraine forUm - 22 Mar 2005 08:25:21 GMT |
 Ukrainian president appoints new state secretary ITAR-TASS - 21 Mar 2005 17:55:40 GMT |
 Yabluko Decides To Merge With Batkivschyna ukranews.com - 21 Mar 2005 17:44:04 GMT |
 Ukraine: Foreign Investors Signal Cautious Optimism Radio Freedom - 21 Mar 2005 16:41:49 GMT |
 New dog learning old tricks Guardian - 21 Mar 2005 15:30:38 GMT |
 PUTIN-YUSHCHENKO: A PRAGMATIC FRIENDSHIP RIA Novosti - 21 Mar 2005 13:20:19 GMT |
UZBEKISTAN |
 Uzbekistan: Opposition Leader Tells RFE/RL About 'Farmers' Revolution' Radio Freedom - 17 Mar 2005 16:58:06 GMT |
 Uzbekistan: Tashkent Property Market Loses Its Luster Radio Freedom - 16 Mar 2005 18:33:40 GMT |
 A hardline on cotton Guardian - 15 Mar 2005 16:52:48 GMT |