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Moldova. Soviet Occupation Day unconstitutional.
In: CIS| History Culture
14 Jul 2010The Constitutional Court ruled that Mihai Ghimpu’s decree to institute the Soviet Occupation Day on June 28 is unconstitutional. The Court’s president Dumitru Pulbere argued Mihai Ghimpu tried to assess the historical events from legal viewpoint. The decree is to be annulled, Info-Prim Neo reports.
The verdict was given in the absence of the Acting President, [...]
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E-Estonia in Eurozone.
14 Jul 2010 The European Union finance ministers gave the final approval to Tallinn joining the eurozone from January 1st, 2011. The exchange rate for the conversion was set into 15.6466 Kroon per 1 euro.
Estonia will become the 17th euro member. Tallinn met all EU entry requirements on inflation, debt and deficit levels, interest rates and currency stability.
Estonia, [...]
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Poland. Komorowski new President.
In: Breaking News| Poland
5 Jul 2010Komorowski 53.01%, Jaroslaw Kaczynski 46.99% Turnout, 55.31%
Mr. Komorowski: “Tonight we will open a small bottle of champagne and tomorrow we will open a big bottle,” “We thank everybody – the more so that it was an unusual campaign, a difficult campaign held in the shadow of catastrophe.”
Mr. Kaczynski: “We have to continue changing Poland.. We [...]
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On Sunday, 27 June, the first debate between Bronisław Komorowski and Jarosław Kaczyński took place live on the national television. For an hour the two candidates went head to head on domestic and foreign issues facing the country, as well as economic matters.
The TV presidential debate was considered as ‘inconclusive’ by many experts. Komorowski and [...]
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ENGLISH – ПО-РУССКИ
On June 26 Lithuania’s former President and former Prime Minister, Algirdas Brazauskas, died at the age of 77 after a serious illness.
In the late 1980ies he became the chief of the Communist Party of Lithuania, which under his leadership supported the aspiration of the republic to become independent. “Either the Party has to [...]
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Kyrgyzstan, a referendum for stability.
In: CIS| International Policy
27 Jun 2010 The referendum was organized to choose a new Constitution. The interim government hopes it will legitimise its power until new parliamentary elections in autumn. If approved, Kyrgyzstan will become the first parliamentary republic in former Soviet Asia.
The country is home to a Russian and a US military bases. Washington established its air base at the Manas [...]
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Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has approved the dismantling of the historic monument to Stalin in the centre of Gori, Soviet dictator’s birthplace, and rejected the accusations of attempting to rewrite history.
“There is a museum nearby. In that place there must be the appropriate exposure. In our country there should not be at the same time [...]
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Holocaust survivors met their Belarus rescuers at Beit Hanassi.
Article – Jerusalem Post – June 2010.
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Poland. Snap presidential election, run-off on July 4th.
In: Breaking News| Poland
21 Jun 2010Polls gave Bronislaw Komorowski up to 41.54% of the vote, short of the 50% needed for an outright win. He beat Mr Kaczynski’s brother, Jaroslaw, into second place with 36.46%.
In third place is Grzegorz Napieralski (Democratic Left Alliance) with 13.68 percent. Turnout was 54.85 percent.
The results of the first round of the presidential election have split Poland [...]
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Estonian vs Russian.
18 Jun 2010The campaign to elevate the status of Estonian and to marginalize Russian goes on.
Article – New York Times – June 2010
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