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Thursday, 01 November 2012Thursday, 01 November 2012

FOR INTERNAL INFORMATION ONLY.The content of this brief is taken from press sources and does not in any way reflect official OSCE policy.

Situation/Communications Room

Azerbaijan

A senior Azerbaijani police officer said that a rally which the opposition bloc plans to hold outside the parliament building in Baku on 2 November will be thwarted, private APA news agency reported on 1 November."I say firmly that an attempt by some people to undermine public order and stage an unauthorized rally in the capital city will be prevented," the deputy chief of the Baku city police department, Sahlab Bagirov, was quoted as saying. Meanwhile, the agency quoted the secretary of the opposition bloc Public Chamber, Gulaga Aslanli, as saying that the bloc was determined to stage a rally outside the parliament. The opposition wants to stage a rally in protest against plans to pass amendments increasing penalties for unauthorized rallies. The mayor's office had not issued a permit to the opposition Consultation Council of Democratic Forces to hold a rally in the city centre on 3 November, advising it to stage the rally in Bibiheybat settlement outside Baku.

APA (01 Nov.): Azeri police vow to prevent opposition rally in Baku

BiH

Zlatko Lagumdzija of the Social Democratic Party and Milorad Dodik of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats signed a cooperation deal that will hopefully improve the workings of government and the economy. The Social Democratic Party, SDP, and the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, SNSD, met in Sarajevo on 31 October and agreed a list of measures to improve the economy, the workings of the government and other key issues. The SDP and SNSD said their programme would better protect Bosnian producers and regulate imports and exports. It would also bring changes to electoral law, the functioning of the administration and election of prosecutors. Lagumdzija said changes to the Law on the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council should be made so that the main prosecutors are chosen by the country's parliaments.“Following the practice of European countries and neighboring Croatia… we agreed that the main prosecutors at all levels of government should be chosen by {…}

Balkan Insight (01 Nov.): Bosnia leaders hatch deal on vital issues

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{…} the authorized legislative bodies,” Lagumdzija said. The deal about the electoral law should, according to their agreement, mean ballots being counted at municipal level in future, without a central counting center. “We also agreed on dividing the money from Elektroprenos,” Dodik said referring to a dispute on the use of more than 100 million euro in the account of the state electric power distribution company.The money was a source of discord between the country's two autonomous entities, the Federation of BiH and the Republika Srpska, because they could not agree on how to divide it. Dodik said they had now agreed to give just under half the money to the entity budgets and the rest will be set aside for investment projects. He added that the agreement would be put into action as soon as possible and would improve the way the government functions in the country. The two leaders said that they will present their decisions to the other four ruling parties in the state government.

Balkan Insight (01 Nov.): Bosnia leaders hatch deal on vital issues

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Georgia / Russia

Georgian PM Bidzina Ivanishvili appointed a special prime ministerial representative for restoring cultural and trade relations with Russia. In a briefing carried live by Rustavi-2 TV on 1 November, he named former Ambassador to Russia Zurab Abashidze to the post.Ivanishvili said the appointment was the "first step" towards restoring full relations with Russia. He said that the second step would be the restoration of diplomatic relations, though that this would only be possible after Russia ends its "occupation" of Georgia's breakaway territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and reverses its decision to recognize their independence. He reiterated that his government would continue pursuing membership of NATO simultaneously with attempting to relations with Russia and acknowledged that these aims are "contradictory". He said his government had had no contact with Russia since taking office and that Abashidze's appointment had not been agreed with Moscow. He said expected a "reciprocal step" from the Kremlin.

Rustavi2 (01 Nov.): Georgian PM appoints special envoy for mending ties with Russia

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Albania / US: Clinton to urge Albania to unite behind EU target (AFP)

Serbia / EU: EC rep to meet with Serbian PM (B92)

Serbia / Kosovo: Clinton’s and Ashton’s visit to Kosovo marred by serious incident in North Mitrovica (Focus)

Serbia / Kosovo: PMs of Kosovo and Serbia to meet again on 7 November (Focus)

Serbia / Kosovo: We have solution for Kosovo - President (B92)

Serbia / Kosovo: Thousands of Kosovo Serbs left without license plates (B92)

South - Eastern EuropeSouth - Eastern Europe (slides 13 - 19)(slides 13 - 19) South - Eastern EuropeSouth - Eastern Europe (slides 13 - 19)(slides 13 - 19)



Eastern EuropeEastern Europe (slide 20)(slide 20) Eastern EuropeEastern Europe (slide 20)(slide 20)

Ukraine: EU, US ambassadors hope for fair, quick vote calculation in Ukraine (Interfax.ua)



South CaucasusSouth Caucasus (slides 21 - 34)(slides 21 - 34) South CaucasusSouth Caucasus (slides 21 - 34)(slides 21 - 34)

Armenia: Armenia’s Justice Ministry continues activities on Safarov case (News.am)

Armenia: Armenia’s PM calls on opposition to jointly combat corruption (News.am)

Azerbaijan: CoE Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks to visit Azerbaijan (APA)

Azerbaijan: 85 human trafficking facts revealed this year (APA)

Azerbaijan: Baku to host international forum on mass media security (APA)

Azerbaijan: Azeri official denies plans to aid Israel attack on Iran - TV website (Press TV)

Azerbaijan / Armenia: Armenians fire on positions of Azerbaijani Army (APA)



South CaucasusSouth Caucasus (slides 21 - 34)(slides 21 - 34) South CaucasusSouth Caucasus (slides 21 - 34)(slides 21 - 34)

Azerbaijan / Armenia: Aliyev says Azerbaijan to celebrate victory in Karabakh “soon” (ArmeniaNow)

Azerbaijan / Georgia: Azerbaijan’s key company included in Georgia in blacklist of unreliable contractors (APA)

Georgia: Poti hospital personnel goes on strike (Rustavi2)

Georgia: Poti Port workers go on strike (Rustavi2)

Georgia: Businessmen’s statements submitted to chief prosecutor’s office (Rustavi2)

Georgia: More IDPs intrude into various buildings (Rustavi2)

Georgia: Tension discharged at N16 prison in Rustavi (Rustavi2)



Central AsiaCentral Asia (slides 35 - 38)(slides 35 - 38) Central AsiaCentral Asia (slides 35 - 38)(slides 35 - 38)

Central Asia: Tajikistan has greatest number of mosques in Central Asia - Kazakh official (BBC Monitoring)

Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyz PM calls for moratorium on jubilees, parties (Akipress)

Kyrgyzstan / Russia: Russia is interested in airport construction in Tamchy village - Andrey Belyaninov (24.kg)

Kyrgyzstan / Russia: Parliament passes law, writing off Kyrgyzstan’s debt of $489 M to Russia by 2026 (24.kg)

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Miscellaneous Miscellaneous (slide 39)(slide 39) Miscellaneous Miscellaneous (slide 39)(slide 39)

Russia: Putin cancels trips due to health problem: report (AFP)

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