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Issue ESD_32

Report: Armenia Losing Fight Against Corruption

According to the director of the Transparency International Yerevan office, Amalya Kostanyan, Armenia has not decreased its corruption levels in 2007 and is still in 82-nd place in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), the organization’s global corruption ranking. -- 10/01/2007 >>>

U.S. to Provide Aid to Armenian Law Enforcement Agencies

On September 24, the General Prosecutor of Armenia Aghvan Hovsepyan and the U.S. Charge d’Affairs in Armenia Rudolph Ferina signed the sixth bilateral U.S.-Armenian agreement on the control and monitoring of narcotics and law enforcement cooperation. -- 10/01/2007 >>>

Armenia’s First President Stages Comeback

The first president of Armenia, Levon Ter-Petrossian, appeared at a reception event organized by the Armenian National Movement political party in celebration of the 16-th anniversary of the country’s independence, breaking his decade-long silence in the political arena. -- 10/01/2007 >>>

IT Sector in Azerbaijan Expanding

In order to further develop the country’s IT sector, Azerbaijan will be turned into a regional innovation zone (RIZ). It has been forecasted that once the RIZ is implemented, Azeri revenues from information technologies will constitute $4 billion by 2012, and approximately $12 billion by 2020. -- 10/01/2007 >>>

Iran Enhances Border Security with Azerbaijan

 Iran has tightened control over its borders with Azerbaijan in order to prevent transportation of narcotics to the Islamic Republic. -- 10/01/2007 >>>

Azerbaijan and Georgia to Boost Military Cooperation

Baku intends to strengthen its military ties with neighboring Georgia, Defense Minister of Azerbaijan Safar Abiyev announced at a press conference on September 17. -- 10/01/2007 >>>

BELARUS: Opposition Activist Jailed on “Bogus Charges”

On September 24, a district court in Minsk sentenced opposition activist Leanid Navitski to 10 days in jail after finding him guilty of "petty hooliganism". -- 10/01/2007 >>>

Belarus to Increase Energy Self-Reliance

By 2010 Belarus is planning to build 10 “mini-thermal power stations” that are to use locally-available fuels, which would “free-up” 320 million cubic meters of gas for other purposes. -- 10/01/2007 >>>

GEORGIA: Former DM Accuses Saakashvili of Political Assassinations, Gets Arrested

Irakli Okruashvili, the former defense minister of Georgia, was arrested late on September 27 on suspicions of “extortion, money laundering, misuse of power and criminal negligence”. -- 10/01/2007 >>>

GEORGIA: Presidential Speaker Accused of Corruption Comes Clean

The Secretary of the Georgian Parliament and Presidential Press-Speaker Dmitriy Kitoshvili was arrested on suspicion of corruption and extortion on September 25 and later confessed to having participated in unauthorized negotiations over a deal to resell the shares of the Georgian mobile giant GeoCell. -- 10/01/2007 >>>
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