Europe-East articles from January 2002

Europe-East archives from January 2002

A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR?(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... 2002 opens with some of the most critical challenges for European Union policy towards central and eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.At the top of the list of new year intentions is the EU plan to close enlargement negotiations with at...

EU/CEECS/NIS : BELGIAN PRESIDENCY REVIEW.(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... At the end of December, the Belgian Presidency of the EU reviewed its own progress during its six months in office. Among other achievements, it noted what it called "the resolute continuation of the enlargement process: towards re-establishing...

EU/CEECS/NIS: SPANISH PRESIDENCY PREVIEW.(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... In presenting its programme for the first half of 2002, Spain said it is taking on "its third Presidency of the Council of the European Union as the process of profound historical change which began over a decade ago is coming to an end, a...

EU ENLARGEMENT: COMMISSIONER BYRNE ON FOOD SAFETY CHALLENGES.(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection spoke of the new challenges to ensure food safety in the scope of enlargement at the 9th East-West Agricultural Forum Green Week in Berlin on 10-12 January. He said enlargement "will...

EU ENLARGEMENT: PARLIAMENT STARTS TO LOOK AT ENLARGEMENT AND BORDER QUESTIONS.(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... The controversial question of how enlargement will affect the border regions between the current and new EU member states has now reached the European Parliament. The committee on regional policy has been asked to prepare the report on this...

EU/CAUCASUS: PARLIAMENT PRESSURE FOR CLOSER EU LINKS WITH SOUTH CAUCASUS.(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... The European Union should go further than develop just a common strategy for links with the three republics of the southern Caucasus. The EU should clearly state that Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia are potential candidates for EU membership....

EAST EUROPE: GLUM INFLATION PERCEPTIONS FROM HUNGARY TO RUSSIA.(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... According to the latest opinion survey from the Central Europe Opinion Research Group, many Polish, Romanian and Slovakian citizens feel they are less well off than a year ago. Hungarians, Romanians, Russians and Slovaks feel inflation has...

OECD RECOMMENDS REFORMS OF RUSSIA'S NATURAL MONOPOLIES.(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... Against the background of Russia's efforts to reform major infrastructure sectors, a new OECD report, "Reforming Russian Infrastructure for Competition and Efficiency", summarises the main challenges in the rail transport, telecommunications,...

EUROPEAN BISHOPS LOOK AT EASTERN EUROPE.(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... Bishop Josef Homeyer, President of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community (COMECE), made a visit to the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexis II and the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church Garegin II in...

ARMENIA CRITICISED BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH OVER MURDER INVESTIGATION.(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... Human Rights Watch has condemned the failure by Armenian authorities to level credible charges against the bodyguards of President Robert Kocharian, who were implicated in a September murder. Poghos Poghosian, a Georgian citizen of Armenian...

OSCE TO EXPAND GEORGIAN BORDER MONITORING.(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe has agreed to an expansion of the two-year-old border monitoring operation run by the Organization's Mission to Georgia. The operation was originally established by the OSCE in December...

"BIASED" MEDIA COVERAGE OF BELARUS ELECTIONS.(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... According to the European Institute for the Media, the EU-backed NGO monitoring election coverage in transition countries, media coverage of the presidential elections in Belarus in September 2001 was heavily biased in favour of the incumbent,...

IMF CONCLUDES 2001 CONSULTATION WITH THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC.(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund has concluded a new round of consultations with the Kyrgyz Republic. IMF Directors commended the authorities' recent macroeconomic policy performance, which has resulted in strong growth,...

IMF STAND-BY CREDIT TO FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA.(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund has completed the second review of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's (FRY) economic program supported by a stand-by credit. The completion of the review will enable the FRY to draw...

STILL PRESSURE ON FREE MEDIA IN RUSSIA, SAYS EIM.(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... The latest report from the EU-funded European Institute for the Media on the Russian Federation (its November 2001 issue) includes further evidence of pressure on independent media. For instance, the Chamber of Appeal of the Moscow Arbitration...

A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR?(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... 2002 opens with some of the most critical challenges for European Union policy towards central and eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.At the top of the list of new year intentions is the EU plan to close enlargement negotiations with at...

EU/CEECS/NIS : BELGIAN PRESIDENCY REVIEW.(European Union)(Central and Eastern European States)(Newly Independent States)(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... At the end of December, the Belgian Presidency of the EU reviewed its own progress during its six months in office. Among other achievements, it noted what it called "the resolute continuation of the enlargement process: towards re-establishing...

EU/CEECS/NIS: SPANISH PRESIDENCY PREVIEW.(European Union)(Central and Eastern European States)(Newly Independent States)(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... In presenting its programme for the first half of 2002, Spain said it is taking on "its third Presidency of the Council of the European Union as the process of profound historical change which began over a decade ago is coming to an end, a...

EU ENLARGEMENT: COMMISSIONER BYRNE ON FOOD SAFETY CHALLENGES.(European Union)
January 23, 2002... European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection spoke of the new challenges to ensure food safety in the scope of enlargement at the 9th East-West Agricultural Forum Green Week in Berlin on 10-12 January. He said enlargement "will...

EU/CAUCASUS: PARLIAMENT PRESSURE FOR CLOSER EU LINKS WITH SOUTH CAUCASUS.
January 23, 2002... The European Union should go further than develop just a common strategy for links with the three republics of the southern Caucasus. The EU should clearly state that Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia are potential candidates for EU membership....

EAST EUROPE: GLUM INFLATION PERCEPTIONS FROM HUNGARY TO RUSSIA.(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... According to the latest opinion survey from the Central Europe Opinion Research Group, many Polish, Romanian and Slovakian citizens feel they are less well off than a year ago. Hungarians, Romanians, Russians and Slovaks feel inflation has...

OECD RECOMMENDS REFORMS OF RUSSIA'S NATURAL MONOPOLIES.(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... Against the background of Russia's efforts to reform major infrastructure sectors, a new OECD report, "Reforming Russian Infrastructure for Competition and Efficiency", summarises the main challenges in the rail transport, telecommunications,...

EUROPEAN BISHOPS LOOK AT EASTERN EUROPE.(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... Bishop Josef Homeyer, President of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community (COMECE), made a visit to the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexis II and the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church Garegin II in...

ARMENIA CRITICISED BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH OVER MURDER INVESTIGATION.(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... Human Rights Watch has condemned the failure by Armenian authorities to level credible charges against the bodyguards of President Robert Kocharian, who were implicated in a September murder. Poghos Poghosian, a Georgian citizen of Armenian...

OSCE TO EXPAND GEORGIAN BORDER MONITORING.(Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe )(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe has agreed to an expansion of the two-year-old border monitoring operation run by the Organization's Mission to Georgia. The operation was originally established by the OSCE in December...

"BIASED" MEDIA COVERAGE OF BELARUS ELECTIONS.(European Institute for the Media reports on elections in Belarus)(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... According to the European Institute for the Media, the EU-backed NGO monitoring election coverage in transition countries, media coverage of the presidential elections in Belarus in September 2001 was heavily biased in favour of the incumbent,...

IMF CONCLUDES 2001 CONSULTATION WITH THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC.(International Monetary Fund )(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund has concluded a new round of consultations with the Kyrgyz Republic. IMF Directors commended the authorities' recent macroeconomic policy performance, which has resulted in strong growth,...

IMF STAND-BY CREDIT TO FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA.(International Monetary Fund )(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund has completed the second review of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's (FRY) economic program supported by a stand-by credit. The completion of the review will enable the FRY to draw...

STILL PRESSURE ON FREE MEDIA IN RUSSIA, SAYS EIM.(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... The latest report from the EU-funded European Institute for the Media on the Russian Federation (its November 2001 issue) includes further evidence of pressure on independent media. For instance, the Chamber of Appeal of the Moscow Arbitration...