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  • Chernobyl, 20 Years Later 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
    ... analysis of air samples taken over Poland, Finland, and Sweden hours after the accident. By nuclear reactor ... the people of Ukraine as in other Soviet Republics lived under near-Third World conditions. Chief among ...

  • Today in History - Sunday, May 11, 2008. This is Mother's Day. 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
    ... Baath Party dead. Lithuania became the first ex-Soviet republic to approve entry into the European Union as ... weekend referendum. Canada beat Sweden 3-2 in Finland to win its first hockey world championship in six years. One year ago: ...

  • OSCE's Human Rights Office Finds Itself in Crossfire over Election Monitoring 13 May 2008 04:50 GMT
    ... A controversial election-monitoring mission in Armenia has plunged the ... whatever reason, did not report on. [ Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva, who currently holds the ... parliamentary, and presidential polls in half-a-dozen former Soviet republics. With two exceptions, OSCE missions concluded that ...

  • Kazakhstan: Hare Krishna Community Faces Uncertain Future 13 May 2008 04:50 GMT
    ... A year after authorities precipitously demolished their dwellings, members ... Ninel Fokina, the chairwoman of the Almaty Helsinki Committee agreed, calling the case "a dirty ... only for Kazakhstan but for the whole Commonwealth of Independent States," said Olga Varfolomeyeva, Maksim's wife. "This was ...

  • The OSCE Remains Divided over Kazakhstan's Chairmanship Bid 13 May 2008 04:50 GMT
    ... most ballots that have taken place in CIS states as failing to meet international standards. In addition, those ... further turmoil might await the organization as Finland prepares to take over its chairmanship from Spain. ...

  • Kazakhstan To Assume OSCE Chairmanship In 2010 13 May 2008 04:50 GMT
    ... Kazakhstan be the first of the former Soviet republics to lead the 56-country organization. The Kazakh ... -- backed by Kazakhstan and five other CIS countries -- to limit to 50 the number of ... chair in 2009, and Lithuania in 2011. Finland had already been set take over the chairmanship ...

  • Kyrgyzstan: Akaev's Acrid Legacy 13 May 2008 04:48 GMT
    ... Aaron Rhodes 2/25/05 A EurasiaNet Partner Post from ... can join several other leaders of former Soviet republics in establishing a dynasty for himself and ... denounce him and to denounce the International Helsinki Federation. They have ruthlessly kept their most threatening ...

  • Is the Human Rights Situation in Eurasia Worse Since September 11? 13 May 2008 04:48 GMT
    ... IS THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN EURASIA WORSE SINCE ... Aaron Rhodes, executive director of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF), told "(Un)Civil ... : Catherine A . Fitzpatrick is the CIS Program Director at the International League for ...

  • Harassment of Human Rights Activists is Widespread in CIS -- Report 13 May 2008 04:48 GMT
    ... The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights ... a struggle between western countries and some CIS states that blame it for its critical ... RFE/RL correspondent affiliated with the Bulgaria-based Turkmen Helsinki Foundation rights group, Muradova died in custody ...

  • HRW Highlights Uzbekistan's "Disastrous" Human Rights Situation 13 May 2008 04:48 GMT
    ... HRW HIGHLIGHTS UZBEKISTAN'S "DISASTROUS" HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION Gulnoza Saidazimova ... to have flouted human rights. Other former Soviet republics listed alongside Tajikistan and Kazakhstan include Armenia, ... rights." Tajigul Begmedova, head of the Turkmen Helsinki Foundation, echoes HRW's assessment of Turkmenistan as being ...

  • Russia and NATO: A Meeting of the Minds on Afghanistan? 13 May 2008 04:48 GMT
    ... RUSSIA AND NATO: A MEETING OF THE MINDS ON ... Torbakov is a Senior Researcher at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs in Helsinki specializing in Russian and Eurasian history and ...

  • Global Corruption Survey Claims Improved Governance In Armenia 13 May 2008 04:48 GMT
    ... ranked Yerevan among the least corrupt former Soviet republics. Azerbaijan and Georgia, along with Central Asian ... as the world's most corrupt country, while Finland ranked as the cleanest. Russia ranked 86th. Among ... observation that if one looks at the CIS as a whole, Armenia is among the better performers," said ...

  • Silenced Kyrgyz Editor Condemns "General Pressure on Journalists" 13 May 2008 04:48 GMT
    ... SILENCED KYRGYZ EDITOR CONDEMNS "GENERAL PRESSURE ON JOURNALISTS" ... of the most corrupt countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States. Polls revealed that the majority of Kyrgyzstan's ... press advocates. The , and the International Helsinki Federation of Human Rights, in direct letters ...

  • Central Asia: State Department Sees Little Improvement In Rights Situation 13 May 2008 04:48 GMT
    ... CENTRAL ASIA: STATE DEPARTMENT SEES LITTLE IMPROVEMENT IN ... Aaron Rhodes, the director of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, said the situation ... Vatanka is the editor of "Jane's Sentinel CIS," a publication affiliated with the London-based Jane's ...

  • Cyprus: A Home For HINWIs? 13 May 2008 04:43 GMT
    ... that the treaty is awaiting ratification) Armenia (*), Austria, Belgium (*), Bulgaria, Canada, China, CIS (Former USSR), Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Finland (*), France, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan (*), Kuwait, Malta, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, ...

  • ITTFA Comment on... Focus on... North-West Russia 12 May 2008 23:49 GMT
    ... has two member exhibitions in Russia - CIS Travel Market in St Petersburg and MITT ... and other former Soviet republics in the Commonwealth of Independent States. Anastasia Patrikeeva , promotion manager for CIS, ... visitors. Next came China (827,000), Egypt (423,000), Finland (277,000) and Spain (186,000). CIS and MITT are ...

  • We deserve our place in Europe, claims McGhee 12 May 2008 16:56 GMT
    ... MOTHERWELL manager Mark McGhee believes his players thoroughly ... beaten Hibs three times, including a four-goal CIS Insurance Cup rout at Easter Road. McGhee ... a brief UEFA Cup sojourn ended by Finnish side My-Pa 47 in 1995. "It would be ...

  • McGhee: We're Well Worth Euro Berth 11 May 2008 16:55 GMT
    ... manager Mark McGhee believes his players thoroughly deserve ... have beaten three times, including a four-goal CIS Insurance Cup rout at Easter Road. McGhee ... a brief UEFA Cup sojourn ended by Finnish side My-Pa 47 in 1995. "It would be ...

  • Today In History - May 11, 2008 11 May 2008 15:15 GMT
    ... Baath Party dead. Lithuania became the first ex-Soviet republic to approve entry into the European Union as ... weekend referendum. Canada beat Sweden 3-2 in Finland to win its first hockey world championship in six years. One year ago: ...

  • On May 11, 1858, Minnesota became the 32nd state of the Union 11 May 2008 06:17 GMT
    ... Baath Party dead. Lithuania became the first ex-Soviet republic to approve entry into the European Union as ... weekend referendum. Canada beat Sweden 3-2 in Finland to win its first hockey world championship in six years. One year ago: ...

  • Today in History - May 11 11 May 2008 05:26 GMT
    ... Baath Party dead. Lithuania became the first ex-Soviet republic to approve entry into the European Union as ... weekend referendum. Canada beat Sweden 3-2 in Finland to win its first hockey world championship in six years. One year ago: ...


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