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AZERBAIJAN: Strong external position wins BBB- rating
The Fitch ratings agency yesterday raised Azerbaijan's sovereign credit rating to BBB-...
AzerbaijanGEORGIA: Industry is struggling despite reforms
A country with a clear agricultural orientation, Georgia nevertheless had a well-organised...
GeorgiaKYRGYZSTAN: Kyrgyz crowd turns on officials
Bishkek could be losing control of the situation in Jalal-Abad, a town in the Ferghana Valley...
KyrgyzstanRUSSIA: Economy minister hails April results
Recent data showing a recovering economy are positive but it is too soon to announce a steady...
RussiaCENTRAL EUROPE: Flash floods and cold hit young crops
Warsaw has not declared an emergency in flooded southern Poland, because under the constitution,...
RUSSIA: Khodorkovsky ends fast after making his point
Former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky today called off his hunger strike after President Dmitry...
RussiaKYRGYZSTAN: Latest unrest splits town on ethnic lines
Jalal-Abad was tense today, as the head of the interim administration, Roza Otunbayeva, condemned...
KyrgyzstanALBANIA: EU future is in uncharted political waters
A large crowd gathered in Tirana on May 14 in support of anti-government hunger strikers. Albania...
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