EUCOM Week in Review Ending 22 January 2010

Categories: EUCOM

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Hot Topics

AA: Collective security forces unlikely to intervene in event of war in Karabakh 01/21/10

AM: Azerbaijani hostage on Armenian television 01/18/10

BA: BALKANS: The Year Bosnia Breaks 01/21/10

GR: Greek Think Tank Urges Government To Speed Up Economic Reforms 01/21/10

IL: Israel constrains foreign nationals in the occupied territories 01/20/10

IL: How much does Israel’s aid mission to Haiti cost the state? 01/21/10

IL: Israeli Anti-Terror Expert: America’s Challenges And Successes 01/20/10

RU: Ex-Norilsk Chief Faces Terrorists in New Kremlin Job 01/20/10

RU: Moscow cool over Polish missile move 01/21/10

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Jan 23

EUCOM Week in Review Ending 15 January 2010

Categories: EUCOM

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Hot Topics

AA: How the OSCE Can Contribute to Energy Security 01/12/10

AM: Armenian Journalists Face Election Violence, Harassment 01/12/10

AZ: Ankara can follow Baku in creating good relations with Israel – Azerbaijani MP 01/15/10

BG: Protests over plans to give police in Bulgaria the right to monitor e-mails 01/15/10

IL: The dangerous illusion of the ‘peace process’ 01/12/10

IL: Barak tells Hezbollah: War with Israel not worth your while 01/12/10

IL: Radical Muslim leader’s ban from J’lem extended 01/11/10

RS: Serbia Defence And Security Report 2010 – New Report Published 01/14/10

TR: Turkey to host regional meeting on Afghanistan 01/12/10

TR: Tensions flare after alleged assassination attempt in Turkey 01/14/10

TR: Turkey’s Jews Urge Calm After Spat With Israel 01/14/10

UA: A look at Ukraine’s top presidential contenders 01/13/10

UA: Ukraine must not forcibly extradite Chechen man to Russia 01/14/10

Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime

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Jan 15

EUCOM Week in Review Ending 6 January 2010

Categories: EUCOM

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Hot Topics

AA: Turkey Brings Up Gaza Issue In Last Meeting Of UN Security Council 01/03/10

BG: Bulgaria Interior Launches New Mass Anti-Criminal Action 01/04/10

HR: Croatia PM overcomes crisis on road to joining EU 01/05/10

IL: IDF to blanket Israel with gas masks 01/04/10

RU: FSB Says Militants Receive Funds from Georgia Too 01/02/10

RU: In Russia, a Bankrupt Town Keeps Humming 01/04/10

RU: Russias security men and spies are shifting back to the shadows 01/03/10

TR: Founder of Special Forces Unit says unit’s illegal acts unacceptable 01/01/10

UA: Yanukovych Could Win First Round in Ukraine 01/06/10

Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime

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Jan 6

EUCOM Week in Review Ending 30 December 2009

Categories: EUCOM

Hot Topics

AA: Instability in Iran negative for Azerbaijan, political scientist 12/29/09

AA: Lebanon’s Druze leader urges Israeli Druze not to serve in IDF 12/29/09

AA: National Intelligence Estimate Targets Organized Crime 12/28/09

AA: Switzerland spoiled Turkey’s EU dream 12/29/09

AM: Armenia – FY 2009 Results Summed Up by the Head of Government 12/28/09

AZ: Azerbaijani MP: Armenia’s provocative moves will not influence Turkey 12/25/09

HR: Thousands protest Croatia war crime arrests 12/26/09

IL: Israel to issue gas masks to population 12/28/09

IT: Italy condemns Iran violence 12/27/09

RS: Serbia’s Labor Minister Resigns On Failure To Nab War Criminal 12/29/09

RS: Serbia finds Kosovo organ trafficking ‘witnesses’: report 12/27/09

RU: Russian missiles 12/29/09

UA: Ukraine to extract oil and gas on Black Sea shelf in 2010, says Tymoshenko 12/29/09

UA: Yishai: Ukrainians need visas because of prostitutes 12/29/09

Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime

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Dec 31

EUCOM Week in Review Ending 16 Dec 09

Categories: EUCOM

Hot Topics

AA: Hamas: Shalit won’t be freed until Israel accepts our demands 12/14/09

AA: USA, Russia Join Forces in the Fight Against Cyber Crime 12/15/09

AL: Berisha re-elected as Democratic Party leader 12/15/09

DK: Danish Police Arrest Hundreds in Climate Protests 12/16/09

IL: Israel protests threat of UK war crime prosecution 12/15/09

IL: Israel seals Gaza borders 12/11/09

IL: Israel Should Hold Its Fire on Iran 12/15/09

IL: Israeli security forces wrestle over settler policing 12/13/09

RS: Dačić: Serbia loyal partner to China 12/11/09

RS: Serbia to apply for EU candidacy after consulting European institutions 12/15/09

RU: Armenia gas supplies from Russia stopped by ‘bomb’ 12/13/09

UA: Ukraine asks IMF for $2bn emergency loan 12/11/09

Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime

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Dec 16

EUCOM Week in Review Ending 9 Dec 09

Categories: EUCOM

Hot Topics

AA: Croatia and Denmark on Kosovo independence at the ICJ 12/07/09

AA: Russia Accused Of Climategate Hack 12/07/09

AA: War in the Caucasus 12/03/09

AM: ARMENIA: YEREVAN WARY OF AZERBAIJANS WORDS AND WEAPONS 12/03/09

AZ: Azerbaijans Defense Minister meets with US Air Forces Commander in Europe 12/08/09

BG: Justice Minister Attacks Politically Supported Crime in Bulgaria 12/06/09

TR: Can the US count on Turkey? 12/08/09

UA: Ukrainian governments attitude to armed forces humiliating – Yushchenko 12/06/09

Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime

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Dec 9

EUCOM Week in Review Ending 2 Dec 09

Categories: EUCOM

Hot Topics

AA: EU says Bosnia almost ready, but trouble still looms 11/29/09

AA: EU Set To Lift Visas For Three Balkan States 11/30/09

AA: Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah announces new manifesto 11/30/09

BG: Berbatov flees Bulgaria following kidnap threat 12/01/09

CZ: Czech Intelligence Reveals Iraqi Plot To Attack RFE/RL 11/30/09

IT: No Mafia links — I’ma crime fighter, says Silvio Berlusconi 11/29/09

RU: Russia building arms plants in Venezuela 11/30/09

RU: Russia train bombing: sign of new terror tactics? 11/30/09

RU: Russia urges peaceful return to constitutional order in Honduras 12/01/09

TR: Turkey says Swiss ban violates freedoms 12/01/09

UA: During next 5 years Ukraine not to join any military-political organization 11/30/09

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Dec 2

EUCOM Week in Review Ending 27 Nov 09

Categories: EUCOM

Hot Topics

AA: EU can insist on a withdrawal of Armenian forces from Azerbaijan 11/23/09

AA: Report: Israel set to leave Lebanese Ghajar village 11/26/09

AA: Former Mexican Prime Minister: “Chavez makes huge weapons purchases in Belarus” 11/23/09

AZ: US cannot pressure Armenia to withdraw its occupying forces from Karabakh 11/23/09

AZ: ICRC representatives in Azerbaijan meets with six captured Armenian soldiers 11/23/09

CZ: Czech Republic ranks among Europe’s most corrupt 11/26/09

EE: Estonia expresses concern over Russian arm purchase 11/24/09

IL: Israeli soldiers spark fears, shift debate with protests 11/23/09

KV: OSCE urges Kosovo to address domestic violence 11/26/09

LT: Another CIA Torture Center Discovered in Lithuania 11/26/09

RU: Death of Russian lawyer tests Medvedev’s anti-corruption pledge 11/25/09

RU: Retired admiral says Russia losing its navy 11/27/09

TR: Turkey considers fate of detained Iran Raelian leader 11/26/09

TR: Wiretap row adds to Turkish government’s troubles, investor fears 11/23/09

UA: Access denied – Russian scientists banned from entering Ukraine 11/25/09

Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime

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Nov 28

EUCOM Week in Review Ending 18 Nov 09

Categories: EUCOM

Hot Topics

AA: Caucasus and Balkans, Karabakh and Bosnia 11/14/09

AA: Age of cyber warfare is ‘dawning’ 11/17/09

AA: Ankara, Baku need to stand together against outside forces 11/13/09

AA: France And Turkey: With Or Without The EU? 11/15/09

AA: Report: Missing Iranian general kidnapped to Israel 11/14/09

AA: Trial of Gay Spy Threatens to Embarrass German Intelligence 11/17/09

AM: Armenians urged to reject peace deal 11/14/09

BY: Belarusian democrats call upon EU to extend sanctions against Lukashenka’s regime 11/13/09

KV: Kosovo PM party leads in local election 1st round 11/16/09

RS: Convicted war criminal receives official welcome in Republika Srpska 11/13/09

RU: Russia Announces Delay of Controversial Iranian Nuclear Plant 11/16/09

TR: Letters allege Turkish army plot 11/16/09

Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime

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Nov 19

EUCOM Week in Review Ending 12 Nov 09

Categories: EUCOM

Hot Topics

AA: Al-Bashir cancels Turkey trip as OIC summit opens 11/09/09

AA: Russians Claim Georgia Plans to Buy Sophisticated Weapons from the US 11/11/09

AZ: Azerbaijani President discharges country’s military commissioner 11/10/09

BA: 14 Years After the Bosnian War, Victims of Rape and Sexual Violence Are Still … 11/09/09

CZ: Czech NATO troops spark Nazi scandal 11/10/09

GR: Greece – Alternate Foreign Minister Droutsas’ interview in the Austrian daily … 11/12/09

IL: Israel releases alleged proof of linkage between Iran, intercepted ship 11/11/09

IL: Israel’s Defense Forces working on an SMS rocket alert system 11/11/09

LV: Latvia: Public Private Partnership Law Finally Passed 11/12/09

RU: President of Russia Signed Law Defining Order of Use of Armed Forces Abroad 11/09/09

RU: Russian ex-officer’s anti-corruption blog causes stir 11/10/09

RU: Russian general warns of problems in nuclear talks 11/13/09

TR: Q+A – Turkey’s Kurdish reform process 11/10/09

UA: Suspected Hemorrhagic Pneumonia Outbreak Hits Ukraine 11/11/09

UA: Yushchenko to blame for Russia-Ukraine spat: Medvedev 11/07/09

UK: UK authorities examine claims of troop abuse on Iraqis 11/14/09

Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime

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