BLACK SEA Countries News, Nov 08, 2011

Turkey admires Tunisia's secular facelift Asia Times Online His book Strategic Depth published in 2001, in which he argues Turkey's historic and geographic destiny in a greater MENA extending from the Black Sea and Western Asia to the Atlantic coast of Morocco, has influenced recent Turkish foreign, ... See all stories on this topic »

Project CLAMER finds 'disturbing' evidence of changes to Europe's seas environmentalresearchweb The online survey of 10000 residents in 10 European countries reveals widespread concern about climate change, led by worries about sea-level rise and coastal erosion. The poll also found that those worried by climate change largely blame the ... See all stories on this topic »

How Walmart Is Changing China The Atlantic inky-black dehydrated sea slugs; glistening octopuses on nests of chopped ice; and tanks of gulping fish, dazed frogs and turtles, and hyperactive shrimp. Although Walmart's $7.5 billion in Chinese sales receipts account for only 2 percent of the ... See all stories on this topic » The Atlantic

The Russian-Italian "Ionex 2011" exercise has started AVIONEWS On "Smetlivy," which like "Épron" makes part of the Black Sea Fleet, a naval infantry unit is embarked and is in charge of taking part in the exercises and to ensure the safety of the ship while travelling and during its visits to foreign ports. ... See all stories on this topic »

Nord Stream pipeline poses dilemmas for environmentalists Deutsche Welle "In our view, it doesn't make a difference whether a pipeline runs through countrieswhere transit fees may occur, or whether it runs through a neutral area such as the Baltic Sea. The main thing is that the ecological impact shouldn't be too large. ... See all stories on this topic »

Georgian-Armenian Relations Discussed in Yerevan Meetings Asbarez Armenian News Cooperation in the IT sector, as well as the construction of the Meghri-Batumi highway that would facilitate access to the Black Sea, was also discussed. Comments are welcomed and encouraged. Though you are fully responsible for the content you post, ... See all stories on this topic » Asbarez Armenian News

Nordic Banks Beat European Rivals as Corporate Lending Grows BusinessWeek “They've avoided all the big black holes so far and are largely supported by the robust Norwegian and Swedish economies,” Espen Furnes, an Oslo-based fund manager at Storebrand Asset Management, which oversees $74 billion, said in an interview. ... See all stories on this topic »

Why Cain Cain't: and fried chicken Examiner.com So, even though he is the lone black man on a stage of white people with a debate audience sea of white people, even though he has commercials that condone cigarette smoking and use that symbol that looks like the Cancer Society's logo, and even though... See all stories on this topic »

Finnish customs finding more souvenirs made of endangered species Helsingin Sanomat All that they were interested in was the horn, for which people are ready to pay enormous sums on the black market. The trade of souvenirs at the expense of endangered animals claimed yet another victim. Tourism to far-off countries is on the increase, ... See all stories on this topic »

Australia's $ 127- million aid a grease money for Spratlys's oil, says group allvoices It is grease money intended to boost the chance of Australian oil and gas explorer in getting a lion's share of the oil rich deposit in the West Philippine Sea. This is how the activist fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng ... See all stories on this topic »

Turkey becomes popular destination for Arab tourists, while Israelis decline ... Shanghai Daily (subscription) Istanbul and Black Sea coast became popular destinations for Arab tourists since then. Turkey's rapprochement with Arab countries has played a crucial role in its growing popularity with Arab tourists. Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ... See all stories on this topic »

Serbia invests maximum efforts to promote and achieve CEI goals ISRIA (registration) ... in 2011 and 2012 – the CEI, the Southeast European Cooperation Process, the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative and the Migration, Asylum and Refugees Regional Initiative and in the first half of 2012 it will chair the Black Sea Economic Cooperation. ... See all stories on this topic »

Tavis Smiley Salon But just moving your money from one bank to another, while symbolically important, is still only a tiptoe dip into the new sea of possibility. A far more important step is to do something interesting with that money — to make your money work for your ... See all stories on this topic » Salon

Eastern Black Sea Development Agency (EBDA) Eastern Black Sea Development Agency (DOKA) along with a committee from Trabzon Chamber of ... This news have been read 7 times ... Hacısalihoğlu said that endeavors to improve the trade across Black Sea countries are in progress. ... www.ebsda.org/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=14

Kazakhstani producers fully provide the country with poultry in 2016 ... Black Sea News · World · Outlooks & ... Kazakhstan will be able to fully meet the poultry farm poultry country by 2016 by building new factories. This is the ... www.blackseagrain.net/.../kazakhstani-producers-fully-provid...

BSTDB ... - Press Releases - Black Sea Trade and Development Bank News and Events ... The Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) is an international financial institution established by ... equity and guarantees for projects and trade financing in the public and private sectors in its member countries. ... www.bstdb.org/news-and-events/.../press-releases_3371.htm

CASPIAN SEA Countries News, Nov 08, 2011

Caspian militarization not conducive to gas cooperation The Voice of Russia The Caspian Sea washes the borders of five countries. These are Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Azerbaijan. They remain at odds over a wide range of difficult issues, including the legal status of the Caspian Sea itself. ... See all stories on this topic » The Voice of Russia

OPEC Boosts 2015 Oil Demand Forecast Following 'Swift' Recovery BusinessWeek Supplies from outside the organization, including non- conventional oil and natural gas liquids, will increase “steadily” to 2015, rising 4.5 percent to 55.3 million barrels a day as output from the Caspian Sea, Brazil and Canada compensates for the ... See all stories on this topic »

NABUCCO: an empty pipeline, an empty dream Tehran Times Another problem was that the Caspian Sea pipeline needs the approval of all 5 states that control the waters. Nabucco even considered Egypt but their plans were shattered by the Arab Spring. Some considered Iraq hoping to get 15 billion cubic meters ... See all stories on this topic »

Med Crude-Azeri exports to soar, Exxon joins window Reuters Africa November exports of 17.35 million were the lowest in many years because of maintenance works at Caspian Sea platforms. "The programmes are important but margins are key," said the trader, referring to gasoil cracks which are important for the ... See all stories on this topic »

Russia to turn into tourist destination The Voice of Russia ... on promoting tourism in the Caspian littoral that will run in the Astrakhan region from the 15th to the 17th of December. The participants of the conference from Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan and Russia will discuss cruises in the Caspian Sea. See all stories on this topic » The Voice of Russia

Oil exploration ups Korea's profile Korea Times KNOC has worked on the Zhambyl area in the northern Caspian Sea to find a large amount of oil reserves. Another large project is the Arystan oilfield in the southwestern part of the country, where KNOC holds a majority of shares. ... See all stories on this topic » Korea Times

Nord Stream pipeline opens, Russia-Europe interdependence grows Christian Science Monitor Another pipeline project, called Nabucco, aims to bring in gas from theCaspian Sea through Turkey to southern Europe. One of its supporters is former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer. “It is very unfortunate that we receive a large portion of ... See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor

A global test Chicago Tribune 17. The Makgadikgadi Pans are one of the largest salt flat complexes in the world and lie in the northeastern part of Botswana near the border with what country? 18. Most speakers of Farsi live south of the Caspian Sea on which continent? See all stories on this topic »

Fly on the friendly ekranoplan Abbotsford Times It was dubbed the Caspian Sea Monster by confused western intelligence agencies. The Russians also made versions bristling with guns and missiles (weapons were the only thing the Soviets did really well) and another variation was intended for troop ... See all stories on this topic »

Ayatollah Hamedani: Islam religion of friendship, kindness and unity Islamic Republic News Agency Officially the “Republic of Azerbaijan” is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, ... See all stories on this topic » Islamic Republic News Agency

Russia draws up state program for shelf development Barents Observer It will cost from 13,7 to 27 USD to produce one barrel of oil on the shelf, including theCaspian Sea, while a barrel from West Siberia costs only 5-7 USD, according to the consultant. According to the program that is up for discussion in the ... See all stories on this topic »

Leveraging weakness TransConflict This proposed pipeline would bring Russian and Caspian oil, bypassing the Turkish straits with an entry point in Bulgaria, running through FYROM and ending in Albania, where all the oil would then be shipped to Western Europe. ... See all stories on this topic »

Caspian militarization not conducive to gas cooperation The Caspian Sea washes the borders of five countries. These are Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Azerbaijan. They remain at odds over a wide range ... english.ruvr.ru/2011/11/08/60054778.html

Turkmenistan stands by Caspian pipeline Asia Time Online - Daily News ... the Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline (TCGP) across theCaspian Sea bed to ... of all Caspian littoral states was necessary, meaning that any single country's veto should be enough to halt to halt the project. ... www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/MK04Ag02.html

Caspian Sea News - World News Report The Latest Caspian Sea News from World News Report. ... is a significant player in the energy market in the Caspian region, the country is fourth in the world ... world.einnews.com/news/caspian-sea

OSCE: Caspian Sea countries cannot eliminate man-made disasters ... OSCE: Caspian Sea countries cannot eliminate man-made disasters alone. BAKU. November 3. KAZINFORM Caspian ... Latest news; Popular; Infographics ... www.inform.kz/eng/article/2416718

MEDITERRANEAN SEA Countries News, Nov 08, 2011

UPDATE 1-EU diesel tax proposal could help refining sector-OPEC As a result, the region relies on diesel imports from the United States for consumption in northwest Europe, and from Russia to meet Mediterranean basin demand. Diesel use is more widespread than gasoline in the major car-owning economies of Europe. ... See all stories on this topic »

“Democratic and Economic Transformation in North Africa and the Middle East ... StarAfrica.com Producer and consumer countries stand to benefit from the huge solar energy potential in the southern Mediterranean. There is potential for minimizing illegal migration and expanding cooperation in this field. The EU has offered the transition ... See all stories on this topic »

Euro bailout won't stave off default by Greece New Zealand Herald It was about unity, so Mediterranean countries like Greece, with dramatically lower productivity, were encouraged to join as well. Greece, with access to practically unlimited credit because its currency was the "sound" euro, ran up enormous foreign ... See all stories on this topic »

Finland Demands Stronger Monitoring Of Troubled Euro Nations Wall Street Journal Katainen described the recent events in Greece as "unfortunate", and said trust towards the Mediterranean country had received a "serious blow". Over the weekend Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou accepted the formation of a national unity ... See all stories on this topic »

Nature's Key To A Bright Future For Libya Scoop.co.nz (press release) “Efforts to conserve Libya's coast can build on experiences in other Mediterranean countries, where effective management and sustainable development of natural protected areas have benefitted the environment and local people.” See all stories on this topic »

Iranian Navy Thwarts Pirate Attack on Oil Tanker in Red Sea Fars News Agency The Gulf of Aden - which links the Indian Ocean with the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea - is an important energy corridor, particularly because Persian Gulf oil is shipped to the West via the Suez Canal. See all stories on this topic » Fars News Agency

Kenya: New Challenges Facing Libyan PM AllAfrica.com Some of Kaddafi's arms stockpiles in Libyans will certainly pour into the neighbouringcountries through the Mediterranean nation's porous and un-policed boarders. This is a potent threat in a region already destabilized by popular revolutions in ... See all stories on this topic »

Italy is bust; it's just a question of when MarketWatch Even worse, a healthy Mediterranean diet — lots of red wine and olive oil — means life expectancy is rising fast. Italian women now have the longest life expectancy in Europe at 83.2 years (perhaps because they have so few children), and the men are ... See all stories on this topic »

At the G-20, Small Victories for India New York Times (blog) “History is being written in Cannes,” trumpeted billboards around theMediterranean resort city when world leaders met there last week. And it was, though not as the French might have hoped. Nicolas Sarkozy had no lesser ambition when France assumed ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times (blog)

Drug research feels Europe's pain Nature.com (subscription) As Europe's economy reaches crunchpoint, experts are warning that countries' responses to the financial difficulties could end up stifling drug development. Industry representatives say that in Mediterranean countries in particular, healthcare spending ... See all stories on this topic » Nature.com (subscription)

Call for proposals on reform of higher education through international ... Cordis News ... cooperation that involves the European Union and partner countries and focuses on the reform and modernisation of higher education systems in the Partner Countries of Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Western Balkans and the Mediterranean region. ... See all stories on this topic »

Egypt chairs conference of Union for the Mediterranean Egypt SIS (press release) The conference is the first of its kind that held after the success of revolutions of Arab spring of Egypt, Libya and Tunisia. The conference that will take two days will tackle ways to achieve the sustainable development of Mediterranean countries ... See all stories on this topic »

Global travel industry posts all-time record figures Focus on Travel News By contrast, according to the IPK International's forecasts, it will take some time before Arab countries regain their visitors' confidence. ”As a result of the Arab Spring,Mediterranean countries such as Greece, Portugal, Spain, as well as Italy, ... See all stories on this topic »

Keeping up with Schengen Public Service It was the existing EPN provisions in the Mediterranean that formed the basis of Frontex's operational response to the migration flows from North Africa. And it is the EPN that will be strengthened as a combined surveillance response going forward. ... See all stories on this topic » Public Service

Financial year 2011/2012: Heidelberg publishes half-yearly figures -- program ... MarketWatch (press release) The order backlog for Heidelberg is highly differentiated internationally, and is influenced on the one hand by the continuing uncertainties in the US, Japan, and theMediterranean countries, and on the other hand by the favorable business trend in ... See all stories on this topic »

Project CLAMER finds 'disturbing' evidence of changes to Europe's seas environmentalresearchweb ... European Science Foundation, with contributions from more than 20 scientists, the CLAMER synthesis and related book examine the environments of the North Sea, Baltic Sea, Arctic Ocean, North East Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.... See all stories on this topic »

Israeli minister: Strike possible on Iran CBS News With most of its population concentrated in a narrow corridor of land along theMediterranean, Israel's home front could be vulnerable to a counterattack if Israel were to strike. An Israeli attack would also likely spark retaliation from Iran and ... See all stories on this topic »

The World's Largest Sandbox New York Times (blog) He took to calling the Mediterranean Mare Nostrum (“Our Sea”), as it had been in the days of the Roman Empire. In keeping with that theme, Africa became a focal point for Italian expansion and colonization. A long-term goal was to link up the Italian ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times (blog)

Debt, guilt and America's good fortune The Economist (blog) And I'm going to take this opportunity to annoy a lot of Dutch and Germans by saying that I think this may be related to their self-defeatingly punitive anti-Mediterraneanattitudes in euro-zone rescue negotiations. Fortunately, England was conquered ... See all stories on this topic »

Cypriot Government Planning More Fiscal Measures, Kazamias Says BusinessWeek Moody's Investors Service lowered the east Mediterranean island's sovereign-credit rating two levels to Baa3, the lowest investment grade, on Nov. 4. That followed Standard and Poor's Oct. 27 cut to BBB from BBB+ on expectations Cyprus will be forced ... See all stories on this topic »

Heritage, Democracy and Development in Libya Brookings Institution On the Mediterranean, corals reefs, sea bird colonies, and nesting seaturtles thrive between war-torn cities. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has identified 24 sites on the Libyan coast that warrant special protection due ... See all stories on this topic » Brookings Institution

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust Signs MoU With Venice Port Authority LogisticsWeek With over two million passengers per year, the Port of Venice is the first home port for cruise ships in the Mediterranean Sea. The expertise of Port of Venice in Cruise shipping could also be shared with JNPT in order that this expanding segment of ... See all stories on this topic »

Cypriot Government Planning More Fiscal Measures, Kazamias Says Bloomberg Moody's Investors Service lowered the east Mediterranean island's sovereign-credit rating two levels to Baa3, the lowest investment grade, on Nov. 4. That followed Standard and Poor's Oct. 27 cut to BBB from BBB+ on expectations Cyprus will be forced ... See all stories on this topic »

Proteins combat sickle cell in mice Futurity: Research News ... according to the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc. It's most common among those with an ancestry to Africa, South and Central America, the Caribbean islands, India, Saudi Arabia and Mediterranean countries such as Turkey, ... See all stories on this topic »

SOCIETE GENERALE: QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION MarketWatch (press release) International Retail Banking was underpinned by the commercial dynamism of the franchises in Eastern Europe (especially in the Czech Republic and Russia), theMediterranean Basin, Sub-Saharan Africa and French overseas territories. ... See all stories on this topic »

VIP, DHR, NEE, NBG, MUR - Stocks to watch at NYSE Retirement Planning The Bank's branch and ATM network in Greece is compr ised of 570 banking units and 1472 ATMs, throughout the country. After acquisitions in SE Europe and EasternMediterranean, the Bank's network overseas includes 1189 units. ... See all stories on this topic »

John Sutton enjoys the splendour of the fabulous Cote d'Azur Liverpool Echo The train isn't much dearer, and goes along the stunning Mediterranean coastline through the likes of Monaco, Cannes, Nice and San Tropez. We started off in Nice, flying into the airport where the runway is reclaimed from the sea and taking a short ... See all stories on this topic »

IN FOCUS: Libya's united front Flightglobal Several of Qatar's aircraft had to make an emergency diversion to Luqa airport in Malta after running short of fuel during their deployment to the Mediterranean, and one of the UAE's F-16s was destroyed in a crash after over-shooting the runway at ... See all stories on this topic »

Leveraging weakness TransConflict The export terminal is located at the entrance of the Adriatic Sea which is a geographically easily accessible location – both from the Western and EasternMediterranean. The export side is the bottleneck of increasing oil production. ... See all stories on this topic »

[Beijing Forum 2011] Artistic Heritage and Cultural Innovation Peking University News Her report was based on the history of Greeks and Romans, named “Greeks and Romans and Creation of Contacts from the Mediterranean to China - Artistic Heritage of the Ancient World”. The panel session on “Artistic Heritage and Cultural Innovation” has ... See all stories on this topic » Peking University News

Life and family issues underlie all economic issues in global debt crisis: author Lifesite The German public is also objecting vociferously to their taxes going to bolster what is seen to be reckless and profligate Mediterraneangovernments, while Ireland's recently booming economy is reeling under the strain of billions of Euros of debt ... See all stories on this topic » Lifesite

NATO - Foreign Press Center Roundtable ISRIA (registration) The other thing is we have a – what is called a Mediterranean Dialogue, which is a partnership with seven countries, including six Arab countries and Israel. That includes Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, Jordan, and, as I said, Israel, ... See all stories on this topic »

Holland America's 2013 Grand Voyages to explore 7 continents, 65countries eTurboNews This roundtrip sailing takes guests on a journey across the Atlantic to theMediterranean and the Balkans. Prinsendam calls at several "boutique" ports in the region that are not accessible to larger vessels, including Agadir, Morocco; Marmaris, ... See all stories on this topic » eTurboNews

Libya – A NATO Success Story ISRIA (registration) Seventy-five percent of the tankers flying over the Mediterranean were flown by American air forces. Without tankers, you can't fly long-range bombing runs. Or keep a combat air patrol going for very long. NATO is also critically short of intelligence, ... See all stories on this topic »

News — IEMed News. Noticia An international forum analyses the challenges for energy in ... 39 European and southern Mediterranean countries and 25 new documentary ... www.iemed.org/actualitat-en/noticies?set_language=en

News.Az - Security in Mediterranean Sea under discussion in Baku The event organized by the Center for Strategic Studies under the President is attended by international experts, government and state officials of Azerbaijan, ... www.news.az/articles/politics/47516

Pirates of the Mediterranean Sea | Truth Frequency News The two ships sailed from Turkey on Wednesday, carrying US$30000 worth of medical aid to the Gaza Strip, according to news reports: CPJ has confirmed the ... truthfrequencynews.com/?p=18927

The Secretary ... - Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean | Secrétariat de l'Union pour la ...especially with the recent regional context in the South Mediterranean countries. ... www.ufmsecretariat.org/.../the-secretary-general-of-the-ufm-in...