CENN Electronic Bulletin (English Version) Issue 90 – 05/11/2006

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NEWS FROM GEORGIA
What Is this: Criminal Lobbyism or Incompetence?
Under such title on April 5, 2006 Entrepreneurs Party held press
conference in the building of State Parliament of Georgia.
The theme of press conference was duty on natural resources usage.
<; more Millennium Challenge Starts in Georgia Source: Prime-News, 2006-04-10 Implementation of Millennium Challenge Georgia started on April 9, 2005. The statement on the official start of implementation was made by Zurab Noghaideli, Georgian Prime Minister and John Danilovich, MCC Chief Executive in the State Chancellery of Georgia on Sunday. The decision on allocation of USD 295 m within a Millennium Challenge program for Georgia was made by the US State Department in 2005 autumn. <; more Conference on Biosafety and GMO-free Georgia 2006-04-11 On April 11, 2006 launched Conference under title Biosafety and GMO-free Georgia, organized by Green Movement of Georgia and Friends of Earth International with support of Rights Oppositionists' Party. The conference lastÕ× thee days (April 11-13, 2006). The first day of the event was held in the building of State Parliament of Georgia. < t; more NEWS FROM AZERBAIJAN BTC PIPELINE TO BECOME THE IMPORTANT FACTOR IN FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF GEORGIA Source: AzerTaj, 2006-04-06 As AzerTag learned from the BP Company, after the main export oil pipeline is put in operation, the annual transit revenues <; more Tentative Date For Final implementation OF BTC Source: Prime-News, 2006-04-06 An official ceremony on commissioning of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline at the full capacity will be held in the first half of July 2006. < ; more Kazakhstan to join to BTC pipeline in May Source: "Day.az", 2006-04-06 In the words of Andgar Shuklutov, Ambassador Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan, the next round of negotiations of the <; more BAKU-NOVOROSSIYSK PIPELINE HAULS OVER 1 MILLION TONS OF CRUDE OVER THREE MONTHS Source: AzerTag, 2006-04-09 The Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline transported 1. 157 670 tons of crude in January-March, State Oil Company of Azerbaijan said. <; more NEWS FROM ARMENIA WORLD BANK TO ASSIGN $8 MLN TO ARMENIA TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAM OF REPRODUCTIVE POWER Source: ARMENPRESS, 2006-04-07 Today, Minister of Finance and Economy of Armenia, Vardan Khachatryan and Head of the World Bank's office in Yerevan, Roger Robinson will sign the WB-authorized Reproductive Power Program. <; more ARMENIA'S GOVERNMENT TO SELL IRAN-ARMENIA GAS LINE TO "ARMROSGASPROM" Source: ArmInfo, 2006-04-07 Yerevan, April 6. ArmInfo-RBC. According to the Gasprom's press-office information, the "Gasprom" and the government of Armenia signed an agreement on the purchase of the 40-km section of the Iran-Armenia gas line under construction and the Razdan HPP's Unit N5 (Razdan-5) by "ArmRosgasprom" CJSC from the Republic's government. It is envisaged to sign the preliminary purchase and sale agreement till April 14 and the final law of property transfer must be carried out till January 1, 2007. According to the agreement, the Armenia's government also engages itself to hand over the functions of the Principal of the Iran-Armenia gas line's second part construction with length of about 197 km to "ArmRosgasprom. < ml> more
THE POLLUTION OF SEVAN IS BECOMING DANGEROUS
Source: TV Company of Gavar, 2006-04-10
Nowadays the problem of cleaning up the slops in the Gegharkunik region
is
very actual. Only with surface sewage 4000 tons of manure, 80 tones of
phosphats, 290 tones of nitrats and more than 115 tones of oil-products
are
thrown into the lake Sevan annually.
<; more IMPLEMENTATION OF MILLENNIUM CHALLENGES CORPORATION'S PROGRAM IN ARMENIA TO CONTRIBUTE TO REGIONS' DEVELOPMENT Source: ARKA, 2006-04-13 The implementation of the Millennium Challenges Corporation's program in Armenia will essentially contribute to the development of the country's regions and rural poverty reduction, Speaker of the RA Parliament Artur Baghdasaryan stated at his meeting with a US delegation, which includes Chairman of the <; more INTERNATIONAL NEWS CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR, LEGISLATURE TAKE AIM AT CLIMATE CHANGE Source: ENS, 2006-04-04 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is ready to do battle with climate change. Today he directed the California <; more E ARTH'S ICE MELTING UNDER BLANKET OF GREENHOUSE GASES Source: ENS, 2006-04-04 Large amounts of the greenhouse gas methane will be released into the atmosphere in the near future, according to a Dutch scientist speaking today at the European Geosciences Union meeting in Vienna. He said global warming could <; more TASMAN SPIRIT OIL SPILL SICKENED PAKISTANI COASTAL RESIDENTS Source: ENS, 2006-04-04 People living on the coast of Karachi near the location of the 2003 Tasman Spirit oil spill have experienced <; more B P facing criminal investigation over Alaskan oil spill Source: Belfast Telegraph, 206-04-07 BP, the energy giant that trumpets its green credentials, is believed to be under criminal investigation in the US following a massive oil spill in Alaska. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), an arm of the US government, is looking into whether BP properly maintained its pipelines in Alaska. <; more Civil society supports early warning system to minimise impact of natural disasters Source: e-Civicus, 2006-04-07 Civil society representatives from around the world have joined with senior government officials and representatives of international organisations in stressing the need for mobilising political commitment to minimise <; more Legal News the latest edition of the WATER CODE of the Russian Federation: Serious blow to water resources of Russia Source: ENWL, 2006-04-07 We call attention of all citizens to the latest version of the draft Water Code, currently under discussion in State Duma. If the Code is adopted, without taking a number of basic amendments into account, virtually opens up infinite possibilities of the intolerably dangerous environment impact. Also, it can become another source of the wide social protest. <; more International Seminar / Conference / Meeting Sustainable Economic Development in Ukraine: Addressing the Environmental Challenge Open Dialogue between Government, Industry & Civil Society 18-22 September 2006 On behalf of Mariupol State University of the Humanities and the conference organising committee, welcome to: <; more
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