Since its independence in April 1991, the former Soviet republic of Georgia has been involved in not one but three armed conflicts. Simmering disputes within two regions of Georgia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, between local separatists and the majority Georgian population, have erupted into widespread inter-ethnic violence and wars.
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On August 12, five nations resolved a twenty-seven-year-old dispute over how to divide up the oil and gas reserves contained in the Caspian Sea. The treaty, signed in the Caspian coastal city of Aktau, Kazakhstan, ends a spat over whether the Caspian is a sea or a lake, and clarifies the maritime boundaries of the surrounding countries.
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An unprecedented violent crackdown by riot police against anti-government protesters in Romania’s capital left many wounded and further escalated the ongoing standoff between the ruling PSD party and the liberal opposition, including President Klaus Iohannis.
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Last month, the Bulgarian Constitutional Court rejected the Istanbul Convention, a treaty intended to prevent violence against women — from marital rape to female genital mutilation –, as unconstitutional. The July 27 ruling likely kills any chance the treaty will be ratified by the Bulgarian parliament.
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Women run Latvia. The Baltic country with 2 million inhabitants is the only EU member state where women occupy the majority of management posts in different enterprises, according to data from Eurostat. Of the 54,540 Latvians classified as managers, 28,778 are women. The fact that women are chief executives, managing directors, sales and marketing managers is not new. Back in 2006, almost 43% of managers in Latvia were female, the highest proportion in the EU.
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