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RFE/RL NEWSLINE

RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol 2, No. 31 , Part II, 16 February 1998

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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol 2, No. 31 , Part II, 16 February 1998
A daily report of developments in Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Russia,
the Caucasus and Central Asia prepared by the staff of Radio Free
Europe/Radio Liberty.
This is Part II, a compilation of news concerning Central, Eastern, and
Southeastern Europe. Part I covers Russia,
Transcaucasia and Central Asia and is distributed simultaneously as a
second document. Back issues of RFE/RL NewsLine and the OMRI Daily Digest
are online at RFE/RL's Web site:
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the previous year. Investors from the U.S. accounted for the largest
percentage of investments. PB
CRIMEAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER SAYS CALL FOR ELECTIONS ILLEGAL. Anatoly
Gritsenko said on 13 February that the Ukrainian parliament's call for
early elections in Crimea is unconstitutional, ITAR-TASS reported. The Kyiv
parliament's decision the previous day to hold early elections on 29 March
is one of a "series of illegal acts" against the autonomous republic of
Crimea, he argued. Gritsenko also said the Ukrainian parliament can demand
early elections only if the Crimean legislature violates the country's
constitution and the Ukrainian Constitutional Court rules to dissolve the
peninsula's parliament. PB
GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT CHAIRMAN IN KYIV. Zurab Zhvania held talks in Kyiv on
13-14 February with his Ukrainian counterpart, Oleksandr Moroz, and with
Premier Pustovoytenko. Moroz affirmed Ukraine's