Competitive Armenian Private Sector (CAPS) — A three to five year program of assistance funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). CAPS is based on a cluster approach which focuses on improving the business environment and fostering cooperation among enterprises in a particular industry sector.

Microenterprise Development Fund (MDF) — A non-for profit organization which fosters micro-entrepreneurship by providing loans to micro and small entrepreneurs, with 60% of its loan portfolio allocated in rural area.

UN FAO - Country Profiles and Mapping Information System: Azerbaijan — Provides information about the UN's food and agriculture activities, areas of intervention, newsroom, publications, country information, related sites and contacts.

AzDipDervis — About the agency established by the government of Azerbaijan aimed at supporting foreign investors and companies for economic cooperation. The site includes a range of services provided by the organization.

UN FAO - Country Profiles and Mapping Information System: Georgia — Provides information about the UN's food and agriculture activities, areas of intervention, newsroom, publications, country information, related sites and contacts.

World Bank Group - Georgia — Provides news and events and in-depth analysis with a regional overview, country briefs, data and statistics, publications, development topics, initiatives, projects and programs.

The Library Network - Kazakhstan Pathfinder — Provides resources on economic issues in Kazakhstan including news sources, new library books and articles, electronic journals, statistical resources, selected web sites and key databases. Serving the World Bank Group and IMF.

US Commercial Service - Kazakhstan — Provides assistance to help US businesses export goods and services. Includes doing business in Kazakhstan, services available for US and Kazakhstan companies, trade events, links and US government products and resources.

US Energy Information Administration - Kyrgyzstan — US EIA provides data, forecasts, country analysis brief and other analyses, focusing on the energy industry including oil, natural gas and electricity.

Doing Business in Kyrgyzstan — Overview from Pangaea Partners.

US Energy Information Administration - Tajikistan — US EIA provides data, forecasts, country analysis brief and other analyses, focusing on the energy industry including oil, natural gas and electricity.

USAID CP '98: Tajikistan — Details of the 1998 United States Congressional Budget Presentation.

UN FAO - Country Profiles and Mapping Information System: Turkmenistan — Provides information about the UN's food and agriculture activities, areas of intervention, newsroom, publications, country information, related sites and contacts.

US Energy Information Administration - Turkmenistan — US EIA provides data, forecasts, country analysis brief and other analyses, focusing on the energy industry including oil, natural gas and electricity.

US Energy Information Administration - Uzbekistan — US EIA provides data, forecasts, country analysis brief and other analyses, focusing on the energy industry including oil, natural gas and electricity.

American Chamber of Commerce in Uzbekistan — The AmCham sponsors a number of activities that serve to promote dialogue between the business community and appropriate Uzbek and U.S. Government officials.

US Energy Information Administration - Belarus — US EIA provides data, forecasts, country analysis brief and other analyses, focusing on the energy industry including oil, natural gas and electricity.

Estonia feels the pinch of Moscow's pique — Financial Times author Eric Janssen writes about an Estonian oil terminal that is planning to convert itself into a shopping mall due to the lack Russian oil, as an example of how Estonian businesses refocus their activities away from dependence on Russian transit oil.

Estonian Export Directory — General information about the economy, doing business in Estonia, the legal system and a searchable index of exporting companies, with the aim of promoting exports. [English, German, French]

US Energy Information Administration - Latvia — US EIA provides data, forecasts, country analysis brief and other analyses, focusing on the energy industry including oil, natural gas and electricity.

IMF - Republic of Latvia and the IMF — Provides news, statistics, Public Information Notices and other reports, financial position in the Fund and transactions.

Outsource to Lithuania — Project by Association Infobalt, aimed at uniting the Lithuanian information technology and communications business corporations, providing services to foreign businesses. Information on Lithuania IT market and possibilities of oursourcing to Lithuania.

US Energy Information Administration - Lithuania — US EIA provides data, forecasts, country analysis brief and other analyses, focusing on the energy industry including oil, natural gas and electricity.

CAMIB - Ministry of Agriculture of Moldova — It is the Marketing Information Bureau set up by the TACIS Marketing Project. CAMIB's mission is to improve the marketing of Moldovan agricultural products.

US Energy Information Administration - Moldova — US EIA provides data, forecasts, country analysis brief and other analyses, focusing on the energy industry including oil, natural gas and electricity.

US Energy Information Administration - Russia — US EIA provides data, forecasts, country analysis brief and other analyses, focusing on the energy industry including oil, natural gas and electricity.

UK DFID - Country Profiles: Russia — News, programmes, case studies and publications about the country from the Department for International Development in the UK.

US Commercial Service - Ukraine — Provides assistance to help US businesses export goods and services. Includes business service providers, buyer missions to the US, market intelligence, Country Commercial Guide, US Export Finance Guide, trade events, links and US government products, services and resources.

UN FAO - Country Profiles and Mapping Information System: Ukraine — Provides information about the UN's food and agriculture activities, areas of intervention, newsroom, publications, country information, related sites and contacts.

US Commercial Service - Israel — Provides assistance to help US businesses export goods and services. Includes business service providers, doing business in Israel, services for Israeli companies, Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States, Access Eastern Mediterranean (AEM) Program, trade events, forum, links and US government products, services and resources. [English, Hebrew]

Matimop — Non-profit organization providing mediation services between Israeli and foreign companies and promoting joint developments of advanced technologies. Contains company databases, information about industrial co-operations and a news and events section.

American Chamber of Commerce in Armenia — Offers history, charter, detailed list of members and services as well as information on committees.

Cascade Insurance — Manages a group of financial services companies.

Ministry of Nature Protection — Includes reports about the climate change in the country, current and future projects to be carried out in this field.

United Nations Development Program — Presents news, publications, factsheets on completed and ongoing projects, information about the country office, the partners of UNDP, cooperation reports and links.

Armenian Red Cross Society — Information on the history of the Red Cross, its mission and activities.

Society Without Violence — The vision of the organization is to have well-educated and developed young people for the formation of open, civil society without violence.

Shusha - Heartbeat of Karabakh — Information about Shusha, the historical capital of Karabakh region of Azerbaijan and its cultural heritage.

Gunay Bank — Offers loans, credit cards and savings products.

Commission on Combating Corruption — About the anticorruption legislature in Azerbaijan.

Biological Safety Association — About safety methods during production, organization and projects.

NATO - Brussels — Mission of the Republic of Azerbaijan to NATO, promoting Euro-Atlantic integration via the NATO-Azerbaijan Partnership.

United States - Washington DC — Information about the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in USA, US-Azerbaijan relations, as well as broad information about Azerbaijan.

Ministry of Internal Affairs — Information about the ministry.

International Journal of Academic Research (IJAR) — Bimonthly, journal publishing peer-reviewed research in all fields of science.

UN OCHA ReliefWeb - Azerbaijan — Provides latest updates on emergencies, sector reports, appeals and financial tracking along with background information and employment vacancies.

Ireli Public Union — About nationwide youth movement. The information is provided in both Azerbaijani and English laguages.

Association of Business Consulting Organizations of Georgia — Non-profit, non-governmental organization which comprises several business consulting companies, oriented towards the development of small and medium business activity in Georgia. Profile, member list and information on projects and services provided.

ICL - Georgia Index — Complete copies and links to the country's Constitution, along with related background, history and events, provided by International Constitutional Law.

European Commission — European Commission Delegation to Georgia, located in Tbilisi.

Internews Georgia — Georgian chapter of multinational organization aiming to strengthen media freedom. Profile, media news and details of various projects.

Wikipedia - Kazakhstan — Hyperlinked free encyclopedia article, covers the country's history, government and politics, geography, economy, demographics, language and culture.

UNICEF - Kazakhstan — Newsline, priorities, programs and statistics from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

USAID Congressional Presentation, 1997 — Includes program summary and activity data sheet.

U.S. Policy Toward the Central Asian States — by Ambassador James Collins (The World Bank)

UK Foreign Office - Country Profiles: Tajikistan — Overview of country's geography, history, politics, economy, international relations, travel and current affairs.

History & Culture of Turkmenistan — Rich information on history starting from early rulers in the 4th century B.C, arrival of Oguz, soviet regime and ending with independence on October 27, 1991.

Turkmenistan Turkmens — Rich resource on Turkmen art and folk art, music, literature, and related links. Also includes a few media resources like movie clips and photos.

The British Council Uzbekistan — Helps people who want to work with us on joint British Uzbek projects and are seeking information on institutions, individuals or systems.

Topix - Uzbekistan — Headline links from media sources worldwide.

US State Department - Human Rights Report: Uzbekistan — 2008 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

Council of Ministers — General information on the government, list of members of the cabinet, ministries and other governmental entities.

Belarus News and Analysis — Daily headline links and newsfeeds from various sources.

Belarusian Genealogy — Starting points and links to maps, groups and archives.

GoodKaarma — Produces and sells organic soaps made with essential oils, herbs and spices. [Estonian, English and others]

Tartu Old Observatory — Offers a brief history and picture gallery. [Estonian, English]

Estonian Association for Quality (EAQ) — Promotes quality within Estonian companies and institutions. [Estonian, English]

Ministry of Justice — Information about the legal and court systems. [Estonian, English, Russian]

Ministry of the Interior — Provides internal security, protects public order and develops regional cooperation. News and information regarding activities. [Estonian, English, Russian]

Austria - Vienna — Representation of Estonia serving Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia and Slovakia. Provides consular information and information about historical bilateral relations. [Estonian, English, German]

Switzerland - Zürich — Honorary Consulate of Estonia in Stäfa / Zürich. Activities and contact information. [English, German]

Otto Tief - Wikipedia — Military commander during the Estonian war of independence and head of the short lived Estonian government that followed the Nazi retreat which was removed by force when the Soviet Union re-occupied Estonia. Deported to Siberia.

US Library of Congress - Country Study: Estonia — January 1995 country profile plus information about historical setting, society and environment, economy, government and politics, and national security.

Harju County Government — Official site. Information about the governor and relations with other counties. Includes a short overview of sights. [Estonian, English]

23 August: Remembrance day for the victims of totalitarian and authoritarian regimes — History of Nazi-Soviet cooperation, especially the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact. The resulting occupation of Estonia and population losses. The lasting effects on the Baltics, who are the only countries whose independence was not restored after the second world war.

Estonian Historical Archives (Ajalooarhiiv) — Preserves records of former central administrative institutions on the Estonian territory, court and police organs, materials of knighthood (Baltic-German nobility), local governments of towns and rural areas as well as records of churches, educational institutions, manors, personal files, societies and enterprises. [Estonian, English, German]

Compendium — Summary of cultural policy developments in Estonia.

Baltic Projects Management LTD — Offers services for cheap catering and budget venues and accommodation for seminars, conferences and events in Latvia.

Laskana Ltd. — Timber port trader. A Latvian-Swedish joint venture. Page includes company history. [Latvian, English]

Chancery of the President of Latvia — News and agenda of the nation's president. [Latvian, English, Russian]

Ministry of Economy — Provides information about the structure of the ministry and reports on the state of the Latvian economy.

United States - Washington DC — Embassy of Latvia located in Washington DC and accredited to the United States and to Mexico. Includes information about macroeconomic development, economic reforms, doing business in Latvia, and trade and investment opportunities, as well as consular matters.

China - Beijing — Embassy of the Republic of Latvia in China. Page gives information about the ambassador and news releases.

The Latvian Institute: Brief history of Latvia — Gives information about ancient peoples who populated this region before 2000 BC, then the impact of German Christian crusaders during the 12th century, Polish and Swedish rule, Russian dominance and finally liberation.

BNTP — A real-estate development and investment company. [Lithuanian, English]

Ad Rem — Air cargo, customs brokerage, customs warehousing and terminal services, local distribution and insurance.

Lithuanian Parliament — News, structure, history and documents of the Parliament.

CIA - Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Lithuania — List of government officials and their titles, updated weekly. Also includes the head of the central bank, ambassadors to the United States and Permanent Representatives to the UN, New York.

Lithuania Today — Magazine created by and for the international community in Lithuania and friends of Lithuania around the world.

Žagarė — Website about Zagare town (Joniskis district). Information on the history of the town, its famous people, places of interest.

Ekobaltika Ltd. — Distributes net and cordage material, manufactures nets and fishing gear. Company description.

Oksana's St. Petersburg — Information and support for tourists, visa support, professional interpreting and translation, hotels and short-term apartment rentals.

Pulford Real Estate — Serviced apartments and real estate services in St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia. Company information, description of services, contact information.

Support to Export-Oriented Innovative SMEs — The Project’s key objective is to support the process of development of the export-oriented innovative small and medium-sized enterprises with the scope of enhancing EU-Russia trade relations and contributing to the realization of the Common Economic Space.

Yandex — Rules-based Russian morphology. Russian charsets support and recognition, found words highlighting. Free form search, strict search, similar document search options. Smart relevancy ranking

Netherlands - The Hague — Embassy of the Russian Federation in Netherlands, and also the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the 1993 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction (OPCW).

Canada - Ottawa — Embassy of the Russian Federation in Canada, with information about Russian cuisine, and a detailed statement on the current state of Russian-Canadian relations.

The Moscow Times — Headline news and feature articles.

The Commander Islands and B.C. Nature and Protection Association — About the pristine and diverse ecosystem and indigenous culture of the Commander (Komandorskiye) Islands in the Bering Sea, and conservation efforts.

The USSR in 1991: The Implosion of a Superpower — A discussion and analysis of the Soviet Union's collapse in the early 1990s.

(r) Early Cooperation: Economic Cooperation — During the 1920s and early 1930s, tensions between the Soviet Union and the West eased somewhat, particularly in the area of economic cooperation.

(t) World War II: Alliance — Despite deep-seated mistrust and hostility between the Soviet Union and the Western democracies, Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 created an instant alliance between the Soviets and the two greatest: Britain and the United States.

Konstantin Chernenko — Biographical sketch of the man who briefly ruled the USSR from 1984 to 1985.

Bolsheviks in the Russian revolution - how the revolution degenerated — Articles by Avrich, Rosenberg, Koenker and other social historians on the Bolsheviks and the degeneration of the Russian revolution

Jewish Community of Dnipropetrovsk — All about Jewish life in Dnipropetrovsk.

Lepton — Cable TV company looking for investments

Mikulintsy Yizkor Book — Online publication of memorial book on bygone Jewish community of Mykulyntsi, village in the Terebovlya district. Former names: Mikulince in Polish / Mikulintsy in Russian.

Mukachevo (Munkacs) by Catholic Encyclopedia — Entry about Mukachevo (old Hungarian name: Munkacs) from the Catholic Encyclopedia.

United States - Chicago — Offers consular and visa information and resources, trade resources, business and economic development, news and press releases, activities, and contact information. In English and Ukrainian.

Canada - Ottawa — With information on consular services, a list of embassy staff and facts about Ukraine. Also in Ukrainian.

Kievrus pan CIS news. — Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and surrounding republics regional news. Politics, economics, society, sports, weather. Site is available in Ukrainian, Russian and English languages.

Welcome to Ukraine — Online version of a magazine about art issues, entertainment events, history, also containing stories and facts about Ukraine.

AQUA magazine — AQUA magazine. Underwater sceneries and its inhabitants, the nature charming by its exotic beauty, adventures, diving, serf-riding, underwater hunting, the mysteries of the World Ocean.

Eco-Dnipro — Information about geography, environment and social problems of Dnieper river.

Kibbutz Yahel — Kibbutz Yahel is located in the southern Negev Desert, about 60 Km north of Eilat. This site describes this unique young kibbutz, its people and its primarily agricultural economy.

Skyscrapers: Ashkelon — Information on architecture and demographics in the city.

Skyscrapers: Holon — Information on architecture and demographics in the city.

Kosher Hotels in Ma'alot — Directory of inns from the Ma'alot Rabbinate.

Hanoar Hatzioni Olamit — Offers newsletter and other information on the Tnua movement.

Moshe Genish's Tent — Overlooking the Sea of the Galilee, providing world music, stories and legends, spiritual workshops, and tours of the area.

Pinhas Sapir Center for Development — The Center deals with promoting the Israeli economy, industry, society, policy, and the cultural-educational aspect. The main objective of the Center is to contribute to broadening the knowledge and understanding of economic development issues, with emphasis on the Israeli experience.

Interdisciplinary Center for Technological Analysis and Forecasting — A leading institute in Technology Forecasting, Foresight, Assessment and Long-Term Planning. The multidisciplinary center taps the expertise of world-class scientists at Tel Aviv University and other well-known research establishments to create a core body of researchers with unrivaled knowledge in a diverse range of fields in exact sciences and engineering, geography, economics, education and social sciences, information technology and communications.

United States - Washington DC — With a list of pro-Israeli quotations by U.S. presidents past and present, an explanation of the security fence and other Israeli measures, and contact details for the embassy in Washington D.C. and for the consulates in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and San Francisco.

Netherlands in Tel Aviv — News and governmental and consular information from the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Tel Aviv. In English and Dutch.

China - Embassy in Tel Aviv — Includes information about the Chinese Embassy In Israel, news section, visas, economy and trade, tourist and political issues. [English/Chinese]

Ministry of Health — Contains information on the state of health and medicine in Israel.[Hebrew/English]

Ministry of Tourism — Information on the activities of the Ministry. Includes statistics, development programs, information for the investor and other categories.

Revivim — General information about overseas cargo insurance to Israel for those making aliyah.

Association of Americans & Canadians in Israel — A volunteer organization with headquarters in Jerusalem that provides expert information and guidance on employment, housing, culture shock, oleh rights, customs and shipping, education and adventures in learning, and volunteerism.

The Central Library for the Blind — Serves the visually impaired and handicapped and produces and lends out books and periodicals in Braille, on cassette and in large print. [English/Hebrew]

Heller, Yuval — Contains several original documents (mostly about mathematics), favorite links, a poll of the month and a photo gallery.

Справочник экономических терминов —

Экономические новости — Дайджест событий в сфере экономики страны.