10 Held For Nevsky Express Bombing The St. Petersburg Times - News | 11.03.2010 22:18 By Alexandra Odynova The St. Petersburg Times MOSCOW - A Moscow court has sanctioned the arrest of 10 suspects in connection with November's bombing of the Nevsky ...
Georgia: officials face mandatory drug tests Eurasianet | 11.03.2010 21:04 The Georgian parliament is considering a proposal to make drug tests a mandatory condition for getting or keeping a job within the public sector. ...
Yanukovych's radical march to Moscow Kyiv Post - All news | 11.03.2010 20:37 Taras Kuzio writes: This article is, therefore, a reminder for those optimists and wishful thinkers about that for which Yanukovych stands. Western media and diplomats ...
Four militants killed in police operation in Chechnya - Kadyrov RIA Novosti - Russia | 11.03.2010 18:11 GROZNY, March 11 (RIA Novosti) - Four militants were killed in a special police operation in the mountainous south of Chechnya, in Russia's North Caucasus, Chechen President ...
Tusk moves on to Georgia 11.03.2010 15:18 TheNews.pl - Strona Główna | 11.03.2010 15:37 Prime Minister Donald Tusk, currently on a tour of the Caucasus, has travelled from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to Georgia where his schedule includes meetings with Premier ...
EU Hails Tbilisi's Abkhaz, S.Ossetia Strategy Civil Georgia Online - Economy | 11.03.2010 14:38 EU "takes note" of Georgia's State Strategy on Occupied Territories: Engagement through Cooperation and "welcomes Georgia's commitment to solve the conflict only through ...
Armenia, Azerbaijan should reach compromise on Karabakh-Sarkozy ITAR-TASS - World | 11.03.2010 13:29 PARIS, March 11 (Itar-Tass) - Yerevan and Baku should reach compromise for the resumption of the "peace dynamics" of the Nagorno-Karabakh problem, believes French ...
EU welcomes Georgia`s new strategy on occupied territories Georgian Times - Politics | 11.03.2010 10:37 European Union has approved Georgia`s new strategy on occupied territories. The organization has released a special Declaration by HR Ashton on behalf of the EU on the ...
Region: Russia looks to buy French ships The Prague Post - News | 11.03.2010 10:25 If Russia attacks a neighbor, it might do so with new warships supplied by France. ...
Alasania's Party Officials Meet Gachechiladze Civil Georgia Online - Economy | 10.03.2010 22:48 Senior members from Irakli Alasania's Our Georgia-Free Democrats party, part of Alliance for Georgia, met with Levan Gachechiladze, leader of public movement Defend ...
Georgia: judges try to get in shape for courtroom Eurasianet - Eurasia Insight | 10.03.2010 22:34 A training school for prospective judges is winning cautious acclaim for fostering improvements in Georgia's much-maligned judicial system. But critics contend that one key ...
French leader pledges to develop cooperation with Armenia RIA Novosti - World | 10.03.2010 21:06 YEREVAN, March 10 (RIA Novosti) - France will develop cooperation with Armenia in all spheres, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said at a meeting in Paris on Wednesday with ...
Georgia: Saakashvili says Switzerland will meet singapore in tbilisi Eurasianet - Frontpage | 10.03.2010 19:33 Call it the power of positive thinking: In a televised speech on March 9, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili predicted that Georgia will become the Switzerland of the ...
U.S. Embassy Honors Prosecuted Armenian Activist RFE/RL - Caucasus | 10.03.2010 17:50 YEREVAN -- The U.S. Embassy in Armenia has publicly honored a young Armenian activist who was prosecuted for publicizing alleged sexual and other abuse at a Yerevan ...
10 Arrested in Nevsky Express Bombing The Moscow Times - News | 10.03.2010 15:01 A Moscow court has sanctioned the arrest of 10 suspects in connection with November's bombing of the Nevsky Express train that killed 28 people. ...
Saakashvili pays US firms to lobby for him in Washington Russia Today - Politics | 10.03.2010 14:10 Tbilisi has signed a contract with an influential US lobbying firm, the Podesta Group. Thanks to its efforts, President Saakashvili will reportedly pay his first visit to the US since ...
Conservatives present foreign policy concept Georgian Times - Frontpage | 10.03.2010 13:53 Georgian Conservative Party has presented its vision of foreign policy, in which the road to NATO is not among the top priorities. The five-page document is titled `Pro-Georgian ...
Human Rights Groups Meet Western Diplomats Civil Georgia Online - Editorial | 10.03.2010 13:25 Georgian human rights and advocacy groups met with British, French and U.S. ambassadors in Tbilisi on March 10 to convey their concerns regarding recent cases of, as they ...
EU Foreign Policy Chief Puts Focus On Neighborhood, Showcases Georgia RFE/RL - Russia | 10.03.2010 12:49 By Ahto Lobjakas BRUSSELS -- Catherine Ashton, the European Union's new high representative for foreign policy, says that reforms in the bloc's immediate neighborhood will ...
Georgia's Opposition Faces A Choice Between Unity And Principles RFE/RL - Caucasus | 10.03.2010 11:08 By Ghia Nodia After the mass demonstrations of last spring failed to force Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili from office, the opposition was thrown into disarray. This has ...
Belarusian "parliamentarians" opt not to recognize North Ossetia Charter97 | 10.03.2010 10:32 Members of the Belarusian "chamber of representatives" have responded to the address of Homel oppositionists who asked to recognize independence of North Ossetia. ...
Opposition Georgian Politician Visiting Moscow Again RFE/RL - Caucasus | 10.03.2010 10:22 TBILISI -- Former Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli, who is currently in opposition to President Mikheil Saakashvili, has left Tbilisi for a three-day trip to Moscow, ...
Georgian speaker met with President of Poland Georgian Times - Politics | 10.03.2010 08:22 Georgian parliament speaker Davit Bakradze has met with the president of Poland, Lech Kachinsky in Warsaw yesterday. Poland`s president awarded Mr. Bakradze with the ...
Georgian Born in 1880 May Be World's Oldest Person The Moscow Times - News | 09.03.2010 22:24 TBILISI, Georgia - A Georgian woman born in 1880 is the world's oldest person, and the government will attempt to get her registered by Guinness World Records, an official ...
Georgian rape victim sues russia, georgia Eurasianet | 09.03.2010 19:56 A Georgian woman who was allegedly raped during the 2008 Russia-Georgia war has filed a lawsuit in the European Court of Justice against both the Russian and Georgian ...
Turkish opposition calls to retract reconciliation with Armenia RIA Novosti - World | 09.03.2010 17:15 ANKARA, March 9 (RIA Novosti) - The Turkish opposition called for the government on Tuesday to halt the reconciliation process with Armenia following the recognition by the ...
Turkey Envoy Not Back In U.S. Until 'Clear' Armenia Signal RFE/RL - Caucasus | 09.03.2010 16:27 ANKARA (Reuters) -- Turkey has said it will not send its ambassador back to Washington until it gets a "clear sign" on the fate of a U.S. resolution branding the 1915-era ...
RFE/RL's Dragan Štavljanin Receives Critical Acclaim RFE/RL - RFE/RL In The News | 09.03.2010 15:46 Dragan Štavljanin, a broadcaster with RFE/RL's Balkan Service, is receiving critical acclaim for his new book "Cold Peace: Caucasus and Kosovo", published by RFE/RL's Radio ...
ROAR: Militants in North Caucasus lose another "ideologue" Russia Today - Politics | 09.03.2010 15:35 Militants have confirmed the identity of Said Buryatsky, a gang leader killed during a special operation in the Russian Republic of Ingushetia on March 2. ...
Saakashvili: 'Georgia Switzerland with Elements of Singapore' Civil Georgia Online - Editorial | 09.03.2010 14:34 President Saakashvili said on March 9, that Georgia was moving towards becoming "Switzerland of this region with elements of Singapore." ...
The Armenian genocide: A case of selective memory RIA Novosti - Opinion & Analysis | 09.03.2010 13:51 MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti commentator Dmitry Babich) - A resolution on the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, passed by the U.S. House Committee on Foreign ...
What the Russian papers say RIA Novosti - Frontpage | 09.03.2010 12:08 U.S. recognition of Armenian genocide in Turkey may strengthen ties between Ankara and Moscow / Ukrainian president to maneuver between Europe and Russia - analysts / ...
Georgia Calls for Direct Air Links The Moscow Times - News | 09.03.2010 02:28 TBILISI, Georgia - The Georgian Foreign Ministry said Monday that it would "welcome" a resumption of direct air links with Russia after a border crossing was opened between ...
Georgia: women mostly accept triple burden of home, hearth and career Eurasianet - Civil Society | 08.03.2010 21:21 As elsewhere in the former Soviet Union, Georgians marked March 8 International Women's Day with public displays of respect for women - offering flowers, congratulations or ...
Russian Forces Kill 8, Find Train Attack Clues The St. Petersburg Times - Overview | 08.03.2010 21:08 Agence France Presse MOSCOW - Russian forces have killed eight suspected rebels and arrested 10 others in a raid that also found clues relating to two bomb attacks on trains ...
First Leader of Breakaway Abkhaz Region Dead at 64 The St. Petersburg Times - Overview | 08.03.2010 21:08 SUKHUMI, Georgia - Vladislav Ardzinba, who led the breakaway Georgian province of Abkhazia to de facto independence through a bloody war and ethnic cleansing, died ...
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Meets With Minsk Group Cochairs RFE/RL - Home | 08.03.2010 19:49 YEREVAN -- Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov says Baku accepts "with some exceptions" the revised "Madrid Principles" for resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh ...
Georgia willing to resume regular flights with Russia Kyiv Post - Main Page | 08.03.2010 14:42 Tbilisi, March 8 (Interfax) - The Georgian authorities would like to resume regular flights between Georgia and Russia, but it is Russia that should take steps toward this, ...
Authorities Called to Negotiate Resumption of Flights with Russia Civil Georgia Online - Editorial | 08.03.2010 14:31 Georgia will engage in talks with Russia through mediators on restoring direct flights if Moscow submits such request for talks, Nino Kalandadze, the Georgian deputy foreign ...
One More Mayoral Candidate to be Named in April Civil Georgia Online - Editorial | 08.03.2010 11:44 Conservative Party; Party of People and ex-PM Zurab Nogaideli's Movement for Fair Georgia announced on March 8, that they would select their candidate for Tbilisi mayoral ...
Rebel Accused of November Train Bombing Killed The Moscow Times - News | 08.03.2010 10:56 The Federal Security Service chief on Saturday confirmed the death of a prominent Islamist rebel who he accused of plotting a bomb attack on a Moscow-to-St Petersburg train ...