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Starting from December 11, the Italian airline "Alitalia" will operate flights on the route Rome-Yerevan-Rome. The company lays stress upon the development of the Armenian-Italian economic relations and relations in the sphere of tourism. This was reported today at the press conference by Giovanni Simonini, Company's General Manager for Armenia.

Director of the school in the settlement of Kara-Tiube, Neftekumsk district of Stavropol region, who prohibited wearing hijabs to the schoolgirls resigned, a representative of the Ministry of Education of Stavropol region reported. The decision of resignation is in no way connected with the incident with hijabs, ex-Director Marina Savchenko explained.

In Georgia, members of the Pardon Commission gave positive recommendations for half of examined 1400 cases. This was reported by Elena Tevdoradze, Chair of the Commission. The final number of persons to be pardoned will be defined by the President of the country.

On Monday, November 19, in eastern Georgia, staff members of the service centre "Kakheti Energy Distribution" went on strike, demanding higher salaries and better working conditions.

During the week from November 12 to 18, 2012, at least 20 people suffered from the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; of them, 12 people perished and eight others were wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Today, Volgograd hosted a rally in memory of the Soviet counterattack in the Stalingrad Battle. Its participants demanded to return the name of Stalingrad to the city.

Serob Bozoyan has appealed to the Court of Appeal of Armenia against the judgment of the court of general jurisdiction of the administrative districts Kentron and Nork Marash that deprived him of freedom for one year for filling balloons with methane.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has requested the protocols of the court session on the first case about mass riots in Manezh Square in December 2010.

In Georgia, women-politicians who want to take part in elections face two serious problems: the financial difficulties and the stereotype that it is very difficult for a woman to be a majoritarian deputy – this was the conclusion reached at the conference "Win together with women – strengthen political parties", organized by the US National Democratic Institute (NDI).

The Armenians living in Europe have donated 1.4 million euros to the Fund "Hayastan" during the recent telethon.

Today, the defence of Zurab Ramazanov and Ruslan Mamedrzaev, the shooters at the "Dagestani wedding" in Moscow, has filed a complaint against the decision of the magistrate judge to arrest each of them for five days each, said Fuad Mirzoev, the advocate of both of them.

Andrey Krasnenkov, attorney of Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kabyrov, is going to appeal the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation concerning the verdict of the panel of judges of Moscow city court who on November, 14, dismissed his appeal against the judgment of Tverskoy district court on his anti-defamation lawsuit against “Memorial” Human Rights Center.

300 workers of the mine named after Dzidziguri in the town of Tkibuli, Western Georgia, went on a strike, United Trade Union of the country reported.

A school uniform will be introduced in Stavropol region. This decision was taken by Governor of the region Valery Zerenkov. No unified variant of the uniform is planned, only general recommendations will be worked out the be specified by school administrations.

Twelve Georgian sailors who are on board “Maria del Carmen” Nigerian ship in Panama appealed to the President and Government of Georgia asking to help them return home.

The Georgian Parliament is drafting – with the participation of academic circles and non-governmental organizations – a unique bill "On Amnesty", where one point assumes to reduce the terms of all the prisoners. This was announced today by Ekaterina Beseliya, Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights and Civil Integration, at the "roundtable" in Tbilisi, where the bill was discussed.

The Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya has opened a criminal case against Siyavush Mamed-Zade, Director General of the Turkish construction company "Penta-Stroy" on the fact of non-payment of wages to company employees. The current whereabouts of Mamed-Zade, who, according to Chechen authorities, disappeared in December 2011 outside the republic, is unknown.

The Krymsk Court has sentenced a local resident, accused of trying to illegally obtain compensation due to flood victims, to six months of corrective labour. In total, to date, eight such criminal cases have been opened, as reported by the Prosecutor's Office of the Krasnodar Territory.

During the check conducted in Dagestani schools, prosecutors revealed 74 teachers who worked on fake diplomas. The check goes on, said a source from the Prosecutor's Office.

According to opposition parties, before and during the protest action in Baku the police detained more than 60 persons.