Georgian women plan peace march to Adjaria March 18, 2004 14:12 Action participants are expected to go on foot from Tbilisi along the central motorway in the direction of the post at the Choloki River (Adjaria's administrative border).
Disfranchised Tuapse residents to lodge complaint to prosecutor's office March 18, 2004 13:41 Over 100 Tuapse residents were not able to vote in the elections of the Russian president and regional governor on March 14 as their names were not put on the lists of precinct election commissions.
New Armenian schools open in Krasnodar region March 18, 2004 12:38 By efforts of Armenian communities, one educational institution opened in each of the three towns: Nizhniy Tagil, Krimsk, and Goryachiy Klyuch, reported the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia.
Salary of budget employees illegally reduced by quarter in Chechnya March 18, 2004 12:32 Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov's security service officers stationed in the Achkhoy-Martan district of Chechnya are maintained at the expense of district budget employees, reports the Society for Russian-Chechen Friendship.
Chechen State Council approves new premier of regional government March 18, 2004 12:28 Chechnya's State Council has consented to confirmation of Sergey Abramov as prime minister.
Court imposes fine on organizer of antiwar picket March 18, 2004 11:34 Proceeding from the fact that "Ponomarev, as the organizer, was not given permission to hold the meeting," Judge Oksana Suleymanova found him guilty of breaking the established order of arranging the meeting and imposed a penalty of 1,000 rubles on him as a punishment.
Lyudmila Alekseyeva: displaced persons return to Chechnya from Ingushetia under pressure March 18, 2004 11:16 Chairwoman of the Moscow Helsinki Group Lyudmila Alekseyeva does not agree with the authorities' plan to resettle people from the last two tent camps for Chechen refugees in Ingushetia.
Our Adjaria to fight against Aslan Abashidze till "victorious end" March 18, 2004 10:14 "He must leave or we will clear him off," Guram Saladze, an activist of the Our Adjaria coalition, declared.
Saakashvili, Abashidze to meet in Batumi March 18, 2004 10:00 The agreement on this meeting was reached during the talks in Batumi between chairman of the Georgian parliament Nino Burdjanadze and the Adjarian leader.
Council of Europe conducts workshop for Georgian judges March 17, 2004 18:25 The workshop is conducted within the framework of the program of the European Commission and the Council of Europe. It is arranged by the Judicial Training Center with the assistance of the Media Division of the Council of Europe Directorate General of Human Rights.
OSCE to do its best to facilitate talks between Baku and Yerevan on Karabakh March 17, 2004 18:22 The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, announced it at a press conference, summarizing results of his visit to Baku.
Antiwar picket to be held in Moscow on March 18 March 17, 2004 17:03 The application for the holding of the action on March 18 filled by the organizers of the picket, who have been protesting against the war in Chechnya for already four years, was rejected almost for the first time.
Azerbaijan court obliges rights defender to deny her assessment of school director's behavior March 17, 2004 16:09 On March 12, the Sabailsky Court pronounced judgment on the suit brought by the former director of school No 249, Mirfaig Mirgeidarli, against the Azadlig newspaper and human rights defender Saida Godjamanli.
Nino Burdjanadze arrives in Batumi March 17, 2004 14:48 Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Nino Burdjanadze and State Security Minister Zurab Adeishvili arrived in Batumi to conduct negotiations with Adjaria's leader Aslan Abashidze.
Two ministers and five NGO leaders not allowed in Adjaria March 17, 2004 14:25 Armed supporters of Adjarian leader Aslan Abashidze did not let Georgian Minister of Education Khakha Lomaia through the Choloki post, which is at the autonomy's administrative border. The minister's trip was concerned with the information that studies were suspended at local schools.
Nine Russian servicemen taken prisoners in Chechnya March 17, 2004 14:02 Rebels encircled a group of federal forces in the mountains of the Itum-Kali district, Chechnya. "As the Russian soldiers saw the despair of the situation, they decided to surrender," reported Chechen separatists' website.
Karabakh war death-roll published in Armenia March 17, 2004 13:48 Names of 7,000 victims appeared in central newspapers in Armenian and Russian.
Administrative cases against antiwar picket organizers considered in court March 17, 2004 13:39 Nikolay Khramov thinks the authorities are trying to limit citizens' constitutional right to freedom of assembly, "basing on indistinct by-laws, which have become old, and their own high-handedness."
Nino Burdjanadze to meet with Adjarian leader for talks March 17, 2004 12:23 The speaker of the Georgian parliament told reporters that she was going to discuss with Abashidze a way out of the crisis situation that had arisen in relations between Tbilisi and Batumi.
Georgian president to discuss situation around Adjaria with Luzhkov March 17, 2004 12:16 Secretary of the Russian Security Council Igor Ivanov pointed out that the efforts of the Moscow Mayor in the interests of establishing a dialogue between Tbilisi and Batumi were supported by the Russian leadership.