Adyg law-enforcement officials discuss migration problems December 27, 2003 23:09 While opening the conference, Prosecutor of the Republic of Adygeya Mikhail Prikhlenko told that the main problem was the mass presence of Kurdish migrants in Adygeya.
South Osetian authorities to seek international recognition of republic December 27, 2003 22:51 Residents of South Osetia became very interested in the answer of Vladimir Putin on the question which he was asked by a spectator from Kabardino-Balkaria during a live translation.
Radical criticism directed at Abkhazian leadership from U.S. December 27, 2003 22:13 In his article leader of the Abkhazian Diaspora in the U.S. Inal Kazanba points out that "the Diaspora has provided considerable financial and economic support to its motherland" but "in spite of this during the last decade the present regime in Sukhumi has never treated them as its equals, it means true Abkhazians."
Paruyr Ayrikian: to change power in Armenia means to gain time in Karabakh problem December 27, 2003 21:49 According to the chairman of the National Self-Determination association, had the authorities just a little respect and love for Artsakh they would understand their main mission is to renounce the power. "In this case we will not only gain time but also will have a serious support," he thinks.
Media Rights Institute about draft legislation on Public Television December 27, 2003 20:51 "Internews' Media Rights Institute urges all foreign diplomatic missions, in particular the Council of Europe, to which Azerbaijan was made a member in 2001, to voice their concerns that such legislation is not worthy of a government attempting to move toward democratic ideals," reads the statement by the organization.
Most part of rebels who penetrated in Dagestan was destroyed, according to the military December 27, 2003 19:57 Russian special operations forces captured two rebels. It follows from their evidence that the large part of the rebels has been destroyed before as a result of air strikes, another part is buried under a snow avalanche.
Stands of Armenian and Azerbaijan parties on key issues of Karabakh problem remain diametrically opposed December 27, 2003 12:13 A meeting between parliamentary delegations of Armenia and Azerbaijan was held in Scotland on December 20 under the aegis of the South Caucasian Inter-Parliamentary Initiative and with the financial support of the London Information Network on Conflicts and State-Building (LINKS).
Interregional seminar "Facilitating Social Partnership in North Caucasus" December 27, 2003 10:28 The seminar was organized by the Saint Petersburg Center "Strategy" and the Moscow Helsinki Group with the participation of the Ingush President's staff.
Dagestani, not Chechen militants fight in Tsuntinsky district December 26, 2003 22:51 "The fact that large forces engaged in the operation in Dagestan have not succeeded in uncovering and destroying the militants for almost two weeks points that they are dealing with the people who are perfectly at home in the area and are supported by locals," Abubakar Makhmudov, an officer of Chechen law-enforcement agencies, holds.
Armenia ratifies European Social Charter December 26, 2003 22:45 The Charter is one of the fundamental documents of the Council of Europe, it supplements the European Convention on Human Rights.
Two police officers killed in Chechnya December 26, 2003 22:44 A police department was fired at in the Chechen village of Petropavlovskaya. Two police officers were killed as a result.
Resident of Serzhen-Yurt village detained, then released December 26, 2003 22:41 The Serzhen-Yurt village administration rendered much help to set Ayub Bedigov free.
Visit by Nino Burdjanadze to Moscow - details December 26, 2003 19:36 Vladimir Putin met Acting President of Georgia Nino Burdjanadze in the Kremlin on Thursday December 25. It was a face to face meeting.
Red Cross to continue joint projects with Abkhazian Ministry of Education in 2004 December 26, 2003 18:59 2,500 pupils of the 9th form study various aspects of international humanitarian law (IHL) within the limits of such disciplines as history and social science.
Seminar on Georgian-Abkhazian conflict in Austria December 26, 2003 18:08 The 12th meeting in the Georgian-Abkhazian Dialogue, a series of seminars on the conflict between Georgia and Abkhazia and its peaceful resolution, was held in Stadtschlaining, Austria, on December 15-20, 2003. Participants discussed a political situation in Georgia and Abkhazia and opportunities that appear due to the change of power in Tbilisi.
Armenian president ready to accept all responsibility for Karabakh conflict resolution December 26, 2003 17:13 "I am ready to accept all the responsibility for the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and do not shift it onto anybody," stated President of Armenia Robert Kocharian.
Two rebels surrender their banners in Chechnya December 25, 2003 16:31 One of the banners belonged to the so-called Abkhazian Battalion, which took part in the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict under the command of Shamil Basayev. The other banner belonged to the so-called Central Front of the Ichkerian Armed Forces.
40 bandits believed to be holed up in Dagestani mountain cave December 25, 2003 16:26 The military use the tactics of contactless elimination of the extremists. The latter are under ceaseless artillery and mortar gunfire and air strikes.
Memorial to participants in Chechen war to be erected in Krasnodar December 25, 2003 14:42 The model presented by sculptor Alan Karnayev was chosen to be the best one. This model represents a man and a sweet - a killed soldier and his immortal sole.
Conference on ethnic and social problems took place in Nevinnomyssk December 25, 2003 13:58 The conference "Ethnic and Social Problems in North Caucasus in Present Context" has been held at the Nevinnomyssk branch of the Stavropol Basic Medical College.