Parliamentary elections to be held in Chechnya in 2005 November 05, 2004 23:55 Elections for the Chechen parliament will most likely be held in October 2005, Chechen President Alu Alkhanov told a press conference in Grozny yesterday, November 4.
Representatives of European Economic Chamber visit Ingushetia November 05, 2004 23:44 Ingushetia has all necessary prerequisites and conditions for European businessmen to invest in its economy, the head of the delegation, vice president of the European Economic Chamber Viktor Mikheyev, believes.
US concerned about course of municipal election campaign in Azerbaijan November 05, 2004 23:23 The United States is dissatisfied with the course of the election campaign and society's low interest in the municipal elections.
Greek company accused of bribing Armenian officials November 04, 2004 23:59 "I've got a video record of how two different persons are giving evidence that the ArmenTel majority owner, the Greek company OTE, promised some Armenian officials a bribe of $7 million," deputy of the Armenian National Assembly Arshak Sadoian announced.
Infant mortality increases in Chechnya November 04, 2004 23:55 Medics believe that the grave ecological situation in Chechnya as well as stress situations in which residents of the republic regularly are contributes to the increase in the infant mortality, sickness rate, and birth of physically unhealthy children.
NATO Secretary General arrives in Azerbaijan November 04, 2004 23:42 Jaap de Hoop Scheffer is expected to discuss with Azerbaijan political and military leaders the preparation for the international Rose-Roth Seminar planned to be conducted by the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Baku in late November.
Abkhazian presidency remains undecided November 03, 2004 23:28 Raul Khadzhimba and Sergey Bagapsh, two candidates for the Abkhazian presidency, visited Moscow on November 1-2.
Azerbaijan human rights activists, journalists invited to UN session November 03, 2004 23:26 A session of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) is to be held in Geneva on November 16-17. Azerbaijan's official report on implementing the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will be presented at the session.
Car explosion in Makhachkala November 03, 2004 23:06 Eye-witnesses of the explosion in the center of Makhachkala confirm law enforcers' reports that nobody was in Oka at the moment of the explosion.
Convicted opposition leaders may be pardoned soon November 02, 2004 23:59 Commenting on this report, human rights activist Leyla Yunus said that "recently the Azerbaijan authorities have faced pressure from international organizations, which demand that the opposition leaders should be released, and evidently this circumstance prompted them to make such a decision."
Armenian opposition to continue protest actions November 02, 2004 23:58 "It's very difficult to fight with such a system of course. Mass repressions against participants in meetings and demonstrations in spring and summer confirm it," chair of the Anrapetutiun (Republic) party and deputy of the National Assembly Albert Bazeian said.
Chechen variant possible in Abkhazia November 02, 2004 23:57 In his interview with the Caucasian Knot correspondent, Musa Shanibov, the former chairman of the Confederation of Mountain Peoples, said that Abkhazia faced the most dangerous problem. And this problem is created by those who traditionally consider both the authorities and people their property.
Azerbaijan 'did not plan to remove OSCE monitoring group from Karabakh peace process' November 01, 2004 23:49 In his interview with the Caucasian Knot correspondent, Novruz Mamedov, head of the foreign relations department in the Azerbaijan presidential administration, commented on the recent decision by the General Committee of the UN General Assembly to recommend putting the question about the situation on the country's occupied territory on the agenda.
Abkhazian deputies not allowed in parliament November 01, 2004 23:49 "This action is caused by today's intention of the parliament to pass a resolution canceling the presidential decree about a repeated election of the head of the republic and to claim a vote of no-confidence in Vladislav Ardzinba," Vasiliy Avidzba, head of Raul Khadzhimba's election staff, said to the Caucasian Knot correspondent.
Armenian Foreign Ministry denies resettlement to occupied Azerbaijan territory November 01, 2004 23:33 "We claim one more time there's no state policy of resettlement," spokesman for the Armenian Foreign Ministry Gamlet Gasparian said commenting on Azerbaijan's initiative to put the question "About the Situation on the Occupied Azerbaijan Territory" on the agenda of the 59th Session of the UN General Assembly.
Repeated presidential election to be held in Abkhazia October 29, 2004 23:56 Abkhazian President Vladislav Ardzinba has signed a decree to hold a repeated election of the head of the republic.
Five repatriates from Middle East threatened with deportation October 29, 2004 23:49 Under the Law on the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation, an application for the prolongation of a residential permit must be submitted six months prior to its expiration. The repatriates claim no one has familiarized them with this document.
Situation in Prigorodny district stabilizes, says Sultygov October 29, 2004 23:48 On October 23, from 200 to 500 people, supposedly relatives of the Beslan tragedy victims, blocked off the federal route Kavkaz on the administrative border with Ingushetia.
Several people abducted during purges in Chechnya October 28, 2004 23:47 The Chechen Interior Ministry has refused to give any comments on the matter, claiming that Chechen policemen have conducted no actions in the village of Noviye Atagi recently.
Picketers detained in Baku October 28, 2004 23:34 Police cruelly beaten picket participants. Several people received serious bodily injuries as a result, and more than 30 participants were detained.