News

November 04, 2010 14:00

• Hearing impaired persons get driver's licenses in Nagorno-Karabakh

  The government of Nagorno-Karabakh has passed a statement, according to which people with hearing impairments are allowed to drive a car; earlier it was forbidden.

November 04, 2010 13:00

• Azerbaijani court rejects Fatullaev's claim versus prosecutor's office

  Today, the Sabail District Court of Baku has announced its ruling on the claim of the convicted journalist Fatullaev against the Baku City Prosecutor's Office. Judge Elnur Gasanov has rejected the claim lodged by the journalist who had stated violation of his presumption of innocence.

November 04, 2010 12:00

• Yerevan delivers captive to Baku in exchange of body of soldier who perished in Azerbaijan

  Today, Azerbaijan has handed over the body of Manvel Saribekyan, who committed suicide, to the Armenian party, while Armenia has liberated from captivity Eldar Tagiev, a citizen of Azerbaijan, as reported by the State Commission of Azerbaijan for Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Citizens.

November 04, 2010 11:00

• European Union grants civil society of Azerbaijan almost 2 million euros

  The Mission of European Union in Baku has announced a competition for participation in two programs supporting civil society in Azerbaijan to the sum of 1,9 million euros.

November 04, 2010 10:00

• "Armavia" Company introduces through rates on its flights

  "Armavia" Company, national air carrier of Armenia, has expanded the geography of its flights and established special through rates which will allow it to deliver the passengers to several cities within one flight.

November 04, 2010 09:00

• Refugees in Georgia have been exempted from taxes for home sales

  Refugees from Abkhazia and South Osetia in Georgia will now be able to sell the dwellings granted to them by the state without paying taxes.

November 04, 2010 08:00

• Armenian Minister of Defense had a meeting with the fallen servicemen's relatives

  On November, 2, Seiran Oganyan, Minister of Defense of Armenia, had a meeting with the parents of the servicemen, fallen soldiers-liberators and reserve officers and promised the parents of fallen servicemen the cases of whose death were under investigation by law enforcement bodies that all those guilty of their death would be punished as strictly as the law permits.

November 03, 2010 23:18

• First case on bride abduction initiated in Chechnya

  The first criminal case, after the authorities introduced a ban on bride abduction, has been initiated in Chechnya on the fact of abducting a woman with the aim to force her into marriage. However, the case is unusual: a man abducted his ex-wife.

November 03, 2010 23:00

• Georgia and Iran sign visa-free agreement

  Today, foreign ministers of Georgia and Iran - Grigol Vashadze and Manouchekhr Mottaki - signed a document on introduction of visa-free regime for citizens of both countries.

November 03, 2010 22:00

• Woman wounded by explosion in Kabardino-Balkaria

  A resident of the Baksan District, Kabardino-Balkaria, has suffered from the explosion, triggered today, when a militia car was moving along the federal highway in the Elbrus District.

November 03, 2010 21:00

• In Georgia, Labourites appeal against new system of communal bills

  Today, the Labour Party of Georgia filed a lawsuit to the Constitutional Court in the context of introduction of new rules of paying for communal utilities.

November 03, 2010 20:00

• Next sitting of Kadyrov vs. Orlov trial will hear defence witnesses

  On November 25, the session of the Khamovniki Magistrate Court in Moscow, which considers the criminal lawsuit of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov to Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", will hear the defence and so-called "neutral" witnesses, said Genry Reznik, the defendant's advocate.

November 03, 2010 19:00

• Caucasian independent journal DOSH awarded with a prize "For Freedom of Press"

  A ceremony of awarding a prize "For Freedom of Press" 2010 of the Association of Publishes IPA Freedom to Publish Prize was held on November, 2, in Istanbul. The prize was granted to DOSH independent Caucasian journal published in Russia.

November 03, 2010 18:00

• Journalist Fatullayev submitted a lawsuit against Penitentiary Service of Azerbaijan

  Journalist Einulla Fatullayev who is serving his term of imprisonment in Azerbaijan and Elchin Sadygov, his attorney, have submitted to Nasim district court of Baku a lawsuit against Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan. The lawsuit is connected with keeping the journalist in prison in spite of the decision of the European Court of Human Rights of his immediate release.

November 03, 2010 17:00

• Members of youth movement "Ara" and refugees in Georgia will draw up an appeal to the authorities

  On November, 4, activists of youth movement "Ara" will have a meeting with the families from Tbilisi who have remained homeless in order to draw up a joint appeal to the Georgian authorities demanding to solve the problems of displaced persons.

November 03, 2010 16:00

• The Appellate Court of Azerbaijan confirmed the verdict to resident of Dagestan Garisov

  A trial on the appeal of Usman Garisov, resident of Dagestan who on June, 19, was sentenced by Kusar district court to four years of imprisonment in a general regime colony for accusation of contraband and use of drugs, was accomplished in the Appellate Court of Azerbaijan under the chairmanship of judge Mubariz Zeinalov.

November 03, 2010 16:00

• In Nakhichevan, deputy candidates state violations during election campaign

  Violations in the course of the election campaign in the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic were reported today during a press conference by three candidates to the Parliament of Azerbaijan from the opposition block "PPFA-Musavat".

November 03, 2010 13:00

• In Georgia, NGO offers holding action on November 7 in memory of dispersal of opposition rally

  In Georgia, the NGO named "House of Free Thought" has moved an initiative to declare November 7 the "Day of Dignity" in memory of the events of 2007, when the authorities dispersed the action of the opposition; and then announced the state of emergency in Georgia.

November 03, 2010 12:00

• Bride kidnapper in Chechnya will not be convicted: the girl herself agreed to abduction

  The first case in Chechnya after introduction of an official ban on bride abduction with the aim to force a girl into marriage may remain without consequences for the kidnappers. It became clear that the 14-year-old schoolgirl figuring in the case herself had asked her husband to abduct her, as reported by a source from the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

November 03, 2010 11:00

• Residents of Kabardino-Balkaria will get access to state services via Internet

  The Government of Kabardino-Balkaria is launching electronic document management. Residents of the republic will now be able to receive state services via Internet, Alii Musukhov, Minister of Economic Development and Commerce, reported on November, 2.