News

June 30, 2009 10:00

• Agreement on "Nabucco" under threat because of gas shortage in Azerbaijan

  Today, Turkish media report that signing of the intergovernmental agreement on the "Nabucco" energy project, which had been planned for mid-July, can be postponed because of unsettled problem of filling in the trans-Caspian gas main with gas.

June 30, 2009 07:00

• Parliament of Georgia wants to ban "opposition calls" on roads

  The parliament of Georgia plans to officially forbid any use of special structures for blocking roads in the course of protest actions. Currently, the respective amendments are prepared to the Law "On Assemblies and Manifestations".

June 29, 2009 23:13

• Withdrawal of UN mission from Abkhazia begins

  On June 30, the first group of military observers of the United Nations Mission will leave Abkhazia. By July 15, this will be done by all the military observers and workers of the police component of the Mission. This was reported today to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Edmond Mulet, Assistant to UN Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations.

June 29, 2009 22:00

• In Armenia, 215 amnestied prisoners are at large

  As of today, under the amnesty law adopted by the Parliament of Armenia on June 19, 215 persons have been released.

June 29, 2009 21:23

• Medvedev and Aliev agree on gas purchase by "Gazprom" from Azerbaijan

  The talks of Dmitri Medvedev with Ilham Aliev, which took place during Russian President's visit to Baku, ended with signing of two joint statements and a range of other documents. During negotiations it was decided that since January 1, 2010, the "Gazprom" will start buying Azerbaijani gas in the volume of 500 million cubic metres.

June 29, 2009 21:00

• Georgian film recognized as one of the best at Moscow Festival

  The prize for the best film in the contest programme "Prospect" of the 31st Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF-31), which passed on June 19-28 in the Russian capital, was awarded to the Georgian film "Conflict Zone" filmed by Director Vano Burduli.

June 29, 2009 20:00

• Missing Novaya Urada resident found murdered in Dagestan

  The body of Gitikhma Dzhavatkhanov, a resident of Novaya Urada village, Kumtorkalin District of Dagestan, who was regarded as missing since June 27, was identified by his relatives in the Makhachkala morgue.

June 29, 2009 19:00

• Abkhazia to take part in a new round of Geneva debates

  The delegation of Abkhazia will take part in the sixth round of Geneva debates on safety in Transcaucasia, planned to start on July 1. Tomorrow, on June 30, the Abkhazian delegation takes off for Geneva.

June 29, 2009 18:12

• Trial on explosion in "Abu-Bekr" Mosque starts in Baku

  Today, the Court on Grave Crimes of Azerbaijan has held a preparatory session on the case of the explosion in "Abu-Bekr" Mosque on August 17, 2008, when a grenade was thrown into the mosque during the evening prayer, killing two and wounding 13 persons.

June 29, 2009 18:00

• Exercises "Kavkaz-2009" can be a prologue to new Russia's war on Georgia, experts think

  Today, the southwest region of Russia starts operative-strategic exercises "Kavkaz-2009", treated already by western media as a prologue to a new war against Georgia; Russian experts also tend to think so.

June 29, 2009 17:00

• Thrashed editor of "Corruption and Crime" dies in Rostov

  Vyacheslav Yaroshenko, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Corruption and Crime", who was beaten by unknown persons in the end of April, has died in Rostov-on-Don.

June 29, 2009 16:00

• Russian Army officer is on hunger strike in Sochi

  In Sochi, Evgeniy Tsapko, an officer of the Russian Army, announced a hunger strike in protest against the criminal case, opened against him and his colleagues under the articles of "Desertion" and "Self-willed escape from service". The case against Mr Tsapko was initiated after he demanded to enforce a court judgement on providing housing to him.

June 29, 2009 15:00

• President of Ingushetia Evkurov is still unconscious

  President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov has not regained consciousness yet. Doctors find his health condition grave, but observe positive dynamics.

June 29, 2009 14:00

• Chechnya: terror act against militiamen

  Two Russian militiamen and an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya were wounded on June 28 in the evening in Gudermes, the second largest city of Chechnya, in a land mine explosion.

June 27, 2009 22:00

• Young man kidnapped in Dagestan

  On June 27 in Makhachkala unidentified armed persons in civilian clothes detained and took away in some unknown place Gitikhma Dzhavatkhanov, 27, a resident of Novaya Urada village, Kumtorkalin District of Dagestan.

June 27, 2009 21:00

• Georgia and Armenia present plenty of films at Moscow festival

  For the first time in many years, two countries of Southern Caucasus - Georgia and Armenia - have presented essential blocks of their films to the Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF-31), which takes place from June 19 to June 28.

June 27, 2009 19:00

• Armenia: real estates grow cheaper

  This year in Armenia, as compared with 2008, price per 1 square meter of housing went down by 5 percent; the number of real estate transactions has reduced.

June 27, 2009 17:00

• Archbishop wounded by robber dies in Armenia

  Congregate of Saint Echmiadzin, Archbishop Nerses Pozapalyan died on his 72nd year at the medical centre "Nairi" in the capital of Armenia. In February, he was attacked by a robber.

June 27, 2009 16:00

• Positive dynamics observed in health condition of President of Ingushetia

  The health condition of President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, who was wounded in the attempt on June 22, remains stably grave; however, a slight move for the better is observed.

June 27, 2009 15:00

• FIDH concerned of torture in Armenia

  Armenia is for the first time mentioned in the report of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) among the countries, where torture as applied to defendants and witnesses is a usual thing. The FIDH's report is based on monitoring of trials.