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May 02, 2009 21:00

• Karachaevo-Circassia cooks the longest shashlik in the world

  In the city of Cherkessk, the capital of Karachaevo-Circassia, the longest shashlik (kebab) in the world was cooked. The length of the modular skewer with the shashlik made 120 meters. For cooking the meal, 80 shashlik cookers used 400 kilos of meat from 30 young lambs.

May 02, 2009 19:00

• Lusine Saakyan: investigation into attack on Kiviryan in Armenia goes a wrong way

  In Armenia, Lusine Saakyan, a well-known lawyer and wife of Argishti Kiviryan, hackneyed coordinator of the Internet edition "Armenia Today", who is in hospital in a grave condition, has stated that there are people who try to put the investigation into the attack on her husband onto a wring track.

May 02, 2009 18:00

• Father of Gadirov, recent Azerbaijani gunman, renounces his son

  Asad Gadirov, father of Fardy Gadirov, who committed a massacre on April 30 in the Azerbaijani State Oil Academy (ASOA) in Baku, has renounced his son.

May 02, 2009 17:00

• In Georgia, parliamentary opposition insists on constitutional reform

  Today, at a meeting with Peter Semnebi, Special Representative of the European Union in the countries of Southern Caucasus, the members of the Georgian parliamentary opposition have stated the need of a fundamental constitutional reform to be undertaken in the country with the aim to restrict the powers of the president in favour of the parliament.

May 02, 2009 16:00

• Kokoity: private houses to be rebuilt in South Ossetia

  Today, President of the Republic Eduard Kokoity has stated that in the near future South Ossetia will start rebuilding private houses for the funds allocated by Russia.

May 02, 2009 15:00

• Georgia: additional Russian troops deployed in South Ossetia

  Today, Georgian mass media have disseminated information that this week additional subdivisions of Russian troops entered the Akhalgori District of South Ossetia. The information was confirmed by Grigol Vashadze, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.

May 02, 2009 14:00

• Dzidziguri: opposition's actions to last for three more weeks in Georgia

  Leader of the oppositional Conservative Party of Georgia Zviad Dzidziguri has stated that the actions of the opposition with a demand of Mikhail Saakashvili's will last for 2-3 weeks more.

May 02, 2009 11:00

• Higher schools of Azerbaijan to improve security

  After the tragedy in the Azerbaijani State Oil Academy (ASOA) the Republic's authorities made a decision to strengthen security in higher educational establishments of the country, as stated today by Misir Mardanov, Minister of Education of Azerbaijan.

May 02, 2009 09:00

• In Chechnya, robot-sapper is engaged in demining

  Sappers of the "Leader" Special-Purpose Centre of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Russia, who arrived in mid-April to Chechnya to clean the territory of one of the state farms from mines, shells and other explosives, have started using a special robotic complex in their dangerous work.

May 02, 2009 06:00

• Yerevan starts agitation campaign towards Mayor election

  Today is the official start of the pre-election agitation campaign for the Mayor and Board of Elders of the capital of Armenia; the elections will take place on May 31.

May 01, 2009 23:10

• Serbia refuses to take part in NATO exercises in Georgia

  The government of Serbia has made a decision not to send its soldiers to NATO exercises in Georgia to take place from May 6 to June 1; this is reported by the Serbian cabinet of ministers as a result of its regular sitting.

May 01, 2009 23:00

• Pshenisnova: newly elected Sochi Mayor Pakhomov has "A pupil syndrome"

  As noted by Tatiana Pshenisnova, representative of the press service of the administration of the city of Anapa, Anatoly Pakhomov, former Anapa Mayor, elected on April 26 to the post of the Mayor of Sochi, has "A pupil syndrome"; while Galina Snimschikova, head of the information department of the administration of Sochi, asserts that Pakhomov, being acting Mayor, made "a lot of good things for Sochi."

May 01, 2009 22:20

• In Dagestan, 14 persons got poisoned by bad potable water

  On April 30, 14 residents of Novy Sulak village, Kizil-Yurt District of Dagestan, including five children, were hospitalized with a preliminary diagnosis "food poisoning by potable water".

May 01, 2009 22:00

• In Chechnya, a soldier injured by fougasse explosion

  In the Shali District of the Chechen Republic, when two ATCs (armoured troop-carriers) of the Internal Troops of Russia's MIA were moving along the bridge, a powerful self-made land mine (fougasse) was blown up. As a result of the explosion, one of the soldiers was wounded and hospitalized.

May 01, 2009 21:10

• Azerbaijan: students hold action against terror

  In Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, a mass students' action under the motto "No to terror!" was held. Young people have also demanded to announce mourning in the country in memory of the victims of the bloody massacre in the Azerbaijani State Oil Academy (ASOA).

May 01, 2009 21:00

• Religious figure shot dead in Ingushetia

  In the village of Troitskaya, Sunzha District of Ingushetia, unidentified persons shot dead point-blank Said-Ibragim Kalimatov, 32, a religious figure, near the gate of his house.

May 01, 2009 20:00

• Ter-Petrosyan: social disruption is possible in Armenia

  If the state fails to promptly settle a range of problems, which have arisen in recent months in the social and economic sphere, spontaneous discontent of certain layers of population can grow into a serious disruption. This was stated at a rally on May 1 by Levon Ter-Petrosyan, the first president of Armenia and leader of the Armenian National Congress (ANC).

May 01, 2009 19:00

• Georgian opposition to continue protests till May 15

  Leaders of the opposition parties of Georgia have submitted an application to the Mayoralty of Tbilisi notifying that the actions demanding resignation of Mikhail Saakashvili will go on from May 8 till May 15.

May 01, 2009 18:00

• In Dagestan, armoured Khasavyurt SIZO vehicle blown up

  In a suburb of Dagestan city of Khasavyurt, unidentified persons undermined an armoured special vehicle, which transported employees of local SIZO (investigatory prison). Fortunately, there were no casualties and victims.

April 30, 2009 23:00

• In Georgia, opposition sets up a group for everyday contacts with diplomatic corps

  In Georgia, the opposition has set up a special group, which will have everyday contacts with the diplomatic corps - embassies and the international organizations.