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19:10, 6 May 2004

Revival party activists consider reports on self-liquidation premature

Only the leaders of the organization are empowered to issue a statement on its self-liquidation, representatives of the Revival party said.

18:41, 6 May 2004

Explosion in Grozny leaves 3 policemen dead

A self-made explosive device went off when a police was going along Krasnoflotskaya Street.

18:21, 6 May 2004

New Adjarian government may be elected in middle June

"Until the elections are held, the Provisional Council will govern Adjaria. Its work will by under the control of the president of Georgia," Mikhail Saakashvili said to journalist today.

18:07, 6 May 2004

Russian interior force in Chechnya to be reduced by 500 soldiers

As a result of the liquidation of posts, the numerical strength of the Russian interior ministry's force will be reduced by more than 500 people, who will be sent to their permanent posts.

17:49, 6 May 2004

Maskhadov must be arrested or destroyed before inauguration of Putin

"They don't say it aloud, but there is an order to destroy or capture Maskhadov before May 7, that is to say, before the inauguration of President of Russia Vladimir Putin," the officer of the Chechen interior ministry said.

16:56, 6 May 2004

Abashidze will not seek political asylum in Russia

It is still a question how long the former head of the Adjarian autonomy will stay in the capital of Russia.

16:21, 6 May 2004

Round table devoted to World Press Freedom Day takes place in Baku

Azerbaijan's media is rated as "Not Free" in a new report by Freedom House, an international human rights organization.

15:35, 6 May 2004

First Meskhetian Turks get refugee status in US

Only Meskhetian Turks subjected to discrimination on the part of the Krasnodar regional authorities will move.

14:27, 6 May 2004

Chechen intellectuals express stern protest against court decision in 'case of Ulman'

"The entire world should have been terrified by the deeds done, but it has remained deaf; the Russian society did more than show indifference, it, in the person of the jury, acquitted the criminals," reads the statement.

12:35, 6 May 2004

NGOs accuse prison administration of cruel treatment of convicts

Approximately 20 people picketed a penal institution in the village of Tlyustenkhabl in the Republic of Adygeya on May 5. The aim of the action was to draw attention of the public to the inmates' maintenance conditions in this institution.

11:26, 6 May 2004

Abashidze resigns, leaves Adjaria

"Adjaria is free, the unification of all Georgia has begun," President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili said during a short briefing commenting on the fact that Adjarian leader Aslan Abashidze had left the country.

23:01, 5 May 2004

Armenian opposition demands release of its activists

Opposition leaders introduced the people holding a meeting to main directions of the resolution passed on April 28 by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) regarding the internal political situation in Armenia.

20:23, 5 May 2004

Head of Adjaria to make statement tonight

As reported by Reuters with reference to Tamara Gudava, press secretary of the Adjarian leader, Abashidze will speak "about the worsening situation in the region, as well as about the talks that have been conducted during the day."

20:14, 5 May 2004

Direct presidential rule to be established in Adjaria after Abashidze's resignation

The president of Georgia plans to establish direct presidential rule in the Adjarian autonomy from the moment when Aslan Abashidze resigns as head of Adjaria and until a new local government is elected.

19:36, 5 May 2004

Georgian editorial staff of Adjarian television leave workplaces

"We find it impossible to work when women and children are beaten and we can't show it since every step we take is under control of up to 50 officers of special services. The time has come at last when the television will be given back to the Adjarian people," they said.

18:30, 5 May 2004

No police cordons at avenues of approach to Batumi

Edvard Surmanidze, co-chairman of the opposition movement Our Adjaria, told it to thousands of opposition supporters holding a meeting in the center of Batumi.

18:09, 5 May 2004

Abashidze's supporters remove cordon at Adjaria's administrative border

Talks between Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania and Adjarian Interior Minister Djemal Gogitidze are expected to take place in the neutral zone in a short time.

17:46, 5 May 2004

Karabakh can be cleared from mines in 5-7 years

For the years of its work in Nagorny Karabakh, The HALO Trust, a British organization, has cleared from mines 524 thousand square meters of land and has neutralized 3,377 mines and 26,396 items of unexploded ordnance.

16:32, 5 May 2004

Georgian leadership expect Abashidze to resign today

"We expect Abashidze to resign already today. Otherwise the opposition holding mass meetings may become uncontrollable, and then developments may not be in his [Abashidze's] favor," Georgian state minister Georgy Khaindrava said.

16:14, 5 May 2004

Oil terminal in port of Batumi, Chakvsky bridge mine-strewn

Both the terminal and the bridge were mined as early as May 1, the source at the Georgian National Security Council.

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