News

May 11, 2013 23:59

• Car shelling in Dagestan results in two casualties

  According to the spokesman of the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), in Buynaksk unidentified gunmen opened fire at a car and killed a policeman and a civilian who was with him in the car.

May 11, 2013 23:00

• Armenian authorities ready to pay 112,000 euros to Jehovah's Witnesses under ECtHR's decision

  The Armenian government has decided to pay 112,000 euros to members of the religious community of Jehovah's Witnesses, who had won the case at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

May 11, 2013 22:00

• Armenian CEC refuses to annul results of elections in Yerevan

  At its sitting on May 11, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Armenia rejected all the claims lodged by the "Heritage" Party with a demand to nullify the outcomes of the elections to the Board of Elders of Yerevan.

May 11, 2013 21:00

• Explosion in Belaya Kalitva could be caused by locomotive malfunction, investigators believe

  The reason for the train crash and subsequent explosion at the station Belaya Kalitva in the Rostov Region could be in a violation by the locomotive crew of the operating rules for the rolling stock; while the explosion could be caused by some technical failure of the rolling stock, according to investigators.

May 11, 2013 19:00

• Ruling coalition wins midterm parliamentary elections in Georgia

  At the midterm elections to the Parliament of Georgia, held under the majority system in three constituencies, the winners were the candidates nominated by the ruling coalition "Georgian Dream".

May 11, 2013 18:00

• Retired Armenian Army Colonel goes on picket demanding social guarantees to veterans

  Volodya Avetisyan, a retired Colonel of the Armenian Army, has started his sitting picket in Liberty Square in Yerevan, demanding from the government to revise the procedure for the calculation of military pensions. A group of veterans of the Karabakh War has joined the protest.

May 11, 2013 17:00

• Radio Liberty reporter fined in Azerbaijan

  Today, the Imishli District Court has sentenced Azer Ali, a regional correspondent of the Azerbaijani Service of Radio Liberty to an administrative fine in the amount of 200 manats (about 255 US dollars). He was found guilty of disobeying the police.

May 11, 2013 16:00

• Activists disrupt another attempt to demolish unloading dock in Volgograd Region

  On May 11, activists of the informal movement in defence of the unloading dock prevented the destruction of the historic building, located in the farmyard of Bobry near the city of Krasnoslobodsk.

May 11, 2013 15:00

• MP Targamadze arrested in absentia in Russia returns to Georgia

  Givi Targamadze, a Georgian MP, who is wanted under a request of Russian law enforcement bodies, has returned today from Vilnius to Tbilisi.

May 11, 2013 14:00

• Part of equipment of Gabala RLS removed from Azerbaijan to Russia

  Most of the property of the Gabala radiolocation station (RLS), which belongs to Russia, has already been transported out of Azerbaijan, Khalaf Khalafov, Deputy Foreign Minister told reporters on May 10.

May 11, 2013 13:00

• Armenia: "Hetq" journalist claims receiving threats

  In Armenia, Ani Ovannisyan, a journalist of the edition named "Hetq", gave to the police an audio record of a conversation with some unknown man, who threatened her and her family.

May 11, 2013 12:00

• Six veterans of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict presented with new cars

  In Stepanakert, on the occasion of the May 9 holiday, during the opening ceremony of the administrative building of the Union of Liberators of Artsakh, six participants of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh were presented with Lada cars received from sponsors. One more car was handed over to Union of Liberators.

May 10, 2013 22:50

• Chechnya marks Day of Memory and Grief

  Today, residents of Chechnya mark the Day of Memory and Grief for the nations of the republic; the holiday was established in 2011. Earlier, this date was marked on February 23, the day of the deportation in 1944 of Chechens and Ingushes to Kazakhstan and Central Asia.

May 10, 2013 22:20

• Court in Buynaksk arrests three local residents, whose houses were blown up

  Asadullah Tseretilov, Asadullah Karanaev and Said Umarov, who live in Buynaksk and in whose houses, according to power agents, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were found and neutralized on May 6, were arrested by the court for a month. Law enforcers now decide whether a criminal case against them will be opened for storing explosives. Their relatives say that they intend to seek compensation for the property damaged by the explosions.

May 10, 2013 22:10

• Nagorno-Karabakh marks triple holiday on May 9 with folk festivals and parade

  On May 9, Nagorno-Karabakh held final celebration events on the occasion of the triple holiday - the 68th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II), the 21st anniversary of creation of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) and of the liberation of the city of Shushi (Shusha); the latter began back on May 5.

May 10, 2013 22:00

• Azerbaijan marks the 90th Geidar Aliev's birthday with Feast of Flowers

  The Feast of Flowers is celebrated today in Azerbaijan within the events dedicated to the 90th birthday of the former President of the country Geidar Aliev.

May 10, 2013 21:00

• Cameron states UK's intention to cooperate in ensuring safety at Sochi Olympics

  Today, in the Sochi residence "Bocharov Ruchei", the Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with the British Prime Minister David Cameron, where they agreed on cooperation of the countries' security services in the field of security during the Olympic Winter Games in 2014.

May 10, 2013 21:00

• MIA of Azerbaijan accuses opposition of politicizing road accident in Khudat

  The Azerbaijan's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) believes that the opposition is politicizing the traffic accident that occurred on May 9 in the city of Khudat, located in the north of the country and incites the local population for illegal actions. The opposition, in its turn, accuses the authorities of favouring law violators.

May 10, 2013 20:00

• Protestor detained in Georgia for shouting against president

  In Georgia, the meeting of President Mikhail Saakashvili with students at the Tbilisi State University (TSU) named after Ivane Djavakhishvili was held against the background of protests. One of the protesters - Revaz Revazishvili - was detained by the police for insulting shouts addressed to the head of Georgia.

May 10, 2013 19:00

• Georgian government considers legalization of marijuana

  The Georgian government is considering a possible decriminalization of using marijuana, as bans are sometimes fraught with reverse consequences, said David Sergeyenko, Minister of Labour, Health and Social Protection.