News

June 15, 2009 22:00

• Three refugees from Abkhazia knocked down by a car at UN Mission

  Three participants of the protest action held on Monday by refugees from Abkhazia near the building housing the United Nations' Mission in Tbilisi were injured in a road accident.

June 15, 2009 22:00

• Stavropol Territory: nationalists who beat Georgievsk residents detained

  In the city of Georgievsk, Stavropol Territory, a group of youngsters accused of hooliganism with use of objects as arms were detained. In the evening on June 3, some fifteen guys aged 17-20, armed with tire irons and reinforcing bars went out into streets with nationalist slogans and beat several persons.

June 15, 2009 19:00

• Trial of attack on Nalchik postponed till June 16

  At the trial on events of October 13, 2005, held by the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria, under a petition lodged by defendant Kanshoubi Boriev, whose father died, as break was announced till tomorrow, June 16.

June 15, 2009 19:00

• Dozens of oppositionists beaten in Georgia at destruction of "city of cells"

  Many oppositionists suffered during attack on the "city of cells". Earlier, Zviad Dzidziguri, leader of the Conservative Party, said that two persons suffered in the scuffle.

June 15, 2009 18:00

• HRC: authorities of Georgia oppress their political opponents

  The Human Rights Centre (HRC) has treated the actions of the policemen who used force against oppositionists last Friday, on June 12, as excessive. Human rights defenders assert that the clash could have been avoided.

June 13, 2009 22:00

• President of South Ossetia to deliver part of his powers to parliament

  The President of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity has expressed his readiness to deliver some of his powers to the parliament with the aim to strengthen the position of the legislative power and MPs in his republic.

June 13, 2009 21:00

• Former vice-premier assassinated in Ingushetia

  Bashir Aushev, former vice-premier of the republic who worked until now in the government was murdered in Ingushetia.

June 13, 2009 18:00

• In Georgia, five oppositionists convicted for hooliganism

  In Georgia, the court has found the five oppositionists arrested on June 12 guilty of hooliganism against MPs and brought them to administrative responsibility.

June 13, 2009 16:00

• Chechen President cancels vacations for his officials

  The President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has demanded that top executives cancel their summer vacations until full completion in the territory of the republic of special operations aimed to liquidate members of armed underground formations.

June 13, 2009 15:00

• Construction of pipeline from Iran to Armenia will start this year

  Till the end of this year, the parties plan to start building the pipeline intended for transportation of gasoline and diesel fuel from Iran to Armenia. The pipeline of 380 kilometres will link the Iranian city of Tabriz and the Armenian city of Eraskh.

June 13, 2009 13:00

• Georgia: hurricane deroofs 55 houses and leaves over 10,000 families without electricity

  In Western Georgia, a strong hurricane has torn roofs off 55 houses and broke power supply lines leaving more than 10,000 families without electricity.

June 13, 2009 12:00

• Azerbaijani NGOs create committee in defence of civil society

  On Friday, June 12, over 50 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) of Azerbaijan announced creation of the "Committee in Defence of Civil Society". The aim of the Committee is to oppose adoption of amendments to the legislation, restricting the activities of NGOs.

June 13, 2009 11:00

• Boy of six wounded in skirmish in Makhachkala

  A source in law enforcement bodies of the region reports that in the course of a skirmish in Makhachkala, where militiamen liquidated the leader of Makhachkala militants, a six-year boy was wounded.

June 13, 2009 10:00

• Elias the Second asks UN Secretary General to support Georgia's integrity

  On June 12, Patriarch of Georgia Elias the Second sent a personal letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations asking him to support the territorial integrity of Georgia.

June 13, 2009 07:00

• 15 oppositionists suffer in clash with police in Tbilisi

  Eka Beseliya, secretary general of the Party "For United Georgia", has reported that as a result of a clash of the opposition with the police that took place near the building of the parliament of Georgia on June 12, 15 members of youth oppositional organizations received traumas.

June 12, 2009 22:00

• Protesters scuffle with police near Parliament of Georgia

  In front of the building of the Parliament of Georgia, where today an extraordinary session took place after a two-month break, a scuffle with victims burst out between the police and participants of protest actions.

June 12, 2009 20:00

• Armenia prepares amnesty bill

  Gevork Danielyan, Minister of Justice of Armenia, told journalists that within one week, a bill on announcing amnesty will be ready; the amnesty process will last for two months at most.

June 12, 2009 19:02

• MIA of Dagestan: leader of Makhachkala Jama'at Omar Ramazanov liquidated

  Operative agents of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan report that they have established the persons of the militants liquidated today during a special operation in Makhachkala, namely: Omar Ramazanov, 24, leader of Makhachkala Jama'at, and Makhmud Paizulaev, 22, Ramazanov's helper.

June 12, 2009 17:00

• Russia gave a 500-million credit to Armenia

  As reported by the press service of the Ministry of Finance of Armenia, on June 11, Russian credit of 500 million US dollars was transferred to Armenia, and the credit agreement has already come into force.

June 12, 2009 15:00

• Chechnya: militants who wounded four militiamen are searched

  In the submontane Achkhoy-Martan District of Chechnya, a special operation is underway to search a group of militants who attacked on June 11 a militia motor column and wounded four militiamen.