News

May 24, 2008 16:20

• "Dosh" magazine banned in Ingushetia for publishing Ruslan Aushev's interview

  According to Abdullah Duduev, chief-editor of the "Dosh" magazine, dissemination of his magazine was prohibited in the Republic because it had published an interview with the former Republic's leader Ruslan Aushev. Mr Duduev has informed his journalists about it today.

May 24, 2008 16:12

• Azerbaijan to try al-Qaeda militants

  On May 30, a judicial session will take place in Azerbaijan on the case of a citizen of Saudi Arabia Nail Abdul Kerim al-Bedevi, also known as Abu-Jafar, and other 17 persons. All of them are accused of setting up an armed terrorist group.

May 23, 2008 13:26

• Prosecutor's Office of Volgograd Region demands to respect the rights of invalids

  The prosecutor's audits conducted at the establishments of medical-social examination (MSE) of the Volgograd Region have revealed numerous violations in their work related to rehabilitation of invalids and supply of rehabilitation means to invalids in the volume as established by the law.

May 23, 2008 13:09

• Georgia reaches the final stage of "Eurovision-2008"

  The second finalist group of the "Eurovision" singers' contest has been decided. This year, Georgia is among countries-finalists, represented by Diana Gurtskaya with her song named "Peace Will Come".

May 23, 2008 13:03

• Human rights activists believe that the attack on Danielyan is aimed against all human rights activities in Armenia

  Human rights activist assert that the attack on Michael Danielyan, Chairman of the Helsinki Association, was targeted against all human rights activities in Armenia.

May 23, 2008 13:01

• Georgian party in power wins 120 out of 150 seats in Parliament

  By the outcomes of the elections, the Georgian party in power named the United National Movement has won 120 seats in the new Parliament out of the total number of 150.

May 23, 2008 12:52

• Kabardino-Balkaria: idea of Muslim districts in Russian cities rejected

  The proposal of Nafigulla Ashirov, co-chairman of the Board of Muftis of Russia, to make separate Muslim districts in Russian megalopolises was ambiguously treated by people in Kabardino-Balkaria.

May 23, 2008 12:36

• Georgian opposition to contest election outcomes

  Kakha Kukava, one of the leaders of the Conservative Party (member of the United Opposition), has stated that the Opposition will file a suit demanding to cancel the election outcomes.

May 22, 2008 12:14

• CIS observers treat parliamentary elections in Georgia as democratic

  The mission of CIS observers has assessed the parliamentary elections in Georgia as democratic, having noted that the revealed violations can in no way affect the outcomes of the voting.

May 22, 2008 12:07

• Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office rejects any pressure on journalist Halil

  Yesterday, on May 21, the press service of the State Office of Public Prosecutor made a statement, which refutes the data about beating Agil Halil, journalist of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, on February 22, 2008, in Maslinovaya Grove and rendering pressure on him during the investigation.

May 22, 2008 12:01

• In Georgia, oppositionists frighten authorities with national revolt

  According to Giya Tortladze, one of the leaders of the United Opposition, should the total of the Central Electoral Commission on the outcomes of the parliamentary elections be the same as the results of the exit polls, "the authorities will surely have a nationwide uprising." Mr Tortladze made this statement late at night yesterday, on May 21.

May 22, 2008 11:53

• Events dedicated to 144th anniversary of the end of Caucasian War held in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Yesterday, on May 21, Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, and other cities of the Republic hosted a number of events dedicated to the 144th anniversary of the end of the Caucasian War.

May 22, 2008 11:46

• OSCE observers are positive on elections in Georgia

  The representatives of the OSCE, who observed the May 21 parliamentary elections in Georgia, have characterized the voting process as "generally positive."

May 22, 2008 11:39

• School director shot dead in Dagestan

  Today morning in Dagestan, Budun Sharapudinov, director of secondary school No. 4 in the city of Khasavyurt, was shot dead from a sub-machine gun.

May 22, 2008 11:26

• Georgia's CEC cancels voting outcomes of 13 polling stations

  The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Georgia has annulled the tabulated election results at 13 polling stations in different areas of the country because of admitted violations.

May 21, 2008 13:47

• International observers find no rough violations at Georgian elections

  The group of international observers asserts that, as a whole, the voting that takes place all over Georgia goes without any rough violations.

May 21, 2008 13:30

• In Abkhazia, shelling of the bus in Zugdidi District of Georgia is treated as provocation

  Laurence Kogoniya, commander of the Galskiy ROVD (District Interior Unit), called the bus incident in Khurcha village, located in the Zugdidi District of Georgia, to be "a mere provocation." The bus was to bring residents of the Galskiy District of Abkhazia to the Zugdidi District of Georgia for taking part in the parliamentary elections.

May 21, 2008 13:11

• In Armenia, supporters of the arrested oppositionist stop their hunger strike

  Late at night on May 20, in Armenia, Rachya Sarkisyan and nine other supporters, four women among them, of the arrested Aram Karapetyan, leader of the "New Times" Party, stopped their hunger strike in response to the appeal of their leader.

May 21, 2008 13:09

• Activist of United Opposition assassinated in Western Georgia

  Today in the morning, Gerontiy Katsiya, a propagandist of the United Opposition, was shot dead from a hunting rifle in the Tsalendzhikh District (Samegrelo, Western Georgia).

May 21, 2008 12:59

• Chairman of Helsinki Association attacked in Armenia

  Today, in the Teryan Street of Yerevan, an unknown person made a shot from a gas pistol at Michael Danielyan, Chairman of the Helsinki Association of Armenia.