News

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.

May 21, 2008 12:58

• CEC: count of ballot papers in Georgia's polling stations matches the count of voters

  Zurab Kachkachishvili, speaker of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Georgia, has assured that the number of ballot papers in polling stations is equal to the number of voters. It was his comment to the information of NGOs that certain polling stations have registered a deficit of ballot papers, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

May 20, 2008 11:12

• In Armenia, oppositionist left in custody despite health problems

  The general court of communities Kentron and Nork-Marash in Armenia has ruled to extend by two months the arrest of Aram Karapetyan, leader of the opposition party "New Times". Cardiologists from Austria assert that the detainee's health is "in increased risk zone."

May 20, 2008 11:09

• Iranian Azerbaijanis get ready to mass protest actions

  South Azerbaijan prepares to mark the second anniversary of dispersal of Azerbaijanis' rally in May 2006.

May 20, 2008 11:06

• In Azerbaijan, journalist Agyl Khalil sues frontier guards

  Agyl Khalil, a correspondent of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, has lodged a suit against the State Frontier Service, State Office of Public Prosecutor and Investigatory Department for Grave Crimes under the State Office of Public Prosecutor of Azerbaijan.