News

October 16, 2003 12:56

• Expert group meeting on Georgian-Osetian conflict settlement started in Netherlands

  The 10th expert group meeting of plenipotentiary delegations within the framework of the negotiation process on the full-scale settlement of the Georgian-Osetian conflict opened in the Hague suburb (the Netherlands) on October 14.

October 15, 2003 23:39

• Russian society must protect pupils from militarization and forced dissemination of state ideology

  An appeal to the Russian public and non-government organizations.

October 15, 2003 23:37

• Refugees from "Bella" camp are about to take order on camp closure to court

  The displaced persons from Chechnya are convinced the main objective of the authorities is not to take care of the people, but to reduce the number of camps in Ingushetia.

October 15, 2003 22:34

• Repair operations in hospice of Chechen State University come to end

  A temporary accommodation center for refugees will be established in the repaired building.

October 15, 2003 17:26

• Conference of "Daymokhk"

  A conference of the Ingush National Association "Daymokhk" took place in Nazran on October 9. The participants discussed issues concerned with the implementation of the Agreement Between North Osetia and Ingushetia of October 11, 2002 and the forthcoming elections of the republican National Assembly deputies.

October 15, 2003 16:07

• Two natives of Armenia were abducted in Ingushetia

  Two citizens of Armenia: Artur Petrosian, a local paper press photographer, and his 28-year old relative Aleksandr Pashaian were abducted in one of the settlements of Ingushetia's Nazran district on October 12.

October 15, 2003 15:11

• Polish diplomat was robbed in Georgia

  Reports of Georgian media say Charge d'Affaires of Poland in Georgia was attacked and robbed in Eastern Georgia while returning to Tbilisi with his family and interpreter.

October 15, 2003 14:52

• School of Public Politics in Azov

  The School of Public Politics worked for journalists of local and regional mass media and leaders of public organizations in the town of Azov in the Rostov region on October 11-12. The Russian public organization "Open Russia" is an organizer of the School.

October 15, 2003 14:49

• "Satsita" camp is blocked by police

  As police officers assert, no one can visit the refugee camp without having a special permit of the Federal Migration Service direction.

October 15, 2003 12:47

• Presidential elections have started in Azerbaijan

  For the first time presidential elections are being held on the basis of the Electoral Code of Azerbaijan.

October 15, 2003 12:37

• No one left "Satsita" camp

  On October 13 the Russian mass media gave information that 27 families of Chechen refugees who had lived in the tent camp "Satsita" voluntarily returned to Chechnya. This information does not represent the facts. As members of the "Satsita" Public Council have reported, no family left this camp for Chechnya on October 13.

October 15, 2003 12:26

• Attempt against Sernovodsk village administration head

  Unknown people attempted on the life of Sernovodsk village administration head Vakha Arsamakov. The incident occurred in Chechnya's Sunzha district on October 13.

October 15, 2003 12:24

• Two girls were killed in Chechnya as result of bombardment

  The Russian military disclaim their belonging to the fire.

October 15, 2003 11:23

• Threats directed against inhabitants of "Alina" camp

  For the last few days officials of the Russian migration service have started to put pressure on Chechen refugees living in the tent camp "Alina", which is situated on the outskirt of the Sleptsovskaya village in Ingushetia's Sunzha district.

October 15, 2003 11:21

• Competition of non-government organizations "Program of Real Deeds" is to be carried out in Dagestan

  The competition goal is to join the efforts of public authorities, local government and public organizations to promote citizens' social activity directed towards the solution of socially important problems of Dagestani people.

October 14, 2003 23:07

• Ingush migration service intends to liquidate tent camps in near future

  Department head Akhmed Parchiyev announced to them that unexampled pressure from the direction of the federal migration service was put upon their department, so he was forced to inform tents in all the places of compact residence were to be removed by October 11.

October 14, 2003 18:10

• Armenian parliament speaker met with delegation of ombudsmen from CIS and Eastern Europe

  The sides noted during the talks that the parliament of Armenia had passed the law on ombudsman, thereby it met the commitment undertaken to the Council of Europe.

October 14, 2003 18:06

• Chechen presidential elections in Kurchaloy distric

  Ruslan, a Kurchaloy villager, told after voting that his father, who had died 5 years ago, was on the voter lists.

October 14, 2003 15:40

• International student conference "Look into the Future" took place in Yerevan

  Bilateral agreements with the Association of Russian Students and the Georgian student movement "Georgia's Future" on the creation of the South Caucasian Student Confederation were signed during the conference.

October 14, 2003 12:32

• Series of seminars aimed at revelation of problems of national minorities is to be carried out with assistance of Council of Europe

  Olga Bagdasarian, a representative of the Assirian community, and Knyaz Gasanov, a representative of the Kurd community, told about problems which their communities are faced with.