News from the Cauasus

EU to increase aid through 'neighborhood program' to reforming nations 4 Dec 2006 17:35, Hoovers Online
... _ to the east _ Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The EU engaged these ... conflicts. "Whether in Moldova or the Southern Caucasus, the Palestinian Territories or the Middle East ...

U.S., Russian diplomats clash at OSCE meeting 4 Dec 2006 16:35, Hoovers Online
... Minister Sergei Lavrov clashed on Monday over Georgia and Moldova at the OSCE foreign ministers' ... two-day meeting focuses on conflicts in South Caucasus and improving efficiency of the OSCE. The ...

After painful deportation from Russia, ousted Georgians find further hardship at home 4 Dec 2006 15:41, Kyiv Post
... Georgians find further hardship at home TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - When a Russian court ordered ... dark-skinned foreigners from ex-Soviet republics in the Caucasus and Central Asia in recent years. "This ...

EU urges stronger ties with key energy neighbours 4 Dec 2006 15:37, Business Day
... was extended to include Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Ties with Russia fall under a separate ... support for Eastern Europe and the southern Caucasus, although this was likely to be significantly ...

Cycling caravan crosses Asia 4 Dec 2006 05:47, Canada
... kilometres as they cycle eastward through Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and China. ... in the great inland seas of the Caucasus, taste the delights of Samarkand and test ...

The EU and Turkey are in a wrestling match, where neither side can afford to let go 3 Dec 2006 22:11, The Daily Star
... other names like Anatolia or Asia Minor. The most easterly Roman forts are inside Georgia on the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains. To the southeast, the main Roman customs houses were along the Euphrates - ...

Armenian periodicals hungry for paper 3 Dec 2006 17:31, ITAR-TASS
... rule, paper was delivered from the North Caucasus by truck, but this is now impossible, ... June in a disagreement between Russia and Georgia. The Ilyichevsk port administration has refused to ...

RUSSIA WANTS SOUTH OSSETIA AND ABKHAZIA'S LEADERS TO TAKE PART IN THE PACE SESSION 2 Dec 2006 14:23, The Voice of Russia
... Earlier, the PACE mission visited Russia and Georgia to monitor on the spot the real ... on settling the simmering conflict in the Caucasus, is unlikely to settle it without listening ...

New natural gas pipeline across Aegean is good news for Greece 2 Dec 2006 06:20, Athens News
... and, soon, from Azerbaijan through the South Caucasus line. Ambitious Turkish re-export plans include the ... as a weapon against nearby states like Georgia and Belarus. An EU-Russia energy summit in ...

Georgian-Russian relations chat changes little 2 Dec 2006 06:11, International Security Network
... was quick to dispel any notions of Georgia as a Soviet-era petitioner for good will ... communication and transportation routes with the South Caucasus state. Georgian media focused considerable attention on ...

Elite Russian troops 'ready to deal' with coup 2 Dec 2006 04:50, The Tocqueville
... of the kind seen in Ukraine and Georgia seems remote in a country where opposition ... Chechnya or other provinces in Russia's mountainous Caucasus region, known officially as the "zone of ...

Georgia's premier said Friday that negotiations with Azerbaijan on gas deliveries have been successful and important. 1 Dec 2006 16:37, RIA Novosti
... gas deliveries have been successful and important. Georgia is looking to diversify its gas imports ... to Turkey via Georgia through the South Caucasus pipeline operated by BP and Statoil at ...

South Caucasus Youth Festival is held in Tbilisi on World AIDS Day 1 Dec 2006 16:20,Regnum
... South Caucasus Youth Festival is held in Tbilisi on ... statictics, the number of AIDS-infected people in Georgia is 1,095. ...

Georgian PM hails gas talks with Azerbaijan 1 Dec 2006 16:20, RIA Novosti
... gas deliveries have been successful and important. Georgia is looking to diversify its gas imports ... to Turkey via Georgia through the South Caucasus pipeline operated by BP and Statoil at ...

S. Ossetia "alternative" leader inaugurated in conflict zone 1 Dec 2006 14:41, RIA Novosti
... of South Ossetia's election and plebiscite have not been recognized as legitimate, either by Georgia or by the West, as they undermine the Caucasus state's territorial integrity. South Ossetia seceded from Georgia following a bloody ethnic conflict in ...

Georgia hopes to receive gas from Azerbaijan 1 Dec 2006 14:05, Baku Sun
... summit in Minsk, Belarus, Tuesday. (AP) TBILISI, Georgia (AP) Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said ... Saakashvili has sought to bring the poor Caucasus nation closer to the West and join ...

THE ISSUE OF MISSING PERSONS «HAS BECOME A TRADE» 1 Dec 2006 13:47, A1 Plus
... as the other does the same. In Georgia the number missing persons is 500, and ... titled Issues of missing persons in South Caucasus. Representatives of Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and NKR ...

EBRD to issue Georgia $10 mln to rebuild power plant 1 Dec 2006 11:00, RIA Novosti
... December 1 (RIA Novosti) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development could give Georgia $10 million in 2007 on efforts to rebuild the Caucasus state's largest hydropower plant, the finance minister said Friday. Georgia and the EBRD are ...

Is NATO Ready for Georgia? 1 Dec 2006 10:17, A1 Plus
... summit of a 26-member NATO in Riga, Georgia has been buoyed by support from the ... Tbilisi. Institute for War and Peace Reporting, Caucasus Reporting Service ...

From Deportations to Wine Embargo, Saakashvili-Putin Chat Changes Little 1 Dec 2006 06:32,Eurasianet
... was quick to dispel any notions of Georgia as a Soviet-era petitioner for good will ... communication and transportation routes with the South Caucasus state. Georgian media focused considerable attention on ...

Riga Summit Declaration (NATO) 1 Dec 2006 06:15, Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
... reaffirm that the Alliance will continue with Georgia and Ukraine its Intensified Dialogues which cover ... persistence of regional conflicts in the South Caucasus and the Republic of Moldova. Our nations ...

NATO EXPRESSES READINESS TO ASSIST 30 Nov 2006 16:46, A1 Plus
... the regional wholeness of Moldavia and South Caucasus countries. Mr. Fried assumes that the decision ... achieve their aim. But it is beyond Georgia to decide as the country bears full ...

NATO Summit Declares Bigger, Stronger Rapid Reaction Force 30 Nov 2006 13:51, Zaman

NATO Supports Efforts for Peaceful Settlement of Conflicts in South Caucasus 30 Nov 2006 13:11, Yerkir.am