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Armenia: Currency Devaluation Leaves Consumers Feeling Uneasy
BY HAROUTIUN KHACHATRIAN
Two days after Armenia’s Central Bank let the dram float against the dollar, an uneasy calm has returned to Yerevan after a round of panic buying cleaned many stores out of basic food items.

Georgia: Tbilisi Tries to Get a Feel for the Obama Administration
BY JOSHUA KUCERA
A top Georgian official is visiting Washington, attempting to bolster ties with a new US administration that has made a priority out of improving relations with Georgia’s nemesis, Russia.

Georgia: Media Battles Make It More Difficult to Separate Fact from Fiction
Giorgi Lomsadze: 3/06/09

CAUCAZ:COM: Artikel über die lage in Georgien und Armenien (eng/fran/ge)

Armenien: Ausnahmezustand nach tödlichen Zusammenstößen Von Harouniun KHACHATRIAN
Der armenische Premierminister Sersch Sarkissjan wurde offiziell zum Sieger der Präsidentenwahl vom 19. Februar erklärt. In der vergangenen Woche versuchte Sarkissjans Hauptrivale und erste Präsident des unabhängigen Armenien, Lewon Ter-Petrossjan, seine Anhänger zu mobilisieren, um die seiner Meinung nach gefälschten Ergebnisse anzufechten. Ter-Petrossjan gelang es, mehr als 10.000 Demonstranten im Zentrum Eriwans zu versammeln, wo es am 1. März...


Armenia: Government declares emergency rule after deadly clashes By Haroutiun KHACHATRIAN
Armenia's Prime Minister Serge Sargsian has officially been declared winner of the February 19 presidential elections. Last week, Sargsian's main rival Levon Ter-Petrosian, the first president of independent Armenia, attempted to rally popular support to annul the results of the election, claiming it was rigged. Ter-Petrosian managed to assemble more than 10,000 demonstrators in central Yerevan where on Saturday March 1, clashes broke out...

Arménie: l’état d’urgence est déclaré après de violents affrontements Par Haroutiun KHACHATRIAN
Le premier ministre arménien Serge Sarkissian a été officiellement déclaré vainqueur des élections présidentielles du 19 février 2008. Son principal adversaire, le premier président de l’Arménie indépendante Lévon Ter-Pétrossian, a essayé la semaine dernière de mobiliser un mouvement populaire afin d’annuler ces résultats qu’il considère biaisés. Il réussissait à rassembler plusieurs diz...

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Georgische Präsidentschaftswahlen: Langsame Annäherung an eine “normale” Politik? Von Alexandru COITA
Michael Saakaschwili ist der Gewinner der vorgezogenen Präsidentschaftswahlen vom 5. Januar 2008 in Georgien. Er hatte die Neuwahlen in der Absicht vorgeschlagen, seine Glaubwürdigkeit nach massiven Protesten der Opposition im November des vergangene...

Georgian Presidential Elections: Edging towards ‘normal’ politics? By Alexandru COITA
Mikhail Saakashvili is the winner of the January 5th 2008 snap presidential elections in Georgia. He called the elections in an attempt to shore up credibility following massive opposition demonstrations in November last year. Protests had met with a...

The Death of Badri Patarkatsishvili: From international conspiracy theories to local Georgian politics By Lili DI PUPPO
The death of Arkadi “Badri” Patarkatsishvili in London on February 12 has given rise to speculation and rumours. Despite a claim by British police and Patarkatsishvili's family that the prominent Georgian businessman died of a typical heart attac...

Mort de Badri Patarkatsichvili: entre intrigues internationales et politique géorgienne Par Lili DI PUPPO
La mort du célèbre homme d’affaires Arkadi « Badri » Patarkatsichvili à Londres le 12 février a donné lieu à de nombreuses rumeurs et spéculations. Malgré l’annonce faite par la police britannique d’u...

Les élections présidentielles en Géorgie: Vers une nouvelle « normalité » dans la vie politique ?
Par Alexandru COITA
Mikhaïl Saakachvili a été donné vainqueur des élections présidentielles du 5 janvier 2008 en Géorgie. Celles-ci se sont déroulées suite à l’annonce de la tenue d’élections anticipées faite par le prés...

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Armenien: Ter-Petrosian kehrt in die Politik zurück Von Harutiun KHATSCHATRIAN
Die Präsidentschaftswahlen in Armenien sind auf den 19. Februar 2008 angesetzt. Zwei Monate vor der Wahl zeichnet sich ab, dass die Entscheidung wahrscheinlich zwischen dem derzeitigen Premierminister, Serge Sargsian, und dem früheren Präsident Levon...

Arménie : Ter-Petrossian revient en politique avec la promesse de défier la « machine d’Etat » Par Haroutiun KHACHATRIAN
Alors que les élections présidentielles en Arménie vont se tenir le 19 février 2008, une bataille entre deux candidats, l’actuel premier ministre Serge Sargsian et l’ancien président Levon Ter-Petross...

Arménie : Ter-Petrossian revient en politique avec la promesse de défier la « machine d’Etat Par Haroutiun KHACHATRIAN
Alors que les élections présidentielles en Arménie vont se tenir le 19 février 2008, une bataille entre deux candidats, l’actuel premier ministre Serge Sargsian et l’ancien président Levon Ter-Petross...

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Political Battles in Georgia: Will anyone emerge as a winner?
By Lili DI PUPPO
In September 2007, the co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) praised Georgia for its “stunning progress” in its reforms since the Rose Revolution, citing the country as an example for the whole region and beyond. Last week, the NGO Transparency International announced that Georgia had moved out from the group of countries considered to have a “rampant corruption” problem, scoring an honorable 3.4 points out ...

The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Perspective of a Year-Long Deadlock
By Haroutiun KHACHATRIAN*
The recent efforts of mediators and the parties involved in the Karabakh conflict have failed to result in any progress in the settlement of one of the oldest ethnic conflicts of the former Soviet Union. The political situation in Armenia and Azerbai...

Negotiations on the Shtokman gas reserves
By Juliette LE DORE, PhD student at the ULB and specialist in EU-Russia relations
Has the suspenseful saga surrounding the future of the Russian gas reserves of Shtokman, some of the richest in the world, finally come to a conclusion? Last July 12, after a teleconference between the Russian and French presidents, an agreement was ...

Azerbaijan discovers the use of renewable energy
By Ellen KÖHRER
The first initiatives aiming to provide alternative energies to the gas and oil-producing region between the Caucasus and the Caspian Sea are still in the beginning stages. These ambitious projects could, however, see the light of day soon with the s...

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An ambitious economic agenda for Armenia: Is the new government up to the task?
By Haroutiun KHATCHATRIAN
Armenia's newly elected government has unveiled an ambitious economic agenda, which the National Assembly approved on June 21. The government’s program plans for steady economic growth which, according the plan, “will enable Armenia to move to the group of medium-income countries, by the end of 2009.” The term “medium-income countries” is usually used to refer to Eastern European EU member countries. This may appear to be an unrealistic ambit...

“It Is More Apt to Speak of ‘Management’ than of ‘Resolution’ of the Conflicts in the South Caucasus”
By Khatuna TCHANTURIA, doctoral student at the Technical University of Berlin
Interview with Uwe Halbach, researcher for the Russian Federation/CIS department of the German Institute for International Affairs and Security in Berlin (SWP). He is a specialist in the Caucasus and Central Asia....

The lost Jewish clan of the Caucasus
By Michel TENDIL
In the northeast of Azerbaijan, live the last Jews of the Krasnaya Sloboda mountains. For this community, whose origins can be traced back to the ten lost tribes of Israel, opening up to the world is mixed with bitter disillusions. ...

Georgia: A New Bill on the Rehabilitation of the Meskhetians under Consideration
By Sophie TOURNON
Since June 14th, the Georgian press has focused on the topic of the Meskhetians, a population deported from Georgia in 1944 and never rehabilitated. The Georgian Parliament has begun the consideration of one of the most controversial questions, yet ...