Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili leaves a voting booth during the municipal elections at a polling station in Tbilisi on May 30. AP photo |
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Changes to Georgia’s constitution that could pave the way for President Mikhail Saakashvili to stay in power are rekindling fears that the country’s ruling party is abusing its hold on Georgian political life.
Comment 2010-07-29
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It is an effort to re-conceptualize the region in which we live and work in a way that moves beyond familiar labels that obscure as much as they illuminate. The "Middle East," the "Balkans," "Southeast Europe" or "
We hope thinking about our region in terms of its natural contours, the ancient river basins, aids our understanding of the many transcendent challenges that define our age.
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Georgia and Azerbaijan signed an agreement on creating a transit corridor linking the Caspian and Black seas to increase flows of oil and natural gas to European customers.
1 Comment 2010-07-29
A 12th round of discussions with EU negotiators in Geneva about security arrangements between Georgia and its breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia concluded Tuesday with little progress to report.
Comment 2010-07-28
Azerbaijan's Central Election Commission is concerned that would-be parliamentary candidates have already started campaigning on online social networks.
1 Comment 2010-07-27
Once Russia’s closest ally, Belarus’ hard-line president, Alexander Lukasheno has forged an unlikely political alliance with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili against Moscow.
Comment 2010-07-23
A Russian Christian religious community in Azerbaijan is struggling for survival as the numbers of the faithful have slowly diminished as a consequence of war and the demise of the Soviet-style collective farming system.
1 Comment 2010-07-22
Top security officials from Armenia and Russia said they plan to significantly boost cooperation between their defense industries within the framework of the CIS Collective Security Treaty Organization Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Armenian Service reported.
27 Comments 2010-07-22
Due to frequent blast incidents on the railway in Russia's Dagestan republic demand for tickets for trains leaving Azerbaijan in that direction has fallen by up to 30 percent, Azerbaijan Railways chief engineer Gurban Nazirov said.
Comment 2010-07-22
Georgia's president on Tuesday pledged humanitarian assistance in response to flooding, which hit Moldova earlier this month.
Comment 2010-07-21
An Azerbaijani court has rejected an appeal by a jailed blogger seeking an early release from prison, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Azerbaijani Service reported.
Comment 2010-07-29
Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian visited Afghanistan, where he inspected Armenian troops and met with Afghan officials and top NATO military commanders, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Armenian Service reported Wednesday.
Comment 2010-07-29
Compared with last year, in 2010 the number of cases of physical violence committed against journalists in Armenia has more than halved, said Ahsot Melikyan, head of the Committee in Defense of Freedom of Speech.
Comment 2010-07-29
Georgia begins construction of another Black Sea port at Supsa to handle increasing volumes of cargos such as crude oil from the Caspian Sea region.
Comment 2010-07-23
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili on Wednesday submitted to parliament a draft of a new constitution that would significantly limit the power of the ex-Soviet state's next president.
Comment 2010-07-22
American Azeris have urged the Senate to quickly confirm the new ambassador to Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani Press Agency’s Washington correspondent reported Thursday.
3 Comments 2010-07-22
Azerbaijani authorities have appealed the verdict handed down by the European Court of Human Rights with regard to jailed journalist Eynulla Fatullayev.
1 Comment 2010-07-19
Georgian opposition parties called on the authorities not to hurry with the adoption of a new constitution, saying that it should only be passed by a new parliament, which will be elected in the 2012 elections.
Comment 2010-07-19
