News

March 29, 2013 21:00

• Arrested editor-in-chief of "Tolyshi Sado" receives Ashurov Award

  In Azerbaijan, Hilal Mamedov, the detained editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado", has become the first laureate of the award named after the lawyer Isakhan Ashurov. A Themis statuette was given to Ramiz Mamedov, the inmate's lawyer on March 29.

March 29, 2013 20:00

• "Liakhvi" Group to address the problem of water supply in South Ossetia

  The international "Liakhvi" Group, set up by the initiative of the Georgian party, will deal with the issues of rational management of water resources in the South-Ossetian conflict zone.

March 29, 2013 19:00

• Abkhazian president disagrees with the opposition to form a coalition government

  At a briefing on March 28, Christian Bzhaniya, the official representative of the president of Abkhazia, voiced out the position of his boss in relation to the demands of the opposition expressed on March 11 at a rally in Sukhumi. The president has rejected all the points of the resolution adopted by the rally.

March 29, 2013 18:00

• KBR marks Revival Day of the Balkar people

  On March 28, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) celebrated the Revival Day of the Balkar people with a motor rally, folk festivals, literary parties and sporting events.

March 29, 2013 17:00

• Diabetics complain about lack of insulin in Stepanakert pharmacies

  The residents of Nagorno-Karabakh who suffer from diabetes mellitus complain about the absence of insulin in all the pharmacies of the republic. Those in Stepanakert have confirmed that there were no shipments of insulin for sale since the beginning of January.

March 29, 2013 16:00

• Sochi: storm destroys shore reinforcement of Imereti Lowland

  In Sochi, the storm has destroyed the shore-stabilization structures built in the Imereti Lowland. According to local residents, the reason is in design errors and poor work quality.

March 29, 2013 15:00

• “Armavia” air company in Armenia announced suspension of flights beginning from April, 1

  National air carrier of Armenia “Armavia” suspended flights from April, 1, and initiated a bankruptcy procedure, Press service of the company reported.

March 29, 2013 14:00

• Investigators consider the Georgian politician one of the organizers of mass disturbances in Bolotnaya square

  The investigation considers that mass disturbances on May, 6, 2012, in Bolotnaya square of Moscow were organized by leader of the “Left Front” Sergey Udaltsov, Russian oppositionists Leonid Razvozzhaev and Konstantin Lebedev and Georgian politician Givi Targamadze.

March 29, 2013 12:00

• Today it is an anniversary of terrorist acts in the Moscow metro in 2010

  Today Muscovites and guests of the capital are bringing flowers to the metro stations “Lubiyanka” and “Park Kultiri” where acts of terror with the participation of women suicide bombers were committed three years ago. The investigators are going on with their work to establish persons involved in this terror.

March 29, 2013 11:00

• One person perished and over 300 houses got damaged during the storm in Adzharia

  During the hurricane that fell upon Adzharia several days ago one man perished. It was David Geladze, fisherman from the settlement of Sarpi, who was washed down by a wave. Over 300 houses got damaged. The Government of Georgia decided to help the owners of the damaged houses to restore them but many local residents are still doing it at their own expense.

March 28, 2013 21:00

• Armenian Govt allots 50,000 US dollars to treat Airikyan abroad

  Paruir Airikyan, a former presidential candidate in Armenia, has received 20.5 million drams (about 50,000 US dollars) from the government for taking his treatment after the suffered attack and has left for Holland.

March 28, 2013 20:00

• Georgia returns over thousand sacked militaries back to state service

  According to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Georgia, more than a thousand servicemen, illegally dismissed from the Ministry, have been reinstated.

March 28, 2013 19:19

• Dagestani Govt increased teachers' salaries

  Arthur Dalgatov, Acting Minister of Education of Dagestan, has signed an order to increase the pay of teachers and employees of the primary and secondary vocational education.

March 28, 2013 19:00

• "Rospotrebnadzor" allows two Georgian wine producers to supply wines to Russia

  The "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russia's Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision) has allowed the two Georgian producers "Kindzmarauli Marani" and "Wine House Dugladze" to import their wines to the Russian market.

March 28, 2013 17:58

• Prosecutors-auditors appear at MHG office

  Today, employees from the inspecting bodies – the Prosecutor's Offices and the Ministry of Justice – appeared at the office of Russia's oldest human rights organization – the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG).

March 28, 2013 17:00

• The notary near whose office Budanov was killed gave an account about the day of the murder in court

  Today Moscow city court heard the evidence of employees of the notary's office near which ex-colonel Yuri Budanov was killed.

March 28, 2013 16:00

• During trial on the case of death of an officer in Armenia the aggrieved party demanded to vindicate the defendants

  Representatives of the aggrieved party on the case of death of Artak Nazaryan, Armenian officer of contact service, his sister and successor Tsovinar Nazaryan and human rights activist Ruben Martirosyan spoke at the trial today. They demanded to find real criminals and bring in an acquittal to the defendants.

March 28, 2013 15:00

• Head of a Department of “Kavkazregiongaz” was killed in Dagestan by indignant debtors for gas, Committee of Inquiry of the Russian Federation considers

  Head of Khasavyurt Service department of “Kavkazregiongaz” Yusup Gadjiev was killed as a result of a conflict with two local residents in whose house gas was cut off for debt, representatives of Committee of Inquiry reported.

March 28, 2013 14:00

• 144 houses in Adzharia damaged in a storm

  144 housing estates got damaged as a result of a storm that fell upon the coastal zone of Batumi on March, 24. Houses located in Khelvachauri district underwent the greatest damage, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent reports.

March 28, 2013 13:00

• Inspections are going on in Maikop office of “Environmental Watch”

  Representatives of law enforcement bodies are carrying out inspections in non-governmental organization “Environmental Watch on North Caucasus” whose central office is located in Maikop.