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Society, Politics, Interethnic relations, Human rights, Culture, Crime, Conflicts, Economics, Nature And Ecology, IncidentsRegions
Abkhazia / Adjaria / Adygeia / Armenia / Astrakhan region / Azerbaijan / Chechnya / Dagestan / Georgia / Ingushetia / Kabardino-Balkaria / Kalmykia / Karachaevo-Cherkesia / Krasnodar region / Nagorny Karabakh / North Caucasus / North Osetia - Alania / North-Caucasian Federal District / Rostov region / Russia / South Federal District / South Osetia / Stavropol region / Volgograd regionIn April, ECtHR to consider Sandro Girgvliani's murder in Georgia
On April 27, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will consider the case about the murder in Georgia in 2005 of a bank employee Sandro Girgvliani.
Mar 09 2010, 22:50
Lebedev: UN Special Representative's report on his visit to South Ossetia is lopsided and biased
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The Russian delegation labelled as politicized the report of Walter Kelin, Special Representative of Secretary General of the United Nations on Internally Displaced Persons' Rights, which summed up his visit to South Ossetia. The report was presented on March 8 at the 13th Session of the United Nations on Human Rights (HRS) held in Switzerland. In the opinion of Mikhail Lebedev, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation at the UN Branch and other international organizations in Geneva, the report is lopsided, biased and contains factual mistakes.
South Osetia, Russia, Georgia
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Mar 08 2010, 23:50
Georgiy Vashadze: the oldest woman lives in Georgia
| Antisa Khvichava, a native of Sachire village, Tsalendzhikh District of Georgia, is 129 years old, and might be registered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest resident of the planet. |
Mar 08 2010, 23:30
Short-circuit announced as fire reason in Georgian colony
| The commission that makes inquiry in Georgia into the fire in one of the units of the Ksan minimum and high security prison tends to believe that poor electric wire had provoked ignition. |
Mar 08 2010, 23:00
Georgia and EU to create united air space
| Georgia and the European Union have signed the agreement on united air space. The document assumes to build, within 2 years after signing, the united Georgian-EU aviation space. |
Mar 08 2010, 22:00
Supposedly, a businessman was the aim of explosion in Tbilisi
| A remotely triggered bomb planted near an apartment block caused an explosion in Tbilisi. Most probably, the culprits watched the entrance and triggered the explosive when a businessman who lives there was entering the house. |
Mar 08 2010, 21:00
Georgia voices readiness to restore air traffic with Russia
| If accord is reached by private airlines, the official Tbilisi is ready to resume regular air flights between Georgia and Russia, said Nino Kalandadze, deputy minister of foreign affairs of Georgia. |
Mar 05 2010, 10:00
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 22-28
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Inspectors report about solving resonant murders in Northern Caucasus; exchange of prisoners of was between Georgia and South Ossetia is in deadlocked; Chechnya celebrates Prophet Mohammed's birthday; human rights activists are beaten in the Kuban River area, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of February 22-28, 2010, in Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Rostov region, Volgograd region, Abkhazia, Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, North-Caucasian Federal District, Georgia, Krasnodar region, South Federal District, South Osetia
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Mar 04 2010, 22:50
Georgia mourns for perished miners
| Because of the explosion in a mine in the city of Tkibuli, Western Georgia, March 4 is announced a national mourning day. |
Mar 03 2010, 23:40
No agreements reached at five-sided meeting in Gali, Abkhazia
| On March 2, in Abkhazia, at a meeting in Gali, the working group on prevention of and reaction to incidents in the Georgian-Abkhazian conflicts zone, no agreement was reached on any point. This was reported by Levan Tevzaya, who represents the government of the Abkhazian Autonomous Republic in exile, recognized by Tbilisi. Delegates from Abkhazia, Russia, Georgia UN and EU took part in the meeting. |
Georgia: Articles
- National Reconciliation in South Ossetia
- Georgia-Russia conflict: Ethnic Cleansing Continues in South Ossetian Conflict Zone in Georgia
- Blogger "failures" in the Georgian war, and the rise of citizen propaganda
- Russian bloggers go after YouTube
- Citizen war-reporter? The Caucasus test