Azerbaijan: Baku Developing Satellite to Kick Off National Space Program (EurasiaNet)
BY SHAHIN ABBASOV First came oil. Now comes space. Flush with energy revenues, Officials in Baku are intent on launching Azerbaijan’s first satellite by 2011.

EBRD to Invest $400 Million in Georgia in 2010 in Railway, Port (Bloomberg)
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development plans to invest $400 million in Georgia next year, including a project to improve a port bombed during the former Soviet republic’s August 2008 war with Russia.

Azerbaijani President can fall into his own trap (PanARMENIAN.Net)
Kiro Manoyan: should Azerbaijan be confident of victory, it would have launched a war long ago.

Yerkir Union estimates break down of Armenian Church in Tbilisi as Georgian authorities crime (PanARMENIAN.Net)
Georgian authorities policy of ignoring Armenian populations problems will lead to increase of disappointment and discontent among Georgian Armenians.

Azerbaijan: Baku Sees Turkey as Tough Customer on Gas Exports (EurasiaNet)
BY SHAHIN ABBASOV Amid a diplomatic chill, Azerbaijan and Turkey opened a new round of talks November 16 on an energy export price. Recent agreements on gas supplies to Bulgaria, Iran and Russia suggest that Baku is exploring alternative export routes as a means to pressure Ankara into paying significantly more for Azerbaijani natural gas.

Russia claims it has won peace, but Chechen terrorism is defiantly back (Guardian Unlimited)
The north Caucasus has exploded in violent revolt, making Moscow’s Muslim south a growing threat In the past two years, the simmering insurgency in Russia’s north Caucasus has exploded into open revolt. Daily attacks against government security forces and bomb explosions have become a part of everyday life. Across Ingushetia, Chechnya, Dagestan and Karabino-Balkaria, Islamist fighters are waging …

Georgian Ambassador to RA promises to rebuild ruined Armenian Church in Tbilisi (PanARMENIAN.Net)
Narek Mantashyan: Georgy Targamadze informed that churches are destructed because of earthquakes, often occurring in Tbilisi during past months.

Georgian, Polish Defense Ministers Meet in Tbilisi (Civil Georgia)
Georgian Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia met on November 27 with his Polish counterpart, Bogdan Klich, who is visiting Georgia as a part of his South Caucasus tour.

Russia says troops to leave Georgia (Tiscali)
TBILISI (Reuters) – The Kremlin said its forces would pull back from Georgia’s heartland by Friday to positions set out under a French-brokered peace plan, amid mounting Western criticism about the slowness of the troop withdrawal.

Azerbaijan reiterates military threats over Karabakh (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
Azerbaijan’s defense minister reiterated threats of the possible use of force in resolving the dispute over Nagorgny Karabakh with Armenia.

Ukraine’s leading English-language newspaper since 1995 (KYIV Post)
Poland is willing to help Georgia modernize its armed forces. Tbilisi, November 27 (Interfax-AVN) – Georgia and Poland are set to deepen their military cooperation, Georgian Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia and his Polish counterpart Bogdan Klich said after their meeting in Tbilisi on Nov. 27.

Georgia: Falconers Struggle to Keep a Traditional Sport Alive (EurasiaNet)
A EURASIANET AUDIO SLIDESHOW BY TEMO BARDZIMASHVILI Almost every day, Ramiz Beridze, a 78-year-old widower, climbs a hill in his native region of Achara, a Georgian province on the Black Sea, to set a net for birds of prey. Falconry is the only thing that he does and the only thing he enjoys. But Berdize’s hobby — a traditional sport across Georgia — raises questions about Achara’s status as …

Armenian forces kill Azerbaijani civilian: reports (Malaysian Mirror)
BAKU -Armenian forces killed an Azerbaijani civilian near the breakaway region of Nagorny Karabakh, Azerbaijani media reported on Monday.

FM: Tbilisi Worried over Possible Russia-French Mistral Deal (Civil Georgia)
Grigol Vashadze, the Georgian foreign minister, said Georgia was “tremendously worried” about possible purchase of French helicopter carrier amphibious assault warships, Mistral, by Russia.

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