Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia: All roads lead to the Caucasus (Online Journal)
The Russian Federation republics of Chechnya, Dagestan, North Ossetia and Ingushetia have experienced a sharp increase in assassinations and terrorist bombings in the past few years which have reached into the heart of Russia itself, most spectacularly with the bombing of the Moscow-Leningrad express train in January that killed 26.
AZERBAIJAN: RFE/RL WEBSITE EXPERIENCING ACCESS PROBLEM IN BAKU (EurasiaNet)
Internet users in Azerbaijan began experiencing problems accessing Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Azeri-language website the day after the news service posted its coverage of a Washington Post story about alleged real estate transactions involving the children of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, the head of the station’s Azerbaijani service tells EurasiaNet.
Poland seeks to develop strategic relations with S Caucasian countries (Itar-Tass)
BAKU, March 10 (Itar-Tass) – Poland considers its relations with South Caucasian countries strategic, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. In his meeting with Azerbaijani Prime Minister Artur Rasi-zade on Wednesday, Tusk said, “For long years Azerbaijan is our valuable partner.”
Pricey real estate deals in Dubai raise questions about Azerbaijan’s president (Washington Post)
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Even by the standards of a city that celebrates extravagance, it was a spectacular shopping spree: In just two weeks early last year, an 11-year-old boy from Azerbaijan became the owner of nine waterfront mansions.
Embassy Magazine: Azerbaijan continues looking for scapegoats in Khojalu fiasco (PanARMENIAN.Net)
Today, Baku tries to use those events to conceal the pogroms that took place in Sumgait during February 1988 and other cities thereafter, Canadian newspaper said.
Social networks in rural and urban Georgia (Girodivite)
Posted by Malte at 3:00 PM – Friday, February 12, 2010 Wednesday 10 March 2010, by Emanuele G. – 0 letture It is often stated that life in a city is fundamentally different from that in rural areas.
Bringing Georgia’s unique cuisine to world (Malaysian Mirror)
TBILISI – Sitting in a restaurant in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, Gia Natsvlishvili said his country’s unique cuisine, largely undiscovered by the outside world, could easily conquer international markets. “Foreigners who come to Georgia often say our cuisine is one of the best in the world. There are marvellous dishes in Georgia that are almost unknown in other countries,” Natsvlishvili said as …
Azerbaijan’s ruling party condemns U.S. Armenian genocide vote (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
Azerbaijani MPs condemned on Friday the decision by the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee to approve a bill on the killing of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
AZERBAIJAN: BAKU WARY OF RUSSIAN-GEORGIAN BORDER REOPENING (EurasiaNet)
The re-opening of a Georgian-Russian border checkpoint, a vital gateway to Russia for Armenian exports, has put another key regional player, Azerbaijan, on guard.
Georgian Born in 1880 May Be World’s Oldest Person (The Moscow Times)
TBILISI, Georgia — A Georgian woman born in 1880 is the world’s oldest person, and the government will attempt to get her registered by Guinness World Records, an official said Tuesday.
Georgia Hopes for Restoral of Direct Flights to Russia (St. Petersburg Times)
TBILISI — The Georgian Foreign Ministry would “welcome” a resumption of direct air links with Russia after a border crossing was opened between the two countries on March 1 following the 2008 war over a separatist region.
Eating with the enemy: why Russia loves Georgian food (Independent)
At the newly opened Café Khachapuri, just off Pushkin Square right in the heart of Moscow, young Muscovites tuck into plates of coriander-infused chakhokhbili chicken stew, spicy lobio beans and the eponymous khachapuri – gooey cheesy bread.
