Georgian leader confident of election test win
TBILISI (AFP) – Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was confident of victory for his ruling party as the country voted Sunday in municipal elections seen as a key test of his democratic credentials.
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TBILISI, Georgia (AP) – Voters in Georgia were choosing local leaders Sunday in a ballot seen as an indirect appraisal of the president given that it’s the country’s first election since adisastrous war with Russia nearly two years ago.
Caucasus region’s mufti resigns over scandalous interview
VLADIKAVKAZ, May 20 (Itar-Tass) – Mufti of Russia’s North-Caucasian region of North Ossetia, Ali-Haji Yevteyev has resigned in the wake of a scandalous interview he gave to an Internet portal, Hajimurat Gatsalov, the executive chairman of the Islamic Religious Department of North Ossetia said Thursday.
Tbilisi Woos Iran While Washington Watches
After years of jostling among the regional giants, the United States and Russia, officials in Georgia seem intent on recruiting a new player for the regional geopolitical game — Iran.
Tony Adams, a mysterious tycoon and their grand plan for small-town Azerbaijan
The lanky figure dressed in a grey suit and white shirt is unmistakeably Tony Adams. So it’s not all a hoax. From Baku, Azerbaijan’s capital on the shores of the Caspian Sea, it takes over three hours of driving, often on bumpy and potholed roads, to get to Gabala, passing impoverished villages where the men sit outside and drink tea and the women sell pickled vegetables at the side of the road …
Nagorno-Karabakh compromise needs new atmosphere between Armenia and Azerbaijan
A search for compromise over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh requires the creation of a new, candid and trustful atmosphere between Armenia and Azerbaijan now pitted against each other in a bitter dispute, Afrand Dashdamirov, a member of Azerbaijan’s Academy of Science tells RIA Novosti in an interview.
Azerbaijan commits gas to Nabucco
BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 7 (UPI) — Despite growing Russian interest in Azeri gas, Baku is ready to deliver half of its natural gas reserves to the Nabucco pipeline for Europe, officials said.
Nagorno-Karabakh will not be Azeri unless the last ethnic Armenian leaves the region
Armenia and Azerbaijan are still far from any compromise on the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh and there is no chance its ethnic Armenian population ever accepts the return of the region under the Baku rule in any form, Grigory Anisonyan, editor-in-chief of Armenian newspaper Noah’s Ark says in interview to RIA Novosti.
March 31 – A century-long Day of Sorrow
By Adil Baguirov, Ph.D. In Azerbaijan, the March 31 is known as the Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis, referring to the tragic events that started on March 30, 1918, and continued until April 1.
Lost generation in South Ossetia
Growing up with rockets and guns in South Ossetia
Georgian elections pit fractured opposition against Pres. Saakashvili’s governing party
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — A fractured opposition faces President Mikhail Saakashvili’s powerful governing party in nationwide local elections that will be an informal referendum on the controversi…
Saakashvili’s party lead in Georgia voting
TBILISI, Georgia, May 31 (UPI) — Municipal election exit polls across Georgia indicate President Mikheil Saakashvili’s National Movement won a majority of the vote, officials said.
