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Fri, 9 May 2008 13:50:00 GMT

EU to send delegation to Georgia to try to reduce its tensions with Russia

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia: An official says the European Union will send a delegation to Georgia to try to prevent its tense relations with Russia from getting worse. Slovenia currently holds the EU presidency, and Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel
Fri, 9 May 2008 13:50:00 GMT

8 Out Of 9 Armenian Free-Style Wrestlers Become Prize-Winners In Athens International Youth Tournament

Athens, May 7 /Noyan Tapan/ Free-style Wrestling International Youth Tournament finished in the capital city of Greece, Athens on May 6. There were nine sportsmen from Armenia among delegates from seven countries. Ohan Gikinian (55 kg, Vanadzor), Narek
Fri, 9 May 2008 13:49:00 GMT

Armenian And Azeri Foreign Ministers Discuss Possible Meeting Of Their Presidents

Baku, May 7 /Armenpress/ Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers Edward Nalbandian and Elmar Mamedyarov discussed Tuesday the issue of a possible meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents Serzh Sarkisian and Ilham Aliyev.Both ministers had their
Fri, 9 May 2008 13:49:00 GMT

GEORGIA TO CUT DEFENSE SPENDING

RFE/RL Newsline® Section Headlines Print Version E-mail this page to a friend previous issue | next issue NOTE TO READERS: RFE/RL announces with regret that due to financial constraints, this will be the last issue of 'RFE/RL Newsline.' In late June,
Fri, 9 May 2008 13:35:00 GMT

RUSSIA RELEASES TROOP FIGURES FOR ABKHAZIA

SACKED ARMENIAN GENERAL DENIES BACKING EX-PRESIDENT

EU ENVOY CALLS FOR END TO REPRISALS AGAINST ARMENIAN OPPOSITION

POLICE RAID MOSQUE, DETAIN WORSHIPPERS IN INGUSHETIA

COURT UPHOLDS DENIAL OF PAROLE TO CHECHEN WOMAN'S KILLER

PRESSURE ON RENEGADE CHECHEN BATTALION INCREASES

EU delegation to visit Georgia over Abkhazia

The EU and NATO said last week that Russia had fuelled tensions by deploying extra troops in the Black Sea coastal territory that broke away from Tbilisi in a war after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The dispute between Georgia and its former Soviet
Fri, 9 May 2008 13:28:00 GMT

EU ministers to visit Georgia to curb tensions

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) -- Slovenia's foreign minister says the European Union will send a delegation to Georgia in the upcoming days to try to prevent an escalation in tensions in the former Soviet state's relations with Russia. Protesters demonstrated
Fri, 9 May 2008 13:21:00 GMT

EU to send delegation to Georgia to try to reduce its tensions with Russia

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia-An official says the European Union will send a delegation to Georgia to try to prevent its tense relations with Russia from getting worse. Slovenia currently holds the EU presidency, and Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel told
Fri, 9 May 2008 12:52:00 GMT

Georgia warns of 'risk of war with Russia'

MOSCOW ? Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili warned of a risk of war with Russia yesterday amid tension over a separatist region and as Moscow began dual leadership under President Dmitry Medvedev and his mentor, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. 'I
Fri, 9 May 2008 12:28:00 GMT

EU delegation to visit Georgia over Abkhazia

LJUBLJANA, May 9 (Reuters) - A group of European Union foreign ministers will go to Georgia next week to try to ease tension between Georgia and Russia over the breakaway region of Abkhazia, diplomats said on Friday. The EU and NATO said last week that
Fri, 9 May 2008 12:28:00 GMT

Georgian Prime Minister fetes reopening of ICC Georgia

Georgia's Prime Minister, Lado Gurgenidze and Eka Sherashidze, the country's Economic Development Minister, at re-opening of ICC Georgia. Georgia's Prime Minister, Lado Gurgenidze today presided over the re-opening of ICC Georgia, an event that was well
Fri, 9 May 2008 12:27:00 GMT

Washington does not believe Russia, Georgia want to go to war

WASHINGTON. May 9. KAZINFORM. The Bush administration does not believe that Russia and Georgia want to go to war over Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, Acting Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Daniel Fried told a hearing of Helsinki
Fri, 9 May 2008 12:15:00 GMT

EU Foreign Ministers to Visit Georgia Over Abkhazia

LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - A group of European Union foreign ministers will go to Georgia next week to try to ease tension between Georgia and Russia over the breakaway region of Abkhazia, diplomats said on Friday. The EU and NATO said last week that Russia
Fri, 9 May 2008 11:34:00 GMT

EU foreign ministers to visit Georgia over Abkhazia

EU in bid to defuse Abkhazia tensions

A group of European Union foreign ministers will go to Georgia next week to try to ease tension between Georgia and Russia over the breakaway region of Abkhazia. The EU and Nato said last week that Russia had fuelled tensions by deploying extra troops in
Fri, 9 May 2008 11:06:00 GMT

Russia's AvtoVAZ starts assembling cars in Chechnya

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Fri, 9 May 2008 10:42:00 GMT

Georgian president says war with Russia is possible

President Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia has said that his country had come very close to war with Russia. He said the threat still remained over Russia's support for the Georgian breakaway region of Abkhazia. 'If anyone wants to annex a part of Georgia,
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:29:00 GMT

EU source says EU foreign ministers to visit Georgia

LJUBLJANA: A group of European Union foreign ministers will go to Georgia next week, a source in the bloc's presidency said on Friday, amid rising tension between Georgia and Russia over the breakaway region of Abkhazia. 'We expect the Slovenian,
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:27:00 GMT

The Bush administration does not believe that Russia and Georgia want to go to war over Georgia's ...

WASHINGTON, May 9 (Itar-Tass) - The Bush administration does not believe that Russia and Georgia want to go to war over Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, Acting Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Daniel Fried told a hearing of Helsinki
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:07:00 GMT

Washington does not believe Russia, Georgia want to go to war

Georgia: Fears of War With Russia

Recriminations traded between Tbilisi and Moscow sound increasingly warlike. Officials and experts in both Russia and Georgia are warning that the two countries are closer than ever to armed confrontation over the breakaway republic of Abkhazia. Speaking
Fri, 9 May 2008 09:56:00 GMT

Abkhazia Cleaves Closer to Russia

Abkhaz leadership mulls closer military ties with Moscow, as tensions with Tbilisi mount. A senior Abkhaz official has told IWPR that his unrecognised republic needs a military cooperation pact with Russia. His remarks come as the Georgian-Abkhaz peace
Fri, 9 May 2008 09:56:00 GMT

Armenia: Opposition Sets Talks Terms

Two months after Yerevan bloodshed, Armenian opposition lays out conditions for dialogue. Former president Levon Ter-Petrosian was met by hundreds of his supporters with applause and shouts of ?Levon ? president?, outside the government building
Fri, 9 May 2008 09:56:00 GMT

Baku Angered by US Criticism

Americans accused of interfering in forthcoming Azerbaijani presidential election. A war of words over Azerbaijan?s democratic record has damaged relations between Baku and Washington, less than six months before Azerbaijan?s presidential elections.
Fri, 9 May 2008 09:55:00 GMT

A gunman was killed during a special operation in Ingushetia

NAZRAN, May 8 (Itar-Tass) -- , the public relations group of the republican Federal Security Service department told Itar-Tass on Thursday. Local security officers and a mobile unit of local policemen carried out a special operation in Kantyshevo, the
Fri, 9 May 2008 09:09:00 GMT

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