Kaukasus
Deal signed on extending Russian military presence in Armenia (20.08.2010)
(Quelle: RFE/RL)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Armenian counterpart, Serzh Sarkisian, have signed a deal extending Moscow's lease of a military base in the South Caucasus country by 24 years.
Rise in Armenian-Azeri border gunfire (06.08.2010)
(Quelle: IWPR)
The villagers of Koti in eastern Armenia fear that a rise in cross-border gunfire could mean the tenuous peace reached with neighbouring Azerbaijan 16 years ago is unravelling. … Azerbaijani and Armenian soldiers often fire shots at each other, but recently these incidents have become more frequent.
EU extends Georgia cease-fire monitoring mission (27.07.2010)
(Quelle: RFE/RL)
The European Union has said that its mandate to monitor the cease-fire that ended the 2008 Georgia-Russia war had been extended by a year to September 2011.
Azerbaijan confirms new Karabakh peace plan presented (23.07.2010)
(Quelle: RFE/RL)
Azerbaijan has confirmed Armenian claims that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev presented his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts with a new plan to end their conflict over the breakaway Azerbaijani region of Nagorno-Karabakh in St. Petersburg last month, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports.
Georgia limits public information about international cases (21.07.2010)
(Quelle: Eurasianet)
A new amendment to Georgia’s freedom of information law is introducing strict limits on “third-party” access to information about cases involving the Georgian government in international courts.
Karabakh clash follows failed talks (25.06.2010)
(Quelle: IWPR)
A firefight in Nagorny Karabakh a day after a high-level round of peace talks has brought tensions to the boil and highlighted the inability of regional leaders to negotiate a settlement through diplomatic means.
No impunity for crimes committed during conflict in Georgia, ICC Prosecutor says (25.06.2010)
(Quelle: UN News)
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) stressed today that there must be no impunity for any serious crimes committed during the 2008 conflict in South Ossetia, Georgia, after they wrapped up an official visit to the Caucasus country.
Georgian rebel region pulls out of security talks (23.06.2010)
(Quelle: Reliefweb)
Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region said on Wednesday it had withdrawn temporarily from security talks with Tbilisi, saying the negotiations were not producing results and that Western mediators were prejudiced.
Armenian, Azerbaijani clashes continue in Karabakh (22.06.2010)
(Quelle: RFE/RL)
Karabakh Armenian military officials insisted their forces suffered no fresh casualties on June 21, in the worst Armenian-Azerbaijani cease-fire violations in over two years.
OSCE, EU condemn “unacceptable” Azerbaijani attack (22.06.2010)
(Quelle: RFE/RL)
The French, Russian, and U.S. co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group issued a toughly worded statement on June 21 condemning the reconnaissance mission by Azerbaijani forces late on June 18 across the Line of Contact separating Azerbaijani and Karabakh Armenian forces.