Caucasus
Armenian opposition bloc wins enough votes to enter parliament (07.05.2012)
(Source:RFE/RL)
Observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe called the vote competitive and largely peaceful -- although some shortcomings in the democratic process undermined confidence in the poll.
Abkhazia declares EU diplomat persona non grata (25.04.2012)
(Source:RFE/RL)
Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia has declared the head of the European Union's Monitoring Mission in Georgia "persona non grata."
Local election observers fear risk of prosecution (23.04.2012)
(Source:Eurasianet)
With less than two weeks to go until Armenia’s parliamentary vote, election observers are becoming an issue. Rights activists are voicing worries that a change to the Armenian election code could leave observers potentially vulnerable to defamation suits over statements made about the polling and vote-counting processes.
U.S. envoy: Armenia, Azerbaijan 'closer than they think' on Nagorno-Karabakh (20.03.2012)
(Source:RFE/RL)
U.S. Ambassador Robert Bradtke says Armenia and Azerbaijan are "probably closer to an agreement than they think" in the long-standing dispute over the status of Nagorno-Karabakh. Bradtke, the U.S. co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, was speaking in an interview with RFE/RL in Washington.
Azerbaijan to reform armed forces (22.02.2012)
(Source:Eurasianet)
Eighteen months after the belated adoption of a new military doctrine that pinpoints the continued occupation of Azerbaijani territory by Armenian forces as a major threat, Azerbaijan has finally embarked on structural reform of its armed forces.
New South Ossetian crisis averted? (24.01.2012)
(Source:RFE/RL)
The protracted standoff in Georgia's breakaway republic of South Ossetia between Alla Dzhioyeva, the opposition candidate whose victory in a presidential runoff ballot last November was annulled by the republic's Supreme Court, and the republic's leaders may be close to an end.
Armenia, Azerbaijan see progress on Karabakh dispute (23.01.2012)
(Source:RFE/RL)
The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to accelerate talks aimed at settling the conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
New political confrontation looms in South Ossetia (18.01.2012)
(Source:RFE/RL)
The fragile political stability that followed the agreement signed in December between outgoing de facto South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity and Alla Dzhioyeva, whose victory in the runoff ballot to choose his successor was annulled by the breakaway republic's Supreme Court, is in jeopardy.
South Ossetia court annuls second round of presidential voting (29.11.2011)
(Source:RFE/RL)
According to preliminary results of voting released on November 28, former Education Minister Alla Dzhioyeva was leading with 56.7 percent of the vote, compared to 40 percent for Emergency Situations Minister Anatoly Bibilov. Bibilov had been openly supported by Moscow.
EU blasts poll in breakaway Georgian region (14.11.2011)
(Source:EurActiv)
The European Union reiterated today (14 November) that it does not recognise the breakaway region of South Ossetia, largely under Russian control after a brief war with Georgia in August 2008, nor the election held there on Sunday.