Cooperation in the European Mountains: Vol. 2: The Caucasus (Environmental Research Series 13)
France 24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Four suspected rebels were killed in a clash with police in the Karachay-Cherkessia republic in Russia's North Caucasus, the Interfax news agency said Monday quoting a local Interior Ministry official. The rebels were suspected of having mounted several attacks on officers, the official said, adding that a police officer was also injured in the clash and guns and amunition were seized.
Conservation Value Notes (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
How do we motivate the American public to action on climate change and our transition to a clean energy economy? Appeal to patriotism, says this piece in the C.S. Monitor : The way to get Americans to take action? Appeal to their patriotism. Historically in times of war, the US government has successfully gotten citizens to join the armed forces, to buy war bonds, and to accept rationing by appealing...
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
RA President Serzh Sargsyan met Special Representative of NATO Secretary General in the South Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons.
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
NA Speaker Hovik Abrhamyan received Robert Simmonms, NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the South Caucasus.
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
An oil and gas company employee was shot dead in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, local police said on Friday.
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church will make a one-day visit to Azerbaijan on Friday, a spokesman for the chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Board said Friday.
Institute for War & Peace Reporting (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Orthodox leader at the centre of argument over whether the church is too involved in public life. By Ana Kandelaki in Tbilisi (CRS No. 518, 06-Nov-09)
Institute for War & Peace Reporting (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Once an orphanage, the institution has evolved to care for the child victims of a broken society. By Karine Ohanian in Stepanakert (CRS No. 518, 06-Nov-09)
Institute for War & Peace Reporting (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Unscrupulous mullahs accused of marrying young girls whose health and education then suffer. By Diana Isayeva in Baku (CRS No. 518, 06-Nov-09)
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Emotions on Air, Mind Mute ponders societal expectations that women remain virgins until they marry. Although based in Azerbaijan, the blog notes the same value system throughout the entire Caucasus and speaks out about such patriarchal concepts and practices.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
In the most religious country of the South Caucasus where the Orthodox Church's Patriarch can even encourage a baby boom, criticizing the clergy is still somewhat taboo. Lampooning them, however, is even worse and fraught with danger.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Window on Eurasia writes that “articles in the Russian blogosphere suggest both that an increasing number of Cossacks view themselves as victims and are prepared to act as an independent force and that the Russian government is increasingly concerned about that possibility, something that could undermine Moscow’s control of the North Caucasus and other parts [...]
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
A total of 144 militants have been killed during special operations in Russia's North Caucasus since April, the interior minister of the republic of Chechnya said Monday.
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Peter Semneby: Armenian economy diversification and its intensification is in Russia's interests.
JURIST (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
[JURIST] Russia must undertake extensive legal reforms in order to protect human rights, according to a report issued Friday by the UN Human Rights Committee. The committee found that Russia is failing to protect important human rights in a number of areas. The report emphasized the problems the country is having guaranteeing its citizens rights such as fair trials and freedoms of speech and of the...
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wellbeingnewseditor | 10/04/2009
Wellbeing Newsline: Europe > Edited by Andy Porter: The deterioration of the human rights situation in Russia, especially the northern Caucasus, was the focus of a public hearing last week which involved Members of the European Parliament [MEPs] and Russian activists... Wellbeing Newsline > Magazine > Contributors > World > Europe > United Kingdom > England > Scotland > Northern Ireland > Wales > Greater...
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