Eurasia Press & News
Ukraine sold 34 tanks (33 to Kenya and 1 to Georgia) in 2008, Kyiv said in a report issued for the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms. Georgia purchased 15 infantry fighting vehicles and 25 armored personnel carriers. U.S. bought 1 IFV-3. Azerbaijan bought 32 APC-70. Ukraine made some $800 …
Read More »Georgia Calls On US, EU To Defuse Tensions With Russia
PARIS Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili called on the U.S. and the European Union Tuesday to send a “clear message” to Russia to help prevent a repeat of last year’s war between Moscow and Tbilisi.
Read More »Georgia disproves reports on shelling South Ossetia village
TBILISI The Georgian Interior Ministry on Tuesday denied reports saying that “three mortar shots were made towards the South Ossetian village of Otrevi from the territory of the Georgian village of Plavismani on Monday evening.” An official of the country’s ministry called such reports “disinformation.”
Read More »Georgia fire on S Ossetia remind people of last year war-official
TSKHINVAL Shelling of the South Ossetian village Otrev from the Georgian territory causes concern of the South Ossetian population who “are afraid of the repetition of the August 2008 events,” spokeswoman for the South Ossetian Defence Ministry Galina Guchmazova told the Vesti news television channel in an interview. “Taking into …
Read More »Dorin Chirtoacă are încredere în unitatea celor patru partide necomuniste de la Chişinău
Primarul liberal al Chişinăului, vicepreşedintele Partidului Liberal Dorin Chirtoacă, crede că Republica Moldova se află în pragul unei noi epoci politice şi este convins sută la sută de unitatea celor patru partide necomuniste care au pus bazele unei coaliţii, excluzând o alianţă cu PCRM.
Read More »Weakened Communists still dominant Moldova force
A parliamentary election in Moldova has boosted the fortunes of the liberal opposition but the Communists will likely continue as the country’s dominant political force – without outgoing President Vladimir Voronin. With loans from China and Russia hanging in the balance, the question was who would be able to sort …
Read More »Bulgaria: Cabinet’s EU funds management model to be announced by end-August
SOFIA, Bulgaria The ministers of the ruling Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (CEDB) dealing with EU programs will make an evaluation on all projects with signed contracts for financing. EU Affairs and EU Funds Control Committee chairperson Svetlin Tanchev announced the news.
Read More »NATO Could Withdraw from Kosovo in Four Years
The new head of NATO has said that its Kosovo force could be completely withdrawn within four years. Anders Rasmussen, NATO’s new secretary general, said he wanted to see Kosovo Force, KFOR, “reduced to just a small reaction force, or out altogether” within his four-year term.
Read More »Russia Casts Shadow Over Aspiring Abkhaz State
The four-wheel drive sweeps past the group of Russian tourists climbing to the ruins of the Anakopia fortress overlooking what Abkhazia says was once the capital of its ancient kingdom. Alkhas Argun steps out to inspect his work, restoring the pale stone walls of the fortress, a symbol of the …
Read More »Serbia: Ethnic Albanians Seek “Presevo Valley Region”
Ethnic Albanian officials in southern Serbia have launched a new initiative for the formation of a separate region in the Presevo Valley with its own institutions and organs. The proposal was raised in the assembly of the Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac municipalities and envisages the creation of an ethnic Albanian-led …
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