Eurasia Press & News
Georgian Presidential Administration Spokesman Ivan Noniashvili was appointed Georgia’s new ambassador to Azerbaijan today. The Georgian parliament supported Noniashvili’s candidacy with 84 votes. After receiving parliament’s approval, Noniashvili will replace Nikoloz Natbiladze, who has already been appointed Georgia’s ambassador to Spain. Since 2006, Noniashvili headed the Georgian Presidential Administration’s Press …
Read More »Georgia transfers national minorities strategy to Azerbaijan
Georgian State Reintegration Minister Temur Yakobashvili transferred the state strategy on national minorities today to Azerbaijani State Committee for Religious Organizations Chairman Hidayat Orujov.
Read More »Nagorno-Karabakh must be resolved in old format: Russian FM
Conflicts addressed by the OSCE should be resolved in the previously agreed upon format, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in response to a question during a news conference in Moscow today.
Read More »Belarus parliamentary delegation to visit Georgia
Belarusian National Assembly representatives will pay a business visit to Georgia on Nov. 17. The Georgian Parliamentary Speaker David Bakradze will receive the delegation on Nov.18
Read More »Tbilisi takes appropriate measures concerning Abkhazia’s transition to area codes: Georgia FM
The Georgian government has taken appropriate measures due to Abkhazia transition to Russian area code, Interior Minister Deputy Nino Kalandadze reported.
Read More »Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum to take place in Brussels
The first meeting of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum will take place on November 16-17 in Brussels, a spokesperson for the European Commission said.
Read More »Georgian president satisfied with opposition-gov’t cooperation
Georgian president expressed satisfaction with the format of enlarged council on national security of Georgia. Mikheil Saakashvili stated at the regular meeting of the enlarged council that these meetings involving the opposition are a dialogue between the government and the opposition. “Of course, the dialogue does not mean we will …
Read More »Turkey proposes reforms for Kurds
Turkey has announced plans to improve the rights of its Kurdish minority. The reforms are seen as a way of boosting Turkey’s chances of EU membership and include the creation of an independent anti-discrimination commission to prevent torture and discrimination. The plan also involves allowing the Kurdish language to be …
Read More »Bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Bulgaria are successfully developing – Ilham Aliyev
Following a ceremony of signing Azerbaijan-Bulgaria documents on Friday in Sophia, Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Georgi Parvanov of Bulgaria held a joint press conference. Bulgaria President Parvanov noted the documents signed today elevated bilateral relations to a qualitatively new level. According to him, an active political dialogue exists …
Read More »Azerbaijan President’s visit to Bulgaria ends
On Nov. 13, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s one-day working visit to the Republic of Bulgaria ended. An honor guard was built at the international airport of Sofia in honor of the President of Azerbaijan. Ilham Aliyev was accompanied by high-ranking officials and government representatives of Bulgaria.
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