U.S. official Matthew Bryza was recently named U.S. co-chair of the Minsk Group tasked with moderating talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh. Bryza spoke with RFE/RL about the prospects of resolving the conflict.
Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini, who is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's special representative for the Abkhaz conflict, spoke with RFE/RL about the successes and failures and how she sees the future of the conflict shaping up.
Russian peacekeepers in Abkhazia (ITAR-TASS) June 22, 2006 -- Russia's Foreign Ministry said today the decision on the final status of Kosovo could serve as a precedent for the settlement of a range of "frozen conflicts" in former Soviet republics, in particular the breakaway Georgian breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Sochi, Russia; Almaty, Kazakhstan; and Borjomi, Georgia, are among the seven cities bidding to host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
(RFE/RL) June 20, 2006 -- Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli says a Czech company, Energo-Pro, has bought six hydroelectric power plants in Georgia and two electricity distributors at a cost of more than $317 million.
Inmates in Georgian prisons often live in cramped, unsanitary conditions, many of them even sharing beds. State budget contributions are meager and officials admit the outdated Soviet penitentiary model doesn't work. To alleviate the problem, the state is building new, modern facilities to house inmates.
When the EU's presidency passes to Finland on July 1, Helsinki will manage the union's agenda for six months. Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja discusses Finland's plans for relations with eastern neighbors hoping for eventual membership, as well as Russia.
Croatian President Stjepan Mesic welcomes European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (left) (epa) The two-day summit meeting of EU leaders beginning today in Brussels is likely to confirm that the collapse of the union's constitution means brakes will be put on further enlargement.
Following an OSCE donors conference in Brussels for infrastructure projects in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia, RFE/RL asked the EU's new special representative for the South Caucasus what can be done to improve relations between Tbilisi and Tskhinvali.
Peter Semneby (file photo) (Photolur) BRUSSELS, June 14, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The EU special representative for the South Caucasus, Peter Semneby, told RFE/RL today that European Neighborhood Policy Action Plans with Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan will be signed "in a couple of months' time."
(RFE/RL) June 14, 2006 -- The separatist leaders of Georgia's breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and Moldova's Transdniester vowed to support each other's independence aspirations.
(RFE/RL) BRUSSELS, June 14, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- A first-ever international donors conference for South Ossetia took place in Brussels today under the auspices of the current Belgian presidency of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
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