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).
Igor Smirnov, leader of Transdniester (file photo) (ITAR-TASS) June 14, 2006 -- The separatist leaders of the breakaway Georgian republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and the Transdniester separatist region of Moldova today declared that the right to self-determination is universal and should not be upheld selectively.
June 14, 2006 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Georgian counterpart, Mikheil Saakashvili, failed to settle disputes between their countries during talks in St. Petersburg.
Recently, Dukvakha Abdurakhmanov, the speaker of the lower house of the Chechen parliament and a close associate of the prime minister, has repeatedly advocated recombining the Russian republics of Chechnya and Ingushetia to form a single federation subject.
South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity (file photo) (ITAR-TASS) June 13, 2006 -- The leaders of Georgia's breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and Moldova's Transdniester met today in Abkhazia to stress their de facto independence.
As the Georgian and Russian presidents prepare for a frosty summit, many Russians are nostalgic for the days when Georgian culture was an honored aspect of Soviet life.
(RFE/RL) June 11, 2006 -- Interpol today delivered a suspected Georgian crime boss to Spain following his extradition from the United Arab Emirates.
June 10, 2006 -- Georgia's separatist republic of Abkhazia today rejected an offer of broad autonomy from Tbilisi.
The EU is showing more interest in the Caucasus. Could it have the same transformational influence as in Europe? The EU's top representative in the region outlines the EU's interest and its hopes.
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