U.S. House of Representatives passes bill supporting Ukraine and Georgia's NATO membership

U.S. House of Representatives passes bill supporting Ukraine and Georgia's NATO membership

March 7, 2007 - 15:29 AMT  09:55 GMT
The bill was also approved by the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee.
Conflicting sides in South Caucasus should be ready for tough compromises

Conflicting sides in South Caucasus should be ready for tough compromises

March 7, 2007 - 15:12 AMT  09:55 GMT
"No government should promise their people a quick solution to the conflicts through a military offensive," Sabine Freizer said.
EU best assistance to Karabakh problem could be joining OSCE MG

EU best assistance to Karabakh problem could be joining OSCE MG

March 7, 2007 - 14:58 AMT  09:55 GMT
In 2007 the EU, together with South Caucasus states, will start preparing projects to benefit from funding of the ENP Initiative.
Freizer: Armenian parliamentary election to have little influence on Karabakh conflict

Freizer: Armenian parliamentary election to have little influence on Karabakh conflict

March 7, 2007 - 14:30 AMT  09:55 GMT
"We will monitor the Armenian parliamentary election," said the ICG Director of Europe Program.
Washington Post calls on Turkey

Washington Post calls on Turkey "not to take seriously" Armenian Genocide bill

March 7, 2007 - 14:17 AMT  09:55 GMT
"435 House members will decide on whether or not to approve of Adam Schiff's version of events which occurred 92 years ago in the northeast region of Turkey," Jackson Diehl writes.
U.S. Senate delayed consideration of S.Res.65 condemning Dink's murder

U.S. Senate delayed consideration of S.Res.65 condemning Dink's murder

March 7, 2007 - 14:07 AMT  09:55 GMT
"Hrant Dink spoke out for tolerance in an era when voices like his need to be heard," stated Massachusetts Senator John Kerry.

Elections in unrecognized republics are more democratic than those in metropolitan countries

March 6, 2007 - 16:42 AMT  09:55 GMT
The history repeats itself - Transnistria, Nagorno-Karabakh, and now Abkhazia. The unrecognized republics' wish to decide their destiny on their own has again faced the resistance of the World Community, and the Parliamentary Elections in Abkhazia may serve as a proof for the above mentioned. "All the elections held in Abkhazia in post-war period speak for the stable move towards democracy and development of jural state", said the president Sergei Bagapsh after voting in the polls.
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