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A European Commission human rights official has been denied entry into South Ossetia, Georgian television reported Sunday. Rustavi-2 said Thomas Hammarberg, the Council of Europe's commissioner for human rights, was attempting to enter the country to...
Tags: Georgian, South Ossetian, Belgium, Brussels, South Ossetia, Western Asia, South Ossetia war, Ossetia, Georgian¬タモOssetian conflict, Georgia, Tskhinvali, Caucasus
Tbilisi, however, is demanding the immediate release of the youngsters, saying children must not be used as political pawns. When the teens were detained, they showed the South Ossetian police where they had hidden their bag, in which, next to loaves...
Tags: South Ossetian, Georgian, Burkina Faso, Lon, War Conflict, South Ossetia, Western Asia, Georgian¬タモOssetian conflict
U.N. officials involved in talks on the Russian-Georgian conflict said overall security in the region was stable, despite concerns about recent detentions. The eighth round of talks on last year's conflict in South Ossetia, co-chaired by the UN, the European...
Tags: Russian-Georgian, Georgian Foreign Ministry, South Ossetian, Georgia, Tbilisi, Disputed territories, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Ossetia, Caucasus, Western Asia, South Ossetia war, Politics, War Conflict, Anaklia, Law Crime, Tskhinvali
Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:45:37 GMT Font size : Authorities in the former Georgian region of South Ossetia say they have arrested sixteen Georgian people over illegal entry into their territory. South Ossetian officials said on Monday that the men had been...
Tags: Georgian Interior Ministry, South Ossetian, Georgia-Russia
Archil Razmadze, a 33-year-old refugee, abandoned everything he owned when he fled his home near Tskhinvali last year. He blames the national media for his loss, saying their reassurances of the success of the Georgian operation against the rebel South...
Tags: Georgian, Abkhazia, South Ossetian, Georgia, Tbilisi
South Ossetia and Abkhazia are marking the first anniversary of Russia's decision to recognize them as independent states after a five-day war between Russia and Georgia. But while Russian President Dmitri Medvedev defends recognizing the two breakaway...
Tags: South Ossetian, Russian, Georgian, Abkhazia, Vladimir Putin
He also warned in remarks aired on television that a new conflict in the volatile Georgian rebel region could not be ruled out due to Tbilisi's actions and implicitly accused the United States of ratcheting up tensions. "It is well known who armed and...
Tags: Russian, South Ossetian, South Ossetia Vladikavkaz, Georgian, Vladimir Putin, Turkey, Saakashvili, Questions Nabucco, Abkhazian
The parties to last year's war between Georgia and Russia are marking its anniversary with harsh words and quiet, glum ceremony. The war killed at least 390 people, displaced tens of thousands and left a legacy of animosity between leaders and fears among...
Tags: Russian, South Ossetia Cost Russia, Georgian, South Ossetian, Mikheil Saakashvili, Vladimir Putin, Saakashvili Shows Staying Power, Mikheil Saakashvili, Mr Saakashvili, Mr Putin
Georgia and Russia have stepped up a propaganda battle, each accusing the other of starting their war over South Ossetia, on the eve of the anniversary. Georgia has repeated its claim that its assault on South Ossetia was a response to a secret Russian...
Tags: Georgian-Russian, Russian-Georgian, Georgians, Russia-Georgia, South Ossetian, Pro-Western Georgia, south ossetians, Tbilisi
AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) Vice President Joe Biden meets with members of the White House economic team to discuss the economic impact of the Recovery Act, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Vice President Joe Biden...
Tags: Georgia-Russia, South Ossetian, Barack Obama, Georgian, Russian, Russia Charges US, Rearming Georgia, electric vehicle, Indiana, Biden Invokes Freedom