Kazakhstan, Georgia and Azerbaijan all showed significant decreases in corruption over the past year, according to a recently published worldwide survey by a Berlin-based watchdog group. The survey also showed that Armenia's rating declined, and the rest of the Central Asian states remained near the bottom of the rankings.
They have built roads and hospitals; schools and factories. And now, with the recent opening of Yerevan’s $35 million Cafesjian Center for the Arts, members of Armenia’s deep-pocketed Diaspora has moved into modern art.
Russian media outlets are reporting that Moscow will try to convince Ecuador to follow the examples of Venezuela and Nicaragua in recognizing the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa is due in Moscow on October 28.
The foreign ministers of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia arrived in Luxemburg on October 26 to discuss their countries' ongoing economic and political cooperation with the European Union, the RIA news agency reported.
The foreign ministers of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia arrived in Luxemburg on October 26 to discuss their countries' ongoing economic and political cooperation with the European Union, the RIA news agency reported.
In his autobiography The Two Lives of My Generation (OLMA Media Group 2006), Russian broadcaster and best-selling author Yuri Kostin quotes a classical poem about Georgia:
For the first time in more than 30 years, Muslims will be observing the holy month of Ramadan in what will be the peak of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
The timing has prompted concerns over how Muslim believers can deal with sunrise-to-sunset food and water abstention, while maintaining their health.
Presidents of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) have gathered in the Kyrgyz lakeside resort of Cholpon-Ata for what is being billed as an informal summit.
