NEWS BRIEFS - March 2010

March 11, 2010

Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani Court Keeps Bloggers in Jail

French Insurance Compensates Descendents of Armenian Genocide Victims

Georgia
Georgia: Officials Face Mandatory Drug Tests

March 10, 2010

Georgia
Georgia: Saakashvili Says Switzerland Will Meet Singapore in Tbilisi

Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan: Baku Doubles Gas Sales to Russia

Armenia
Armenia: Yerevan Gets $20 Million Loan to Renovate Capital's Metro

Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan: Traders Protest Bazaar Rent Increases

Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Centcom Commander in Bishkek

March 9, 2010

Tajikistan
Tajikistan: Four Companies Vying for Control of Massive Silver Deposit

Uzbekistan: Kazakhstani President to Visit Tashkent

Georgia
Georgian Rape Victim Sues Russia, Georgia

Armenia
Armenia: Gadfly Editor to Serve Three Years in Prison

March 8, 2010

Central Asia: China Seeks to Build Regional High-Speed Railway

Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan: Ashgabat Talking with RWE on Nabucco Supplies

March 5, 2010

Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: US Diplomats Raise Base Cost Estimate

Georgia
Georgia: Ex-Parliamentary Speaker Meets with Putin in Moscow

Turkey
Turkey: Ankara Endorses Nabucco Pipeline Deal

Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan: Berdymukhamedov Receives CIS Invite from Medvedev

March 4, 2010

Armenia
Armenia: Yerevan and Washington Engage in Snowboarding Diplomacy

Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan: US Probing for Energy Opportunities in Ashgabat

Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan: Food Prices Rising in Andijan

Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan: Non-Oil Income Expected to Drive Azerbaijan's Economic Growth in 2010

Georgia
Georgia: Veteran Leader of Breakaway Abkhazia Dies

March 3, 2010

Georgia
Georgia: Ex-Parliamentary Speaker Reaches Out to Moscow

European Union: Brussels Gives $627 Million to the South Caucasus

Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan: Baku Wary of Russian-Georgian Border Reopening

Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan: Smoke Signals on Energy Cooperation Rising in Ashgabat?

Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Holbrooke Reveals Manas Base Renewal Discussions Underway

March 2, 2010

Turkey: Warns US Congress against Armenian Genocide Bill

Georgia
Georgia: Tbilisi Wants NATO Membership for Protection against Mistral Sales

Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan: Ashgabat Stalls on Israeli Ambassador

March 1, 2010

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Turkmenistan: European Officials Negotiating with Ashgabat on Nabucco

Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan: Tashkent Closes Border Crossing with Kyrgyzstan

Georgia
Georgia: Russia May Have 5,000 Troops in Abkhazia