South Ossetia
10 most important world events of 2008
February 22, 20112008 marks the beginning of the global financial crisis, and the rising of the oil price till $100 per barrel for the first time. 1. Summer Olympic Games 2008 that took place in Beijing, China. It was the XXIX Olympiad. The international multi-sport...
RFE/RL to Launch Program to Abkhazia and South Ossetia in Russian
October 07, 2009Next month, RFE/RL will launch a news program in Russian to the Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The new 60-minute daily radio broadcast, called Ekho Kavkaza (Echo of the Caucasus), will focus on local and international news and current...
Pro-Georgian Blogger Target of Mass Cyber Attacks
August 08, 2009Security experts say the coordinated cyber attacks which temporarily shut down two popular social networking Web sites Thursday were aimed at silencing a Georgian blogger critical of Russian actions against his country. Facebook's chief security officer...
Moldovan, Georgian breakaway regions sign cooperation accord
June 02, 2009The central electoral commissions of Moldova's breakaway Dniester region and South Ossetia have signed a cooperation agreement. The chairmen of the commissions, Petr Denisenko and Bella Pliyeva, told journalists after the ceremony of signing that...
Abkhaz Stamps No Longer a Laughing Matter
January 19, 2009Paul Goble A decade ago, Abkhazia issued a stamp in honor of Marx (Groucho not Karl) and Lennon (John not Vladimir) to attract attention and earn money even though no one recognized it or the stamps as legitimate. But now, that breakaway...