<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>TurkishWeekly.net Caucasus News (20) </title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net</link><description>News, Comments and Articles from Turkey and the Region</description><language>en</language><copyright>© 2006 USAK.org.tr / ISRO.org.uk</copyright><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 09:10:10 +0200</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 09:10:10 +0200</lastBuildDate><category>Newspapers</category><item><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 09:10:10 +0200</pubDate><title>There are no unresolved issues between Baku and Moscow — Azeri prime minister</title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55347</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">There are no unresolved issues between Baku and Moscow — Azeri prime minister</td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Friday , 16 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are no unresolved issues between Azerbaijan and Russia; the relations between the two countries are at the highest level, said Azerbaijan's Prime Minister Artur Rasi-zade while meeting speaker o ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55347 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 16:08:08 +0200</pubDate><title>Regular rotation of Russian peacekeepers in Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone to be held in late May</title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55335</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">Regular rotation of Russian peacekeepers in Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone to be held in late May</td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Thursday , 15 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A planned rotation of a battalion of the Russian peacekeepers from the Collective Peacekeeping Forces in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone is scheduled to take place from May 27 to 31. The announcem ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55335 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 15:36:10 +0200</pubDate><title>Construction of Turkish part of BTK railway set to begin in July</title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55328</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">Construction of Turkish part of BTK railway set to begin in July</td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Thursday , 15 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The construction of the 76km long section of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway project in Turkey will start in July.

Ministry of Transportation officials said on Thursday that presidents of Turke ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55328 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 09:38:56 +0200</pubDate><title>Georgia: Abkhazia Tensions Still High After EU, U.S. Visits </title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55322</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">Georgia: Abkhazia Tensions Still High After EU, U.S. Visits </td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Wednesday , 14 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Relations between Tbilisi and Moscow remain tense over Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia following a visit to Georgia by a European Union delegation and a top Washington envoy.

U.S. Deputy Ass ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55322 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 10:41:57 +0200</pubDate><title>Country Reports on Terrorism 2007: Georgia</title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55304</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">Country Reports on Terrorism 2007: Georgia</td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Tuesday , 13 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Georgian government improved border security operations and worked to eliminate corruption at border checkpoints, focusing its efforts on stopping the smuggling of contraband, including money, ill ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55304 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 10:04:57 +0200</pubDate><title>Georgia is Preparing for Parliamentary Elections</title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55300</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">Georgia is Preparing for Parliamentary Elections</td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Tuesday , 13 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I do not think that the parliamentary elections in Georgia and the deterioration of the Russian-Georgian relations are interconnected. In Russia the elections have already took place, in Georgia the e ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55300 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 09:54:46 +0200</pubDate><title>EU Ministers in Georgia for Crisis Talks </title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55297</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">EU Ministers in Georgia for Crisis Talks </td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Tuesday , 13 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Five European Union foreign ministers are in Georgia to show support for its pro-Western government, as a Georgian-Russian dispute over Moscow's backing for Georgian separatists continues.

The fore ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55297 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 02:41:40 +0200</pubDate><title>US Country Reports on Terrorism - Georgia</title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55252</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">US Country Reports on Terrorism - Georgia</td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Monday , 12 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">* Released by the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, 2008 - Official Text

*** Georgia

"The Georgian government improved border security operations and worked to eliminate corruption ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55252 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 02:33:51 +0200</pubDate><title>US Country Reports on Terrorism - Azerbaijan</title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55249</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">US Country Reports on Terrorism - Azerbaijan</td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Monday , 12 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">* Released by the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, 2008 - Official Text

* Azerbaijan 

"Over the past five years, the Government of Azerbaijan has aggressively apprehended and pros ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55249 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 02:31:25 +0200</pubDate><title>US Country Reports on Terrorism - Armenia</title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55248</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">US Country Reports on Terrorism - Armenia</td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Monday , 12 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*** Released by the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, 2008

Chapter 2 -- Country Reports: Europe and Eurasia Overview

* "Armenia's geographic location, porous borders, and loose vis ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55248 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 11:04:30 +0200</pubDate><title>US Concerned That Tensions Between Russia and Georgia Could Escalate </title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55193</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">US Concerned That Tensions Between Russia and Georgia Could Escalate </td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Friday , 09 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A U.S. official is expressing concern that tensions between Russia and Georgia could lead to armed conflict. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Daniel Fried used an appearance befo ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55193 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:00 +0200</pubDate><title>Armenia: Opposition Sets Talks Terms</title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55186</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">Armenia: Opposition Sets Talks Terms</td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Friday , 09 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two months after Yerevan bloodshed, Armenian opposition lays out conditions for dialogue.

By Gayane Abrahamian in Yerevan (CRS No. 443 07-May-08) 

Former president Levon Ter-Petrosian was met by ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55186 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:30:07 +0200</pubDate><title>Abkhazia Cleaves Closer to Russia</title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55185</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">Abkhazia Cleaves Closer to Russia</td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Friday , 09 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Abkhaz leadership mulls closer military ties with Moscow, as tensions with Tbilisi mount.

By Inal Khashig in Sukhum (CRS No. 443 07-May-08) 

A senior Abkhaz official has told IWPR that his unrec ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55185 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:28:58 +0200</pubDate><title>Georgia: Fears of War With Russia</title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55183</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">Georgia: Fears of War With Russia</td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Friday , 09 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recriminations traded between Tbilisi and Moscow sound increasingly warlike.

By Dmitry Avaliani in Tbilisi (CRS No. 443 07-May-08) 

Officials and experts in both Russia and Georgia are warning t ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55183 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 14:44:56 +0200</pubDate><title>Independence of Kosovo and the Nagorno-Karabakh Issue </title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55137</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">Independence of Kosovo and the Nagorno-Karabakh Issue </td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Thursday , 08 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">View by Hasan Selim Ozertem - I believe that it would not be wrong to define International Relations, in a limited sense, as a discipline that tries to depict the formation of new systems and the elim ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55137 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 02:01:29 +0200</pubDate><title>Is Georgia being dragged into war?  </title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55109</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">Is Georgia being dragged into war?  </td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Thursday , 08 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By Hasan KANBOLAT
 
The Russian Federation has increased its troops in Abkhazia in an attempt to respond to the decision of Georgian authorities to station their troops along the borders with Abkhaz ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55109 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 11:04:15 +0200</pubDate><title>Medvedev to be inaugurated as Putin's successor </title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55084</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">Medvedev to be inaugurated as Putin's successor </td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Wednesday , 07 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dmitry Medvedev was to be sworn in Wednesday as Russian president under the shadow of his powerful mentor Vladimir Putin and growing challenges to the country's oil boom from corruption and inflation. ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55084 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 11:00:44 +0200</pubDate><title>Medvedev Becomes Russia's Third President</title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55079</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">Medvedev Becomes Russia's Third President</td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Wednesday , 07 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dmitry Medvedev is to be inaugurated Wednesday as Russia's third president since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. 

The Kremlin Palace ceremony will take place in front of 2,400 invited gue ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55079 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 10:21:12 +0200</pubDate><title>White House Urges Russia to Ease Tensions With Georgia </title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55075</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">White House Urges Russia to Ease Tensions With Georgia </td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Wednesday , 07 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The White House is criticizing Russia for a series of actions that have raised tensions with Georgia over the fate of two Georgian breakaway regions - Abkhazia and South Ossetia.  VOA's Paula Wolfson  ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55075 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 03:27:19 +0200</pubDate><title>France Offers Assistance in Establishing Relations between Turkey and Armenia</title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55059</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">France Offers Assistance in Establishing Relations between Turkey and Armenia</td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Wednesday , 07 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By Sevgi YUZERCAN

France's Foreign Minister Bernard said that France was ready to help Armenia and Turkey regarding closed territorial borders between two countries. 

'I raised the issue during  ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55059 </guid></item></channel></rss>