News
Uzbek opposition leader arrested for alleged embezzlement
09:00 24.10.2005 |
Politics
Uzbek authorities have arrested an opposition leader on embezzlement charges, the Interior Ministry said Monday, after he pushed for the easing of autocratic rule
Azerbaijan's president fires state chemical company CEO
07:45 24.10.2005 |
Politics
Azerbaijan's president, Ilham Aliev, on Monday fired Fikret Sadigov the head of the country's largest chemical company, state-owned Azerkimya
Kyrgyz government removes guards, staff from inside all prisons
03:25 21.10.2005 |
Former USSR
The Kyrgyz government has removed guards and other staff from inside all prisons after inmates killed a lawmaker and two aides who visited a penitentiary to look into living conditions, a prisons spokesman said Friday
Once Azerbaijani economy minister, now oppositionist arrested for alleged coup conspiracy
10:00 20.10.2005 |
Politics
Azerbaijan's former economic development minister has been arrested on suspicion of conspiring to carry out a coup, prosecutors, police and security ministries said Thursday
Ukrainian coal miners rally to demand bigger share of state funds
05:25 20.10.2005 |
Society
Dozens of Ukrainian coal miners demonstrated Thursday in central Kiev to demand a bigger share of state funds for Ukraine's mining industry. The protesters wearing orange hard hats said they expected their numbers to grow as busloads of miners arrived from eastern Ukraine
