Author: Avet Abuselidze

Economy professor Jasmina Selimovic was elected as Bosnia’s new central bank governor on Wednesday after the bank’s newly-appointed managing board chose to end incumbent Senad Softic’s term, the bank said in a statement. Softic stayed on as the bank´s governor after political obstructions had blocked the appointment of his successor and a new steering board after their six-year mandates expired in August 2021. The appointment of Selimovic for a six-year term was made possible after the Balkan country´s presidency in late December agreed to nominate members of a new managing board after more than two years. They took on their…

Ukraine has launched an investigation after a video emerged purportedly showing Russian troops killing two Ukrainian soldiers who had surrendered. Ukrainian prosecutors say the footage shows “a group of people in Russian uniforms” shooting the unarmed Ukrainians at close range. The prosecutors say the killing of prisoners of war is a “gross violation” of the laws and customs of conflict. The video has not been independently verified. Russia has not commented. Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, both Kyiv and Moscow have accused each other of violating the Geneva conventions – a set of international humanitarian laws…

Frankfurt (3/12 – 12) The relatively rapid cohesion of disparate nations, historically competitive or even at war with one another, into the European Union came about in part because of the ongoing threat from the Soviet Union. The specter of a tank invasion from Warsaw Pact nations, today forgotten, was such a reality that the German government kept a major portion of its gold bullion across the Atlantic. The USSR, an ally in World War II after being double-crossed by Hitler – remember the “Non-Aggression Pact signed in Moscow by von Ribbentrop and Molotov – was soon appraised as a…

At least six people were killed, and 16 others were injured in a Russian missile strike on a mail depot in the city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine on Saturday, Ukrainian officials said. “Russian missiles hit the Nova Poshta center — an ordinary civilian object,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on the Telegram messaging app. He shared a video showing a building with blown out windows, and trucks with Nova Poshta written on them, parked in front of the building. Nova Poshta means New Post in Ukrainian. All the victims were employees of the private Ukrainian postal and courier service,…

Authorities are investigating a student who is accused of bringing a gun to a high school football game. Commerce police said that on Friday, a School Resource Officer who was working at the game with other officers was approached by a student who reported that a classmate at the game was armed with a gun. Authorities did not specify where the football game the incident took place. The officers found the accused student and, after searching, found a .45 caliber pistol on them. The student was charged and is still detained. Authorities have not released the student’s identity. Commerce police…

The enemy is now studying the energy facilities of Ukraine, looking for their vulnerabilities and the location of air defense systems. The Russians will analyze all this in order to choose the best routes for launches. According to him, the tactics and approach of Russia’s potential strikes in the fall will depend on how methodologically correct it will determine the objects that are critical for us. It can be 1-3 strikes aimed at one object in order to completely destroy it. And a massive strike with various types of weapons – drones and missiles. “However, such massive strikes as they did last October,…

Azerbaijan will set up a joint venture with three countries to transfer “green energy” from the Caspian Sea to Europe. “In Bucharest, we signed a memorandum of understanding with colleagues from Georgia, Romania and Hungary on the establishment of a joint venture between the four countries to implement a project involving the transfer of green energy from the Caspian Sea to Europe,” the minister wrote. The joint venture will involve a 1,100 km (685 mile), 1,000 MW cable running from Azerbaijan to Romania. The European Commission has earmarked 2.3 billion euros ($2.4 billion) to support the construction of the cable,…

All Azovstal defense commanders returned to Ukraine after being released from Russian captivity in September 2022. Until today, all of them were in Turkey. So, the commander of “Azov” Denis Prokopenko “Redis”, his deputy Svyatoslav Palamar “Kalina” returned to Ukrainian territory , acting. the commander of the 36th separate brigade of the Marine Corps Sergey Volynsky “Volyn”, the senior officer of “Azov” Oleg Khomenko and the commander of the 12th brigade of the National Guard Denis Shlega . “Today, on the 500th day of the war, we returned home to Ukraine five of our heroes, Heroes of Ukraine, commanders of the defense of Mariupol and Azovstal. They fought for Ukraine, fought heroically,…

This morning, the occupation forces illegally arrested 6 citizens of Georgia. Aleksi Batiashvili, the first Deputy Head of the State Security Service, stated while presenting the 2022 report of the State Security Service at the joint meeting of the three committees. According to him, the arrest of 6 Georgian citizens has already been confirmed, a hotline has been activated and international partners are involved. “During the reporting period, 44 people were illegally arrested in the direction of the occupied Tskhinvali region, and 13 people were arrested in the direction of the occupied Abkhazia, among them the fact of the arrest…

Aside from politicians and intellectuals, young people without any public profile have been among the targets of the mounting attacks. An intensifying series of physical attacks has raised concerns that Georgia’s ruling force may be resorting to violence to silence its critics. Numerous incidents were reported over the past few days where those critical of the government were attacked or threatened by individuals or violent groups. The attacks are believed to be incited and even orchestrated by the authorities in their attempts to stigmatize and intimidate opponents, a trend that saw a particular boost following the defeat of the ruling party’s controversial…