On November 14, the number of people holding a meeting in Tbilisi reached 30-35 thousand.

The Delegation of the European Commission in Russia is planning to hold a conference in the beginning of December connected with shooting new projects selected within the framework of the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), the European Union program.

Adults have already got accustomed to the life in any conditions, but it is hard to see how the families with new-born and small children live, says a resident of the center for temporary accommodation.

Commander-in-Chief of the North Caucasian Military District Colonel General Vladimir Boldirev made such a statement at an enlarged meeting of the district's military council today.

The Mtatsminda-Krtsanissky District Court of Tbilisi declared invalid the results of the November 2 parliamentary elections at all the polling stations abroad.

Several cases with false signatures of refugees were signaled from Ingushetia's "Sputnik" camp situated in the Ordzhonikidzevskaya village when unknown suspects filled in application blanks on behalf of internally displaced persons for their return to Chechnya.

The Peacemaking Mission named after General Lebed is going to hold a coordinating conference devoted to the analysis of the Russian population element in providing security and stability in the Northern Caucasus. It is to take place on November 14-15.

We call your attention to some extracts from the statement of October 29 made by the arrested South Osetian public figure Alan Chochiev.

"We are going to continue our guerilla tactics, hit-and-run subversive actions, but there will be no large-scale combats ", said a representative of the separatists' command.

It has become known that the Chechen refugees living in the "Azul" camp for displaced people in Treiskirchen, Austria, have been suffering indignities from the Austrian authorities for the second week already.

"All of the resources in the negotiations with the government have been used up. Thus a mass meeting will take place in Tbilisi on Friday, at 4 p.m., the only demand in which will be the impeachment of President Shevardnadze," said one of the opposition leaders Mikhail Saakashvili.

A round table discussion was held in Sukhum on November 11 on the initiative of the non-government public organization "Center for Humanitarian Programs". It was devoted to the problems of return of descendants of Mahajirs - who were forced to leave their native land in the 19th century as a result of the Caucasian War - to Abkhazia.

Relatives of the South Osetian public figure Alan Chochiev arrested in Vladikavkaz report he is still in prison and continues the hunger strike he started on October 19.

Tonight Eduard Shevardnadze is to meet representatives of the radical opposition blocs: Mikhail Saakashvili of Saakashvili - National Movement, Georgian parliament speaker Nino Burdjanadze of Burdjanadze - Democrats, and former parliament speaker Zurab Zhvania.

Jenny Norton and Lara Griffiths, members of the British non-government organization "Conciliation Resources", arrived in Stepanakert for a familiarization visit. They were received by Foreign Minister of Nagorny Karabakh Ashot Gulian.

The camp inhabitants hold the "arms of the law" were celebrating Day of the Militia and decided to mark their professional holiday in such an extravagant way.

The republican newspaper of Nagorny Karabakh "Azat Artsakh", the Stepanakert Press Club and the independent newspaper "What To Do" have founded a discussion club, within which round tables touching upon the most urgent problems in Nagorny Karabakh will be periodically conducted.

A successive stage of "the people's peacemaking action" "Journey of Peace", which started in Yekaterinburg a month ago, is over.

American specialists have done researches and ascertained that 11,108 hectares remain mined in Armenia.

A meeting "for democracy and against lawlessness and high-handedness" arranged by the Russian Democratic Yabloko Party was held in Moscow, on Pushkinskaya Square, on November 7.