Kabardino-Balkaria has 819 Ukrainian refugees. Four centers for their accommodation were formed in Nalchik, housing 262 Ukrainians, including 92 children. The rest live in the houses of their relatives and friends. The police secure the centers, while vigilance structures and psychologists provide assistance, the Kabardino-Balkarskaya Pravda paper reports.
17 people have become Russian citizens, 29 got residency permits, 53 got temporary residency permits. The quota for temporary residency in Kabardino-Balkaria has been increased from 300 to 700 this year. 224 were given vaccines against measles, diphtheria and other diseases, 17 refugees were hospitalized. All children study at schools, funds were donated for their studies. A website for vacancies with accommodation will open soon. It will allow users to communicate with staff of the Federal Labour and Employment Service online. Public and religious organizations helped refugees. The Malorossiy Charity Fund opened under the auspices of the Veche Society in Kabardino-Balkaria to help the refugees.
Irina Maryash, deputy head of a Kabardino-Balkarian governmental commission, said that one of the goals was to help Ukrainian citizens who had left their cities to solve their problems as much as possible. In her words, the federal rule is to first get permission from the region refugees want to settle in. Official requests have been sent to 11 regions. The Primorsky Territory has already responded, clarifying the places and jobs for people. The problem of financing the move is one of the issues under discussion.
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Armenian ecologists claim that the mining industry of the republic is in a state of total anarchy, regions are on their own and have no obligations, the mining rates will make the most resource-rich Syunik Oblast unsuitable for living. The Golos Armenii paper believes that the fears are justified. The problem of the quantity and quality of water resources may indeed worsen in the future.
According to the paper, Armenia has 518 deposits. Many tailing dumps in the country are unreliable and pollute soil and rivers. Locals file no complaints because they work in the mines.
It is the greens visiting the area who are the most active. Armenia needs to balance the interests of industry and nature, minimizing damage to the environment and keeping people’s jobs.
The article says that Armenian ecologists are trying to put pressure on the government and companies, demanding higher taxes for mining. The author believes that high price volatility, rising costs of services of natural monopolies and other risks in mining and metallurgy, the increase of financing and social pressure on companies should go hand in hand with scrupulous preliminary calculations, so that the sector would not be at risk.
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Azerbaijan has a sustainable tendency of a falling unemployment rate. The current unemployment level of 5% dropped by 0.2% compared with the previous year. There were 36,200 unemployed people in early 2014 and 30,600 on September 1, the Azerbaydzhanskiye Novosti paper reports.
At the same time, the number of vacancies grows. The republican vacancy bank has jobs for over 45,000 people. The country needs builders, engineers, managers, electricians, welders, drivers, nannies, European cooks. The number of vacancies increased by 2100, compared with the number in January this year. Employing takes 3-6 months, compared with 8-9 times that a year ago. A structural imbalance remains between the demand for and supply of the workforce. Over 70% of vacancies are for blue-collar workers. Employment is one of the priority goals of the government’s social policy. Special attention is paid to the problem of women’s unemployment, especially common in rural areas. Training is organized for people without a profession and with physical limitations. Women are offered professional training, retraining and skill improvement. As a result, only 40% of all unemployed people are women.
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A public organization called the Union for Solidarity of People Aggrieved by the State has been formed in Georgia. It consists of people detained during the protests of the early 1990s and released on a recent amnesty, swindled depositors, shareholders, victims of the harsh banking policy, people illegally fired and deprived of property, illegally convicted people and others whose rights were violated. The News Georgia agency says that political convicts blame the government for idleness, demanding real persecution of Saakashvili’s ex-functionaries. Levan Chaachya, one of the founders of the organization, an ex-political convict, said that the initiative group has asked the U.S. embassy, the UN and human rights organizations to react to the lack of progress in restoring justice.
Founders of the Union declared a preliminary protest, which will be held at the UN office in Georgia on September 22.
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The Respublika Abkhazia newspaper says that eight Abkhaz children diagnosed with cerebral palsy are undergoing treatment in Ingushetia. A major children’s rehabilitation center is operating in the republic. The center is unique in the North Caucasus. It was built near Magas within the framework of the Children of Russia program. The center has conditions for comprehensive treatment. Besides standard procedures, it offers acupuncture, massage, sand therapy and psychological assistance.
Most children from Abkhazia treated at the center are pupils, so they have daily individual classes. The disabled children have three courses of classes of 21 days each.
Caucasus domestic and foreign political events in local pressKabardino-Balkaria has 819 Ukrainian refugees. Four centers for their accommodation were formed in Nalchik, housing 262 Ukrainians, including 92 children. The rest live in the houses of their relatives and friends. The police secure the centers, while vigilance structures and psychologists provide assistance, the Kabardino-Balkarskaya Pravda paper reports.17 people have become Russian citizens, 29 got residency permits, 53 got temporary residency permits. The quota for temporary residency in Kabardino-Balkaria has been increased from 300 to 700 this year. 224 were given vaccines against measles, diphtheria and other diseases, 17 refugees were hospitalized. All children study at schools, funds were donated for their studies. A website for vacancies with accommodation will open soon. It will allow users to communicate with staff of the Federal Labour and Employment Service online. Public and religious organizations helped refugees. The Malorossiy Charity Fund opened under the auspices of the Veche Society in Kabardino-Balkaria to help the refugees.Irina Maryash, deputy head of a Kabardino-Balkarian governmental commission, said that one of the goals was to help Ukrainian citizens who had left their cities to solve their problems as much as possible. In her words, the federal rule is to first get permission from the region refugees want to settle in. Official requests have been sent to 11 regions. The Primorsky Territory has already responded, clarifying the places and jobs for people. The problem of financing the move is one of the issues under discussion.* * *Armenian ecologists claim that the mining industry of the republic is in a state of total anarchy, regions are on their own and have no obligations, the mining rates will make the most resource-rich Syunik Oblast unsuitable for living. The Golos Armenii paper believes that the fears are justified. The problem of the quantity and quality of water resources may indeed worsen in the future.According to the paper, Armenia has 518 deposits. Many tailing dumps in the country are unreliable and pollute soil and rivers. Locals file no complaints because they work in the mines.It is the greens visiting the area who are the most active. Armenia needs to balance the interests of industry and nature, minimizing damage to the environment and keeping people’s jobs.The article says that Armenian ecologists are trying to put pressure on the government and companies, demanding higher taxes for mining. The author believes that high price volatility, rising costs of services of natural monopolies and other risks in mining and metallurgy, the increase of financing and social pressure on companies should go hand in hand with scrupulous preliminary calculations, so that the sector would not be at risk.* * *Azerbaijan has a sustainable tendency of a falling unemployment rate. The current unemployment level of 5% dropped by 0.2% compared with the previous year. There were 36,200 unemployed people in early 2014 and 30,600 on September 1, the Azerbaydzhanskiye Novosti paper reports.At the same time, the number of vacancies grows. The republican vacancy bank has jobs for over 45,000 people. The country needs builders, engineers, managers, electricians, welders, drivers, nannies, European cooks. The number of vacancies increased by 2100, compared with the number in January this year. Employing takes 3-6 months, compared with 8-9 times that a year ago. A structural imbalance remains between the demand for and supply of the workforce. Over 70% of vacancies are for blue-collar workers. Employment is one of the priority goals of the government’s social policy. Special attention is paid to the problem of women’s unemployment, especially common in rural areas. Training is organized for people without a profession and with physical limitations. Women are offered professional training, retraining and skill improvement. As a result, only 40% of all unemployed people are women.* * *A public organization called the Union for Solidarity of People Aggrieved by the State has been formed in Georgia. It consists of people detained during the protests of the early 1990s and released on a recent amnesty, swindled depositors, shareholders, victims of the harsh banking policy, people illegally fired and deprived of property, illegally convicted people and others whose rights were violated. The News Georgia agency says that political convicts blame the government for idleness, demanding real persecution of Saakashvili’s ex-functionaries. Levan Chaachya, one of the founders of the organization, an ex-political convict, said that the initiative group has asked the U.S. embassy, the UN and human rights organizations to react to the lack of progress in restoring justice.Founders of the Union declared a preliminary protest, which will be held at the UN office in Georgia on September 22.* * *The Respublika Abkhazia newspaper says that eight Abkhaz children diagnosed with cerebral palsy are undergoing treatment in Ingushetia. A major children’s rehabilitation center is operating in the republic. The center is unique in the North Caucasus. It was built near Magas within the framework of the Children of Russia program. The center has conditions for comprehensive treatment. Besides standard procedures, it offers acupuncture, massage, sand therapy and psychological assistance.Most children from Abkhazia treated at the center are pupils, so they have daily individual classes. The disabled children have three courses of classes of 21 days e
