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This year in Armenia, as compared with 2008, price per 1 square meter of housing went down by 5 percent; the number of real estate transactions has reduced.

Congregate of Saint Echmiadzin, Archbishop Nerses Pozapalyan died on his 72nd year at the medical centre "Nairi" in the capital of Armenia. In February, he was attacked by a robber.

The health condition of President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, who was wounded in the attempt on June 22, remains stably grave; however, a slight move for the better is observed.

Armenia is for the first time mentioned in the report of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) among the countries, where torture as applied to defendants and witnesses is a usual thing. The FIDH's report is based on monitoring of trials.

The Parliament of Georgia has approved former Prime Minister Grigol Mgaloblishvili to the position of Georgia's permanent representative at the NATO. The nominee was supported by 100 MPs at the quorum of 57, one deputy was against.

90,000 hectares are actually devastated in the Region, and 80,000 hectares have been treated against these insects. Now, additional 5.5 million were allocated from the regional budget to fight this calamity.

Ramzan Evkurov, driver of the President of Ingushetia, who was wounded as a result of the attempt on Yunus-Bek Evkurov on June 22, today has died in hospital, as reported by the reception office of the Republic's Clinical Hospital.

The police of Baku have prohibited a group of activists from a number of Islam-oriented Azerbaijani NGOs and political parties to hold a non-sanctioned protest action against the visit to the country of Israeli President Shimon Peres in front of the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Azerbaijan.

Today, hackers attacked the website of the Ministry of Press of Chechnya, having placed a message in its main page that the responsibility for the attempt on President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov was taken by some "special operative group mujahads' group". The message also wrote that it was "Allah's punishment".

The Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation does not find the fact that ex-commander of the "Vostok" battalion Sulim Yamadaev had threatened President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov to be proved. Isa Yamadaev has stated that his brother did not make any calls to Chechnya from the United Arab Emirates and did not announce his blood feud to Kadyrov and Deputy of the State Duma Adam Delimkhanov.

Zarema Muzhikhoeva, a woman from Chechnya, sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment for an attempt to commit a terror act in Moscow in 2003, has addressed President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev with a petition for pardon. According to her version, she was forced to become a shahid by her material difficulties.

Today, the Tsentralny District Court of Sochi has refused to satisfy the claim lodged by politician Boris Nemtsov, who demanded to cancel the outcomes of electing the Mayor of Sochi, which took place on April 26.

The health condition of President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov and his driver Ramzan Evkurov, wounded in the terror act on June 22 in Nazran, has not changed essentially; both are still are in stable grave condition.

Recommendations were given to tour agencies of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) to move their proposals on social tourism, intended for people with limited physical capabilities.

In 2009 in Azerbaijan, as compared with last year, the number of cases when torture was applied to citizens in temporary detention facilities and prisons has increased. This was stated by Elchin Bekhbudov, Chairman of the Azerbaijani Committee against Tortures, at the press conference on June 25, International Day in Support of Torture Victims.