Georgia News

Six years have passed since the bloodless revolution in Georgia, which that displaced President Eduard Shevardnadze and which was afterwards called the Rose Revolution.

Georgia, Tbilisi, Nov. 23 / Trend News N. Kirtskhalia /

A seven-meter glass monument was placed today in the courtyard of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's residency. The Presidential Administration said Spanish sculptor Alberto Domingo completed the order in only nine days.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakahvili has replaced his spokesman, the Kommersant newspaper reported.

Azerbaijan, Baku, November 21 / Trend News, M.Aliyev /

The topic "South Caucasus: the sources of separatism, conflict solution and long-term peace" was discussed in Tbilisi at the scientific-practical conference organized by the Azerbaijani Embassy in Georgia in cooperation with the Tbilisi State University named after Ivan Javakhishvili.

The two co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for the war between Georgia and Russia today called on the de facto authorities in Tskhinvali to release without delay the four Georgian teenagers arrested on 4 November 2009.

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Dropping any pretense of statesmanship, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin advised Ukraine's pro-Western president, Viktor Yushchenko, to keep his tie away from Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili during the two leaders' November 19-20 summit.

After being closed down, the church turned into a folk museum and in 1990, it was qualified as subject to demolition and was finally closed down.

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The Georgian Central Election Commission (CEC) issued a statement in connection with the presidential elections in self-proclaimed Abkhazian government on Dec. 12, 2009.

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili thanked Ukraine for its support for Georgia, which 'made a European choice' during what he described as 'Russia's attack on Georgia.' He spoke about it on Thursday at a press conference on the results of his talks with Ukrainian leader Viktor Yushchenko.

Georgia, Tbilisi, Nov. 20 / Trend News N.Kirtzkhalia /

Ensuring security in Georgia's separatist regions was discussed at a meeting between Georgian State Reintegration Minister Temur Iakobashvili and a U.S. Defense Department representatives.

Georgia, Tbilisi, Nov. 20 / Trend Capital N.Kirtzkhalia /

The Eurasia Partnership Foundation continues its "Round-Table" in the European integration program. The meetings and discussions aim to develop policies and measures to secure a deal with the Council of Europe on free trade in the framework of the Eastern Partnership.

Kazakhstan, Astana, 19 November / Trend News, K.Konirova /

The Georgian-Ossetian conflict will not be amongst the priorities during Kazakhstan's chairmanship to the OSCE in 2010, the head of the expert group of Information and Analytical Center at the Moscow State University named after M.Lomonosov Alexey Vlasov told Trend News.

Georgia, Tbilisi, Nov. 19 / Trend News N.Kirtzkhalia /

Georgian Health Minister Sandro Kvitashvili refuted information about expired Tamiflu drug import into the country. Politicians want to sow panic among the public to meet their ambitions, the minister said.

Georgia, Tbilisi, Nov. 19 / Trend News N.Kirtzkhalia /

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden had a telephone conversation today, the Georgian Foreign Ministry reported.

Georgia, Tbilisi, Nov. 19 / Trend News N.Kirtzkhalia /

Former Georgian Prime Minister and Fair Georgia opposition movement leader Zurab Nogaideli will visit Moscow Nov. 22. This is his second visit to Moscow in the past month.

The European Union financed an important project aiming at assessing the possibility of rehabilitating the railway line between Tbilisi and Yerevan in the frame of TRACECA Programme .

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The OSCE representative on media independence complained that pluralism is lacking in the South Caucasus.

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The Georgian Foreign Ministry sent a protest note to the Russian Foreign Ministry.

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Georgian journalists finalized work on a draft journalistic ethics charter in cooperation with European media experts and Council of Europe representatives. The journalists will sign the charter at the Radisson Hotel Dec. 9, Iea Antadze, who initiated the project, told Trend News.