AJARIAN SHOT ACROSS GEORGIA’S BOW?
The Ajarian Autonomous Republic's Supreme Soviet issued on December 9 a statement protesting against Tbilisi's refusal to authorize the creation of a free economic zone... MORE
ABKHAZ OFFICERS KILLED IN GEORGIAN ATTACK.
In their most stinging raid yet, Georgian guerrillas have killed three Abkhaz officers and seriously wounded two others in the Gali district, Abkhaz authorities acknowledged... MORE
GEORGIAN NAVY CHIEF DISMISSED.
Rear Adm. Aleksandr Javakhishvili, the commander of the fledgling Georgian Navy, was fired on December 8, ending more than a month's confusion over his status.... MORE
GEORGIAN GUERRILLAS OPERATE IN ABKHAZIA.
In a spate of press interviews in recent days, Georgian state security minister Shota Kviraya, his first deputy, Avtandil Ioseliani, and refugee leader Tamaz Nadareishvili... MORE
GEORGIAN PARAMILITARY GROUP MEMBERS SENTENCED.
The Supreme Court yesterday sentenced Davit Otiashvili to death and 17 members of his group to prison terms ranging from 8 to 15 years for... MORE
RUSSIA TO CUT TROOPS IN TRANSCAUCASUS; GEORGIA TO CAPITALIZE ON THE MEASURE.
A senior official of Russia's Defense Ministry confirmed in general terms yesterday that Russia is making preparations to reduce its troops in Georgia and Armenia.... MORE
GEORGIA SEEKS TO CONTROL NATIONAL BORDERS.
The commander of Georgia's border troops, Maj. Gen. Valery Chkheidze, yesterday announced that the country's fledgling navy -- comprised of eight cutters -- began on... MORE
GEORGIAN-CHECHEN MEETING OPENS WAY FOR GOOD NEIGHBORLY RELATIONS.
Georgia's ambassador to Russia, Vazha Lordkipanidze, and Chechnya's external relations minister, Ruslan Kutaev, conferred on November 18 and 19 in Moscow on developing bilateral relations.... MORE
GEORGIAN "ZVIADISTS" SENTENCED.
Loti Kobalia, former commander of the late president Zviad Gamsakhurdia's paramilitary force, was sentenced to death yesterday by Georgia's Supreme Court on charges of high... MORE
GEORGIAN-ABKHAZ DIRECT CONTACTS DISCLOSED.
Senior Georgian officials and Abkhaz representatives disclosed yesterday that a delegation headed by Abkhazia's unrecognized foreign minister, Konstantin Ozgan, conferred with Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze... MORE