MOSCOW SAYS GEORGIA AND AZERBAIJAN SUPPORT ISLAMIC REBELS.
With increasing frequency, Russian officials are charging that Islamic fighters, weapons and funds are being funneled via Georgia and Azerbaijan to terrorist groups in the... MORE
RUSSIA INSISTS ON KEEPING TROOPS AND WEAPONRY IN GEORGIA.
It was in Georgia that Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov presented an unreconstructed face of Russian policy in the South Caucasus. His visit marked, on... MORE
HILLARY CLINTON’S BROTHERS LAUNCH BUSINESS VENTURE IN GEORGIA.
Tony and Hugh Rodham--brothers to U.S. First Lady Hillary Clinton--have launched a joint venture, Argo International, which plans to grow and export Georgian walnuts on... MORE
GEORGIA FORCED TO PROLONG RUSSIAN TROOPS’ MANDATE IN ABKHAZIA.
On August 29, Georgia's National Security Council, under the chairmanship of President Eduard Shevardnadze, decided to acquiesce in a prolongation of the Russian "peacekeeping" forces'... MORE
COHEN VISIT ILLUSTRATES GEORGIA’S GROWING MILITARY TIES WITH THE WEST.
William Cohen's August 1 visit to Georgia, the first by a U.S. Defense Secretary to that country, is being described in Tbilisi as an historically... MORE
GEORGIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES FORM BROAD-BASED ELECTORAL BLOC.
Meeting in Ajaria's main city, Batumi, on July 11, leaders of a wide spectrum of Georgian opposition parties created a bloc with the stated purpose... MORE
GEORGIA’S BORDERS GRADUALLY PASS UNDER NATIONAL CONTROL.
On July 10, Georgia's coastal guard began patrolling the country's economic zone off the Abkhaz coast. The move signifies incremental progress toward asserting control of... MORE
CONTROL OVER GEORGIA’S BORDERS CHANGING HANDS.
Russian border troops are in the process of giving up control of some key sectors of Georgia's borders, though not necessarily into the right hands.... MORE
GEORGIA CLARIFIES INTENTION TO JOIN NATO…
On June 24, Georgia's ambassador to the Benelux countries, Zurab Abashidze--who is also the country's liaison with NATO--underscored Tbilisi's goal to work toward meeting the... MORE