MOSCOW PREPARED TO PLAY REGIONAL CARD ON GEORGIA’S PERIPHERIES.
On a visit to Tbilisi yesterday, Russia's First Deputy Defense Minister Nikolai Mikhailov stated that "the Russian military presence in Georgia corresponds to the interests... MORE
GEORGIA ADMITTED TO THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) unanimously voted yesterday to admit Georgia as a full member of the Council of Europe (CE).... MORE
GEORGIA FILLS KEY MILITARY ATTACHES POSTS.
Georgia's Defense Ministry has, for the first time, appointed military attaches both in Washington and at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Both appointees are young lieutenant-colonels.... MORE
BRITISH CUTTERS FOR GEORGIA.
Two high-speed patrol cutters of the Royal Navy arrived at Georgia's Black Sea port of Poti on January 12, to be handed over to Georgia's... MORE
U.S. COMPANY TAKES OVER MAJOR GEORGIAN UTILITY.
The AES Corporation of the United States yesterday took over Georgia's Telasi electrical power company and power grid, which supply Tbilisi and the surrounding region... MORE
RUSSIAN BORDER TROOPS YIELD MAJOR SECTOR TO GEORGIAN TROOPS.
President Eduard Shevardnadze announced on December 21 that Russian border troops have completed the handover of a major sector of the Georgian-Turkish land frontier to... MORE
GEORGIAN AUTHORITIES CLAIM CHECHNYA IS A TERRORIST HAVEN.
According to the Georgian special services, international terrorist organizations have chosen Chechnya as one of their main bases, and training camps for Islamic guerrillas are... MORE
GEORGIA PLANS UNPRECEDENTED STEP AGAINST CORRUPTION.
Addressing the parliament on December 12, State Minister (equivalent to prime minister) Vazha Lortkipanidze described official corruption in Georgia as a "threat to the very... MORE
UKRAINE PINS HOPE ON CASPIAN OIL VIA GEORGIA.
Visiting Georgia on December 7-8, Ukrainian Prime Minister Valery Pustovoytenko called for assigning priority to the Baku-Supsa (Georgia) pipeline, rather than the Baku-Ceyhan (Turkey) route,... MORE
GEORGIA’S NEW FINANCE MINISTER HAS A CRISIS ON HIS HANDS.
The Georgian parliament approved yesterday the nomination of Davit Onoprishvili as finance minister. His immediate predecessor, "financial whiz-kid" Mikheil Chkuaseli, resigned last week under fire... MORE