PARLIAMENTARY LEADER MORALLY SUPPORTS GEORGIAN GUERRILLAS IN ABKHAZIA.
Georgian Parliament Chairman Zurab Zhvania yesterday described as legitimate the Georgian guerrilla movement in Abkhazia. Receiving a Russian parliamentary delegation in Tbilisi, Zhvania condemned the... MORE
GEORGIAN CHIEF OF STAFF APPOINTED.
President Eduard Shevardnadze has appointed Major-General Johnny Pirtskhalaishvili to the post of chief of staff of the armed forces. Pirtskhalaishvili, 51, is a graduate of... MORE
GEORGIAN-TURKISH NAVAL EXERCISE: A BREAKTHROUGH FOR GEORGIA.
Two Turkish and two Georgian warships exercised jointly in Black Sea waters off Georgia's ports Poti and Batumi from April 30 through May 2. Code-named... MORE
HAVE GEORGIAN GUERRILLAS SEIZED GROUND IN ABKHAZIA.
According to Georgian reports, some of them from State Security Ministry officials, Georgian "self-defense units" seized control of the villages Saberio and Khumushkuri in Abkhazia... MORE
THE WESTERN-ORIENTED OFFICER CONFIRMED AS GEORGIAN DEFENSE MINISTER.
The Georgian parliament yesterday approved President Eduard Shevardnadze's choice of Colonel Davit Tevzadze as defense minister. Tevzadze replaces Lieutenant-General Vardiko Nadibaidze, who had to resign... MORE
GEORGIAN DEFENSE MINISTER NADIBAIDZE REPLACED.
Georgia's Defense Minister, Lieutenant-General Vardiko Nadibaidze, resigned yesterday at the request of President Eduard Shevardnadze. An emergency meeting of the National Security Council--chaired by Shevardnadze--held... MORE
GEORGIAN ENERGY MINISTER RESIGNS UNDER PRESSURE.
The anti-corruption campaign announced earlier this year by President Eduard Shevardnadze seems to have made its mark on Georgia's troubled energy sector. Shevardnadze on April... MORE
BRITISH GOVERNMENT DEFENDS DECISION TO REPROCESS NUCLEAR WASTE FROM GEORGIA.
Britain's Foreign Secretary Robin Cook has defended a controversial decision by the British government to accept a consignment of nuclear waste from Georgia for recycling... MORE
MINGRELIA: GEORGIA’S NEW “HOT SPOT”?
By Igor Rotar In April, the situation in Mingrelia (the Black Sea region of western Georgia that borders Abkhazia) heated up again. It all began... MORE
GERMAN AND U.S. WARSHIPS TO GEORGIA.
A U.S. Navy ship yesterday escorted a coastal guard cutter into Georgia's Black Sea port of Poti. Another cutter is due to be handed over... MORE