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
GEORGIAN AUTHORITIES THROW LIGHT ON ZUGDIDI TERRORIST ATTACK.
Georgia's State Security Ministry has identified a small group of Zviadist gunmen as responsible for the April 5 attack, which killed five and wounded seven... MORE
PRIMAKOV’S MINISTRY IRATE AT GEORGIAN CRITICS.
Russia's Foreign Ministry yesterday released a statement that "strongly condemned the irresponsible and obviously deliberate anti-Russian campaign, aimed at casting Russia as the external enemy... MORE
HIGH-RANKING GEORGIAN AND AZERBAIJANI REPRESENTATIVES ATTEND MEETING OF NORTH CAUCASUS LEADERS.
Leaders of the republics, krais and oblasts of Russia's North Caucasus met on April 4 in the Chechen capital, Djohar. This is the second such... MORE
MORE FACTS ON U.S.-GEORGIAN MILITARY COOPERATION REVEALED.
Returning from a week-long U.S. visit, Georgian Defense Minister Vardiko Nadibaidze announced yesterday that the Pentagon has agreed to hand over fourteen helicopters to Georgia,... MORE
U.S.-GEORGIA MILITARY COOPERATION PLAN SIGNED.
U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen and Georgian Defense Minister Vardiko Nadibaidze signed on March 24 in Washington an agreement on bilateral military cooperation. The document... MORE
MOSCOW EXTRADITES ONE GEORGIAN SUSPECT, KEEPS OTHERS.
The "Zviadist" former Finance Minister Guram Absandze was extradited by Russia to Georgia on March 20 as a suspect in the February 9 assassination attempt... MORE
GEORGIA AND THE ABKHAZ QUESTION
Georgia and the Abkhaz question By Zaal Anjaparidze The agreement signed in August last year by Georgian and Abkhazian Presidents Eduard Shevardnadze and Vladislav Ardzinba,... MORE
GEORGIAN PRESIDENT TO ATTEND CIS SUMMIT CONDITIONALLY.
Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze announced yesterday that he has decided to attend the CIS summit in Moscow, now postponed until April, following assurances that it... MORE