Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze and Abkhaz leader Vladislav Ardzinba held a surprise meeting in Tbilisi on August 14 and 15 under the mediation of Russian... MORE

A convoy of some 550 vehicles transporting an estimated 10,000 tons of pure alcohol, apparently to be unloaded in the North Ossetian capital of Vladikavkaz,... MORE

The first round of Georgian-Abkhaz negotiations under a new format was held in Geneva on July 23-25. The U.S., Germany, Britain, and France, which jointly... MORE

The museum dedicated to the well-known Georgian writer, Prince Ivane Machabeli, was blown up on July 23 in Tamarasheni, South Ossetia. Local anti-Georgian separatists are... MORE

Turkish president Suleyman Demirel, accompanied by six cabinet ministers and a large business delegation, paid an official visit to Georgia on July 14 and 15.... MORE

Georgian officials have repeated their charges that Russia illegally removed Soviet military equipment from Georgia following the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, and... MORE

Georgia's Supreme Court yesterday sentenced Vazha Khachapuridze, one of the leaders of the United Communist Party of Georgia, to five years in prison for having... MORE

Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze yesterday announced that he has accepted Lt. Gen. Shota Kviraia's resignation as minister of state security. Kviraia "placed Georgia's interests above... MORE

Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze has ordered the General Prosecutor to investigate charges that the State Security Ministry has wiretapped the telephones of opposition journalists. The... MORE