GEORGIA TO GET RUSSIAN WARSHIPS.
After being rebuffed by Moscow when it argued that it should share in the division of the former Soviet Black Sea Fleet, it seems that... MORE
GEORGIA COMPLETES MILITARY EXERCISE.
Ground, airforce, and paratroop units yesterday completed Georgia's largest-ever military exercise, underway since September 27 under the command of Defense Minister Vardiko Nadibaidze. President Eduard... MORE
A NATIONAL TREASURE RETURNS TO GEORGIA.
Tbilisi yesterday took delivery of most of the archive of the government of the Georgian Democratic Republic, an independent country from 1918 to 1921, which... MORE
GEORGIA ADOPTS MILITARY DOCTRINE.
The Georgian parliament yesterday approved the country's military doctrine. Submitted by the parliament's Defense and Security Committee, the document had been in the works for... MORE
GEORGIA HOLDS MILITARY MANEUVERS.
Georgian army, interior, state security, and border troops, as well as naval and air force units, are holding joint exercises in Western Georgia from September... MORE
GEORGIA CREATES INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, DIMINISHES SECURITY MINISTRY’S ROLE.
Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze yesterday created by decree a national intelligence agency, removing that function from the State Security Ministry. Shevardnadze appointed Lt. Gen. Avtandil... MORE
GEORGIA SEEKS JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES WITH WEST.
Defense Minister Vardiko Nadibaidze announced yesterday that Tbilisi is discussing with Washington and NATO the possibility of conducting joint military exercises in Georgia. In its... MORE
GEORGIA REFORMING STATE SECURITY MINISTRY.
The Georgian parliament on September 19 unanimously approved the nomination of Jemal Gahokidze as minister of state security. Gahokidze told the parliament that he plans... MORE
GEORGIA TO RECEIVE TURKISH CUTTERS.
Two Turkish coastal guard ships are currently paying a three-day "friendly visit" in Georgia's port Poti. The Turkish commander announced Ankara's intention to give Georgia... MORE
VIOLENCE IN WESTERN GEORGIA.
Four Georgian policemen were killed and five were wounded by gunmen during the night of September 14-15 in Svanetia, a high-altitude Georgian area adjacent to... MORE