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

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

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

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

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

The "alcohol war" on the Georgian-Russian border (see Monitor, September 9) is developing larger political dimensions and is also drawing attention to broader problems created... MORE

The affair of the truck convoy that was allegedly attempting to smuggle pure alcohol across the Georgian border and that has been stopped by Russian... MORE

According to data on industrial production during the first seven months of 1997, released recently by the CIS Interstate Statistical Committee, Kyrgyzstan reported a whopping... MORE

Djohar-gala will soon begin construction of an oil pipeline from Chechnya to the Georgian Black Sea coast, Chechen vice-president Vakha Arsanov announced on August 27... MORE

Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze's press secretary yesterday expressed surprise at media reports from Kiev that quoted visiting defense minister Vardiko Nadibaidze as saying Georgia had... MORE