GEORGIA JITTERY AFTER LEBED STATEMENTS.
In televised statements yesterday, Russia's newly appointed Security Council secretary and presidential security adviser, Aleksandr Lebed, accused Georgian defense minister Vardiko Nadibaidze of having joined... MORE
GEORGIA’S JUDICIARY ACTS AGAINST ABKHAZ ETHNIC CLEANSERS.
Georgia's State Prosecutor's Office announced yesterday the completion of a preliminary investigation into "acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing" perpetrated against the Georgian population of... MORE
GEORGIA: AMBIVALENT SUPPORT FOR YELTSIN.
Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze struck a cautious note in a radio interview yesterday, noting that Russian president Boris Yeltsin has "received the minimally necessary number... MORE
GEORGIA’S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY UPHELD AT COUNCIL OF EUROPE.
At Georgia's request, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has agreed that Georgia's five-member delegation to the Assembly will henceforth include ex officio... MORE
GEORGIA FREES BREAD PRICES.
The Georgian government has lifted price controls on bread as of June 15, describing the measure as a painful but overdue step toward market reforms.... MORE
GERMAN PRESIDENT IN GEORGIA.
On an official visit to Georgia June 11-13, German president Roman Herzog announced that Germany has extended a $50 million credit for the rehabilitation of... MORE
RUSSIA SAID WILLING TO TAKE GEORGIAN URANIUM.
Sources at the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow is willing in principle to take back some 10 kilograms of highly enriched uranium that had... MORE
GEORGIA ENCOURAGED BY EBRD INFRASTRUCTURE HELP.
Returning from a meeting in Paris with representatives of international banks and donor countries, Georgian presidential economic adviser Timur Basilia emphasized the "extremely important involvement"... MORE
GEORGIA’S MILITARY COMMISSAR DISMISSED AND ARRESTED.
Georgia's defense minister, Lt. General Vardiko Nadibaidze, has dismissed the country's military commissar, Colonel Tariel Abuashvili, and sanctioned Abuashvili's arrest initiated by the chief prosecutor's... MORE
GEORGIAN DEFENSE MINISTER WANTS RUSSIAN BASES.
Interviewed in yesterday's issue of the Russian Defense Ministry daily, Georgian defense minister Lt. General Vardiko Nadibaidze said that "Russian bases in Georgia must be.... MORE