The parliament of Georgia has approved most of President Eduard Shevardnadze's choices for cabinet posts, following individual consideration of the nominations submitted by the ruling... MORE

Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze yesterday decreed a new structure and operating rules for the country's cabinet of ministers. The decree abolishes the position of prime... MORE

The commander of Georgia's Internal Ministry troops, Maj. General Giya Taradze has been dismissed, and his deputy, Colonel Akaki Barbakadze, has been arrested. Taradze is... MORE

Ignoring a vow of confidentiality, Abkhaz leader Vladislav Ardzinba and Supreme Soviet deputies have in the last three days exchanged public recriminations over a proposed... MORE

Eduard Shevardnadze yesterday took the oath of office as president of Georgia and was blessed by patriarch Ilia II in the cathedral of the country's... MORE

Another round of Georgian-Abkhaz negotiations, in progress in Moscow under Russian and UN mediation since the beginning of the month, broke down yesterday. Two time... MORE

Georgia, which according to its own statistics used to produce 90 percent of the tea consumed in the former USSR, faces the danger of losing... MORE

Georgia's Central Electoral Commission released yesterday the official returns of the November 5 general elections. Eduard Shevardnadze won the presidency with 74.3 percent of the... MORE

Police in Georgia arrested the leader of an armed opposition faction Wednesday and charged him with involvement in an August attempt to assassinate Eduard Shevardnadze,... MORE

The prospects for settling the conflict over Abkhazia appear to be dim at the latest round of Georgian-Abkhaz talks in Moscow. On November 9, Russian... MORE