FREEDOM OF MEDIA IN GEORGIA DECLINES EVEN FURTHER
Reporters Without Frontiers, a Paris-based watchdog organization, released the 2005 version of its Worldwide Press Freedom Index on October 20. Georgia fell from 94th place... MORE
WILL FIRED GEORGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BECOME OPPOSITION LEADER?
Late on Wednesday, October 19, Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli announced the dismissal of Foreign Minister Salome Zourabichvili. Nogaideli, who was forced to postpone a... MORE
GEORGIA DE-FREEZES THE CONFLICT-SETTLEMENT PROCESSES
Interviewed in the October 17 issue of the Kyiv daily Den, Georgia's National Security Council Secretary Gela Bezhuashvili underscores a point that many in Russia... MORE
GEORGIA’S OPPOSITION TAKES STEPS AGAINST SAAKASHVILI, SOROS
Two separate events affecting Georgia's opposition groups vividly demonstrate the extremes of contemporary political life in Georgia. On October 17, the Conservative and Republican parties... MORE
PROBLEMS MOUNT FOR GEORGIAN ARMY
Almost every day, Georgian television airs government-sponsored ads inviting Georgians to join the mighty Georgian army. While, this patriotic display tries to create a rosy... MORE
GEORGIA ON RUSSIAN “PEACEKEEPING:” ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
Georgia has taken a major step toward correcting or ending Moscow's "peacekeeping" and "mediating" activities in the Abkhaz and South Ossetian conflicts on Georgia's territory.... MORE
GEORGIAN OPPOSITION LOSES BY-ELECTIONS, ALLEGES VIOLATIONS
The October 1 by-elections to fill five seats in the Georgian parliament produced a convincing victory for the ruling National Movement party. Party leader and... MORE
BAGAPSH IN MOSCOW CONFIRMS GOAL OF SECESSION FROM GEORGIA
On August 17 in Moscow, Abkhaz leader Sergei Bagapsh openly confirmed the political program of Abkhazia's secession from Georgia and de facto merger with Russia.... MORE
RUSSIAN MILITARY EVACUATING COMBAT HARDWARE FROM GEORGIA ON SCHEDULE
On August 15, the Russian military completed the first round of evacuation of combat hardware from Georgia. On that day, a convoy of wheeled combat... MORE
TENSIONS SIMMERING IN GEORGIA’S JAVAKHETI REGION
The recent anti-terrorist operations in Georgia (see EDM July 25, 29) have overshadowed coverage of anti-Georgian developments flaring in Georgia's turbulent Javakheti region, a southern... MORE