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News

Situation with gas supplies to South Ossetia is a political game of Saakashvili 2009-01-07 17:23 At the next Genovese discussions South Ossetian side intends to raise a question of gas supplies to the republic, said Boris Chochiev, the Plenipotentiary of South Ossetian President on post-conflict settlement, as he commented upon the statement of Alexander Khetaguri, the Minister of Energy of Georgia, the republican Committee on Information and Press informs.

Grenade found in the centre of Tbilisi 2009-01-07 16:24 In Christmas day a grenade was found it the centre of Tbilisi. According to Rustavi 2, the F-1 type grenade was found in Kostava street, near the Europa casino, at the territory of the house under construction.

Council on struggle with corruption starts its work in Georgia 2009-01-07 16:15 In Georgia the inter-agency council on struggle with corruption has been manned and started its work .

Traditional Christmas procession to be held in Tbilisi 2009-01-07 15:55 Alilo, the procesiion that has already become traditional, will be held in Christmas. It starts today at 2 p.m. in Tbilisi, at the Rose square and will be finished in the Holy Trinity Cathedral.

Nicolas Cage shoots a movie about Georgia and plays Saakashvili 2009-01-07 14:45 Nicolas Cage, a renowned Hollywood actor, will shoot a movie about the August events in the Caucasus and Russian-Georgian conflict.

Georgia wants peace but not at the price of territorial integrity 2009-01-07 12:51 Mikhail Saakashvili, the President of Georgia, said that he shares the position of Ilia II, the Patriarch-Catholicos of All Georgia, the latter expressed at the Christmas liturgy in the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi.

Georgian Public Broadcasting finance will count above USD 15 mln 2009-01-07 11:55 The finance of Georgian Public Broadcasting (GPB) will count over GEL 25.5 mln (USD 15.4 mln). This sum is going to be allocated from the state budget, passed by the Parliament, on December 30th 2008. This sum exceeds the last-year finance on GEL 597600 .

Changes in structure of Interior Ministry and ministry of Defense 2009-01-07 11:13 Following the order of Georgian President, Mikhail Saakashvili, the Ministry of Defense and the Interior Ministry partially changed their structure, RIA-Novosti informs, alluding to the press service of the Ministry of Defense.

Georgian government keeps text of the Georgian-American treaty secret 2009-01-07 10:39 Georgian Conservative party expresses protest against the fact that Georgian government keeps the text of the strategic partnership treaty between the USA and Georgia, to be signed on January 9th , secret.

Articles

Charter instead of framework agreement 2009-01-07 12:56 Before the end of the week Georgia and the USA will sign the Charter on strategic partnership in Washington.
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Opinions

It is shameful and absurd not to find a common language
There are no more than 50,000 ethnic Russians left in Georgia. How are they getting on now? Have attitudes towards them changed? Have cultural links between the Georgian and Russian intelligentsia been preserved? We have spoken about these things with Nikolay Sventitsky, president of the international cultural and educational union “The Russian Club” in Tbilisi and director at the Griboedov Russian Academic Theatre in Tbilisi.
2009-01-07 10:18