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Georgian manufacturers to participate in the international Green Week exhibition 2009-01-08 16:54 Georgian manufacturers will participate in the Green Week: the international exhibition of food industry, agriculture and horticulture, held in Berlin, on January 16-25 th.

Laborites: Saakashvili proposes the USA to place military bases in Georgia 2009-01-08 16:07 The Labor party of Georgia claims that Mikhail Saakashvili, Georgian President, proposes the USA to place American military bases in Georgian territory.

Alliance of the Republicans and the New Rights holds consultations with Public Defender 2009-01-08 15:35 Sozar Subari, Public Defender of Georgia, will possibly soon join the recently established alliance of the New Rights and the Republicans.

Georgian ambassador to the USA: the Charter to be signed on January 9th 2009-01-08 15:33 Batu Kutelia, the new Georgian ambassador to the USA, this morning left for Washington D.C., Rustavi 2 informs. Before his departure Kutelia was interviewed by the TV company and said that the strategic partnership treaty between Georgia and the USA will be signed on January 9th.

Georgia to work coal for Germany 2009-01-08 13:52 Gruzugol, the Georgian company, a part of Georgian Industrial Group, will work coal for Knaufff, the German company.

Georgian and US Ministers of Defense to meet in Washington 2009-01-08 13:09 Today in Washington D.C. the meeting of Georgian and the US Ministers of Defense is to be held at 2 p.m. (Tbilisi time) behind the closed doors.

New Georgian ambassador to the USA started work 2009-01-08 12:20 Batu Kutelia, appointed the ambassador of Georgia to the USA, today starts his work in his new position.

Georgian highland villages are cut off because of heavy snowfalls 2009-01-08 11:57 Heavy snowfalls practically cut off highland villages of Svaneti (district in West Georgia).

Georgian Foreign Ministry accuses Dutch journalist of false information 2009-01-08 11:17 Georgian Foreign Ministry commented on the reportage devoted to August events in Georgia, that went in the air of NOS Journal of NOS TV company (The Netherlands). The Ministry accused the Dutch journalist in false information spread.

Articles

Still no gas for Tskhinval 2009-01-08 16:11 On January 5 Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller reported that according to his information Georgia was ready to resume gas supply to South Ossetia. However later the Georgian side disproved this information. Tskhinval still has no natural gas for heating.
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“Architect of Georgian economy” is suspected of violations 2009-01-08 13:04 The Chamber Control is studying financial activity of Kakha Bendukidze that is now at the head of the government administration. One of the brightest Russian businessmen at the end of the 90s, "the father" of liberal economic reforms in Georgia he is in the list of the richest people of Russia and Georgia and now the inspection authorities of the latter are carrying out close examination of activities of this influential politician from Saakashvili's team.
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Church calls for rescue of agriculture 2009-01-08 10:09 Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II's Christmas Epistle did not omit the severe problems the country is facing.
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Analitic

Seven forms of patriotism for just one granny 2009-01-08 10:00 Once an acquaintance of mine happened to tell me a fascinating story. Throughout the course of his grandmother’s life (she was a Carpathian peasant), she lived under seven different states – though not once leaving her own peasant house. Powers fought, borders shifted, but she just carried on living as she always had. She cared for her cow, picked tomatoes, watered her apple trees, willingly helped her neighbours, and always found a glass of milk for anyone passing by. But she sometimes only had a vague conception of what regime she was under at that moment.
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