Archive by 2009-01-12

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Georgia and Switzerland exchanged notes 2009-01-12 17:36 Today Grigol Vashadze, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, met Micheline Calmy Rey, the Swiss Foreign Minister, staying in Tbilisi with an official visit.

Georgian ex-Permanent Representative to the UN to attend Obama’s inauguration 2009-01-12 17:24 Ex-Permanent Representative of Georgia to the UN, Irakli Alasania, will attend inauguration of Barack Obama, announces Manana Nachkebia, one of the New Rights leaders.

Georgians are more afraid of unemployment than of political instability 2009-01-12 17:03 People of Georgia regard unemployment as the most frightening consequence of the global economic crisis.

OSCE to check Tbilisi – Tskhinval gas pipeline 2009-01-12 15:27 OSCE will participate in the check of the Tbilisi-Tskhinval gas pipeline, said Murat Dzhioyev, the Foreign Minister of South Ossetia, ITAR-TASS informs.

Georgian ex-Prime Minister to proclaim his version of Zurab Zhvania’s death 2009-01-12 14:01 Zurab Nogaideli, the ex-PM of Georgia, has own version his predecessor’s death.

Georgia repaired the gas pipeline supplying Armenia with Russian gas 2009-01-12 13:59 Repair works were finished one day before the date set. Capacities of the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline for compensation of the gas arriving in the country, were not used, Day.Az informs.

Georgian administration does not intend to conduct early elections 2009-01-12 13:11 Georgian administration does not intend to conduct early elections. ”In the light of economic crisis every kopeck must go to the needs of population, not politicians”, stated Gigi Ugulava, the Mayor of Tbilisi, in the air of Georgian First Channel, Regnum informs.

Tskhinval reports on attempts of firing from Georgian side 2009-01-12 12:51 South Ossetian Foreign Ministry reports of the attempt to fire Tskhinval from a grenade launcher.

Russian gas to be returned to Armenia on January 13th 2009-01-12 12:07 Russian gas supplies to Armenia will be resumed on January 13th (Tuesday), Novosti-Armenia informs alluding to Shushan Sardaryan, the Press Secretary of ArmGazprom.

Georgia’s possible joining NATO must be agreed with Russia 2009-01-12 11:35 Issue of possible joining of Georgia and Ukraine to NATO must be examined with consideration of opinion and position of Russia, stared Hervé Morin, the Minister of Defense of France in the joint program of RFI (French radio station) and TV-5 (Russian TV channel), ITAR-TASS informs.

Conflict between Mgaloblishvili and Saakashvili is an “insinuation” 2009-01-12 10:38 Last night in the live air of Georgian Public TV Gigi Ugulava, the Mayor of Tbilisi, called messages of a number of mass media on a supposed “serious conflict” between the President, Mikhail Saakashvili, and the Prime Minister, Grigol Mgaloblishvili “insinuations”, ITAR-TASS informs. “Such messages are absolutely groundless rumours”, Ugulava stated.

Tskhinval accuses Tbilisi of politicization of the gas issue 2009-01-12 10:07 Murat Dzioyev, the Foreign Minster of South Ossetia, believes that Georgia politicizes the issue of gas supplies for the republic.

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Russia’s Defense Ministry reveals its plans for the future 2009-01-12 16:55 The 58th army units keep settling down in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. It was stated by Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Colonel-General Anatoly Nogovitsin on January 9.
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Inguri hydroelectric plant: compromise reached? 2009-01-12 16:45 Russia-based company INTER RAO UES OJSC and Georgia’s Energy Ministry signed the Memorandum of Understanding on “efficient operation of Inguri GES”. This agreement must eliminate all disputable maintenance issues for both Tbilisi and Sukhum.
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The breakdown cuts off gas to Armenia 2009-01-12 13:20 Tbilisi asserts that the accident on the gas pipeline carrying gas to Armenia would be eliminated without any external assistance.
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