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Agreement to allocate USD 500 mln is signed in Tbilisi 2009-01-20 17:44 Today in Tbilisi Benita Ferrero -Waldner, EU Commissioner for External Relations and the State Minister for Integration into European and Euro-Atlantic Structures, Giorgiy Baramidze, signed an agreement to allocate USD 500 mln for Georgia from the side of the EU, RosBalt informs.

Bagapsh and Inter RAO UES head are holding a meeting 2009-01-20 17:05 Evgeniy Dod, the head of Inter RAO UES is discussing with administration of Abkhazia the issues of operating Inguri hydropower station, the biggest one in the region, ITAR TASS informs.

Vice Speaker of Georgian Parliament received Greek delegation 2009-01-20 16:21 Mikheil Machavariani, the Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, the acting Speaker, today received the delegation of the Greek Parliament, headed by Georgios Surlasis, the Deputy Speaker.

Tskhinval hopes for the soonest resumption of gas supplies 2009-01-20 15:22 South Ossetia counts on the soonest gas supplies to republic resumption. It may be possible owing to the efforts of Greek presidency in OSCE and Russia, said Murat Dzhioyev, the Foreign Minister of South Ossetia, RIA-Novosti informs.

One of the latest Bush’s phone talks was with Saakashvili 2009-01-20 13:52 George Bush made a number of calls before leaving the position of the US President. One of them was with Mikheil Saakashvili, the President of Georgia, Regnum informs.

Moscow urges the Council of Europe to affect Tbilisi 2009-01-20 13:49 Moscow requests the Council of Europe and its Parliamentary Assembly to urge Tbilisi to stop gas blockade of South Ossetia, the statement of the Department of Information and Press of the Foreign Ministry of Russia claims – RIA-Novosti.

Blast in Leninogori district: two Russian servicemen wounded 2009-01-20 12:08 Two Russian servicemen were wounded in the result of yesterday’s blast in Leninogori district (South Ossetia).

Opposition starts drive for signatures 2009-01-20 11:24 Georgian opposition collects signatures of population for early resignation of President Mikheil Saakashvili and snap elections. This action was being agreed by influential opposition forces in the course of the last week.

Foreign Ministers of Russia and South Ossetia to discuss measures to stop gas blockade from Georgian side 2009-01-20 10:53 Today Sergey Lavrov and Murat Dzhioyev will discuss a prospective of further economic and political cooperation between Russia and South Ossetia, ITAR-TASS informs.

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Information shootout in Galsky district 2009-01-20 17:04 January 19: Abkhazia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Shamba accused Georgia of aggravating the situation on the border due to false information disseminated by the Georgian side, he believes.
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PACE Resolution: from runarounds to constructive results 2009-01-20 14:36 On January 18 the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Presidential Committee delegation came to Moscow. At the meetings with the representatives of Russia the parties discussed implementation of the resolution on situation around South Ossetia adopted last autumn.
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“Creative” insult over Hillary’s report 2009-01-20 13:13 Hillary Clinton’s speech in the US Senate led to a scandal in Georgia.
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