Archive by 2009-01-21

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EMERCOM: 3 bln spent for post-conflict recovery of South Ossetia 2009-01-21 17:42 EMERCOM spent 3 bln roubles for post-conflict recovery of South Ossetia, stated Sergey Shoigu in the course of his one-day working trip to Lipetsk region.

Laborites demand sanctions against Saakashvili 2009-01-21 17:15 The Labour Party of Georgia requests the US Congress to introduce political and diplomatic sanctions against Georgian administration and, in particular, Mikheil Saakashvili, stated today Shalva Natelashvili, the leader of the party. – RosBalt.

PACE charges Moscow of incomplete implementation of resolutions on the Caucasus 2009-01-21 16:25 Russia implemented not all regulations of the October resolution on South Ossetia, stated Luis Maria de Puig, the head of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the statement of the Assembly press service claims.

Court of Strasbourg considered seven claims of South Ossetians against Georgia 2009-01-21 15:38 The European Court of Human Rights considered seven claims concerning actions of Georgia during the conflict in South Ossetia in early August 2008, RIA Novosti informs.

European Commissioner urges to conduct more effective reforms in Georgia 2009-01-21 14:13 Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy believes that Georgia, despite all its hardships, sustains its course for democratic relations, bur it needs to conduct more effective reforms, Ferrero-Waldner said one day before her press conference in Tbilisi, Regnum informs.

Vashadze: Georgian-US relations will be closer 2009-01-21 14:08 In coming years the relations of Georgia and the USA will become closer than in the past, stated Grigol Vashadze, the Foreign Minister of Georgia, as he commented upon the inauguration of Barack Obama, the new US president, Day.Az informs.

The First Lady attended the inauguration ceremony of Barack Obama 2009-01-21 12:18 Sandra Roelofs, the First Lady of Georgia, attended the inauguration of Barack Obama, held on January 20th. According to Rustavi 2, she was staying in Washington D.C. with her elder son.

Lavrov is concerned about new trouble spots in the Caucasus 2009-01-21 11:28 Sergey Lavrov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, is concerned about new trouble spots in the Caucasus due to the build-up of Georgian military presence, as he stated at yesterday’s meeting with Thomas Hammarberg, The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights.

The November 7th Movement starts a new wave of protest actions 2009-01-21 10:11 Since January 28th the November 7th Movement (the Georgian opposition movement) starts a new wave of protest actions.

Articles

Attack against memorandum on Inguri hydroelectric plant 2009-01-21 17:41 On January 20 Inter RAO UES CEO Evgeny Dod arrived in Sukhum in order to discuss the questions of the InguriGES functioning with Abkhazia’s president Sergey Bagapsh.
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Russia lifts the border curtain 2009-01-21 15:00 This week it became known that Russia is once again issuing visas for Georgian citizens. In Tbilisi this is being viewed as a step towards normalizing relations between the countries, and very few people in Georgia doubt that this is necessary.
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Fruitful meeting in Smolenskaya square 2009-01-21 14:06 The Foreign Ministers of Russia and South Ossetia – Sergey Lavrov and Murat Jioev - met in Moscow on January 20 to discuss the prospects of future cooperation between two countries making noticeable headway as they both acknowledged.
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Opinions

Does the wedding ceremony signal Georgia’s return to a monarchy?
On 8th February, the Remembrance Day for the great Tsar David the Builder from the House of Bagrationi, who unified Georgia in the 12th century, members of two royal dynasties will be getting married – Prince David Bagrationi-Mukhraneli and Anna Mukhraneli. Where exactly the ceremony will take place – in Tbilisi or in the ancient capital Mtskheta – has not yet been decided.
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Analitic

Arms Decree for Georgia. International resonance 2009-01-21 14:23 January 19: Russia’s President signed a decree on “Ban on sale of military and double-purpose products to Georgia”. Ukraine’s reaction was rather pained.
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The sniper assassin: if the killing was ordered, then by whom?.. 2009-01-21 10:03 Georgia’s Minister for Reintegration Temur Yakobashvili has declared that Moscow is trying to provoke Georgia into an armed response.
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