Archive by 2009-02-18

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Next round of the consultations on Caucasus to be held in end May-early June 2009-02-18 18:19 The next round of Geneva Talks on settlement and stabilization of situation on Caucasus will be held in end May-early June 2009, shared the informed sources in the Palace of Nations.

First success achieved in Geneva 2009-02-18 18:04 The participants of the 4th round of Geneva Talks managed to agree the text of the proposal on establishment of the joint mechanism of incidents in border zones of Georgia and South Ossetia, as well as Georgia and Abkhazia prevention and timely response.

Georgia and the Czech Republic to sign agreement on secret information protection 2009-02-18 17:35 The governments of Georgia and the Czech Republic intend to sign an agreement on exchange and bilateral protection of secret information in nearest future.

USA to train Georgian servicemen 2009-02-18 16:55 The USA considers the request of Tbilisi to resume training of Georgian servicemen, stated General Carter Ham, the Commander of U.S. Army Europe and 7th Army.

Glukhova intends to seek assistance of Russian authorities 2009-02-18 15:50 "I will write an address to the President of Russia to let him help me to process documents for departing for Georgia and liberate my son", she said.

David Kereselidze was appointed the head of the State Chancellery 2009-02-18 15:06 Nika Gilauri, the PM of Georgia, appointed David Kereselidze the head of the State Chancellery, Interfax reports, alluding to the press service of the Georgian government.

OSCE mandate in Georgia prolongation issue to be discussed in Vienna 2009-02-18 14:22 On February 20th , at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Georgia intends to strive for prolongation of this organization mandate in the conflict areas again.

David Bakradze conducted meetings in Lithuania 2009-02-18 12:30 Yesterday David Bakradze, the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, conducted a number of meetings with the government of Lithuania representatives, the press service of the Georgian Parliament informs.

The fourth round of Geneva Talks finishes 2009-02-18 11:29 The fourth round of the consultations on settlement and stabilization of the situation on Caucasus will finish today in Geneva.

Grigol Vashadze to conduct a number of meetings in Warsaw 2009-02-18 10:55 Grigol Vashadze, the Foreign Minister of Georgia is staying with an official visit in Warsaw and is to hold a number of meetings with the Polish government representatives.

OSCE Chairperson and US Secretary of State to discuss situation on Caucasus 2009-02-18 10:07 On February 25th the meeting of Greek Foreign Minister, Dora Bakoyannis and the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, will be held.

Articles

Tskhinval’s response to gas blockade 2009-02-18 15:07 From April 1 the water transit from South Ossetia to Georgia will be for a fee. This decision was taken by the republic’s president Edward Kokoyty.
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Diplomatic body joins the battle 2009-02-18 13:21 Yesterday Georgia’s ex Ambassador to the UN Irakli Alasania who filed his resignation last December and turned to the opposition presented his team. The key players are his ex colleagues, ex diplomats. There are eight people in total united by the slogan “We create tomorrow’s future today”.
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Fourth round? A crucial one? 2009-02-18 10:02 Today, February 17, is the start of another round of Caucasus security talks between Russia, Georgia, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, the USA, UN, OSCE and EU. The parties plan to coordinate a number of documents.
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Russian lobbyists entrenched in the EU? 2009-02-18 09:56 The Georgian delegation in Brussels is going to raise the issue of formation of a separate EU-Georgia committee. This suggestion can be taken as a reaction to the activity of the EU international committee (EUIC) for investigation of causes of Georgian-Ossetian conflict which is openly disliked in Tbilisi.
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Opinions

Three lari for the health of the nation
Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili proposed a new system of health insurance in his recent speech to parliament. Admittedly, this initiative came about two months later than it was meant to, because from the beginning of the year the free service for almost all categories of citizens was stopped. Both patients and doctors are suffering.
2009-02-18 10:04