Archive by 2009-03-02

News

Eduard Shevarnadze claimed he doesn’t cooperate with Alasania and Burjanadze 2009-03-02 17:22 Eduard Shevarnadze, the ex-President of Georgia, refuted messages of his consultations with Irakli Alasania and Nino Burjanadze - ITAR TASS.

Conservatives sue the Ministry of Energy of Georgia 2009-03-02 16:04 The Conservative party of Georgia intends to sue the ministry of energy since the latter refused to hand over the opposition the information, which, in the view of the conservative, must be published.

Vashadze accused Russia of attempt to fail Geneva Talks 2009-03-02 14:11 Grigol Vashadze, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, accused Russia of attempt to fail Geneva Talks.

Swiss embassy in Tbilisi to start issuing Russian visas on March 4th 2009-03-02 13:09 On march 4th the Swiss embassy in Tbilisi, in the mediator country status, will expectedly start issuing Russian visas for Georgian citizens, stated Grigol Vashadze, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, at today’s briefing.

President of Georgia asked for forgiveness 2009-03-02 11:51 On the Forgiveness Sunday, celebrated on March 1st , Mikheil Saakashvili, the President of Georgia, asked God and his people for forgiveness.

Burjanadze believes Saakashvili is inadequate 2009-03-02 11:10 Nino Burjanadze, the leader of the Democratic Movement-United Georgia, the ex-Speaker of the Parliament, today stated of the inadequacy of Mikheil Saakashvili, the Georgian leader – The Vzglyad .

Protest action to be held in Tbilisi today 2009-03-02 10:30 Today Georgian opposition will hold a protest action in front of the Parliament building in Tbilisi – Regnum.

Articles

Abkhazia’s Olympic breakthrough has been set back 2009-03-02 10:02 Russia’s preparations for the Sochi-2014 Games have been disrupted by the economic crisis. It has already enforced changes to the plans for Abkhazia’s involvement in Olympic construction. However, neither Sukhumi nor Moscow can afford to lag behind the deadlines that have been set. After all, it’s not just the economy involved in this project, but politics as well.
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Saakashvili has decided to become a “dove” 2009-03-02 10:01 On 25 February, Mikheil Saakashvili spoke out in support of restoring diplomatic relations with Russia. At the same time he declared that he would never submit to the three Russian embassies on “Georgian territory”, hinting at the diplomatic missions in the neighbouring republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
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Damnation and praise from USA 2009-03-02 09:57 US Department of State published the annual report on human rights in the world. Overseas experts focused on the assessment of over 190 world countries. Georgian authorities were optimistic even about criticism from Washington because Russia is scolded much more fiercely.
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Another arms scandal in store for Kiev? 2009-03-02 09:55 February 25: The Ministry of Press and Mass Communications of South Ossetia disseminated information that Georgia was planning to purchase AP mines in Ukraine. Official Kiev contradicts it.
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Opinions

Who knows anything about rumours of another war in the Caucasus?
The revelations by an expert and commentator for “Novaya Gazeta”, Pavel Felgenhauer, about preparations being taken for a war with Georgia have disturbed the public. The Georgian authorities were the first to respond to them. They spent all last week scaring the people with talk of possible aggression from Russia. The opposition thinks that the authorities are deliberately stifling the mood for protest using the Russian threat.
2009-03-02 10:04

Analitic

GUAM relies on a European “donor” 2009-03-02 09:59 Representatives of Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova (GUAM) have just arrived in Kiev for the opening of the organization’s headquarters. In the coming days they will have to work hard searching for an action plan to fight the economic crisis.
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