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Political Amnesty is Rather a Farce than Good Will 2009-11-20 18:25 Yesterday it was reported that eight political prisoners belonging to Georgian opposition were released. The leader of the «Alliance for Georgia» Irakly Alasania thinks that it is not due to the good will of the Georgian authorities but to the insistence of American politicians. At the same time human rights organizations demand the liberation of all political prisoners and threaten with more protest actions.

Who is going to be the next? 2009-11-20 15:40 Who is going to be the first to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia: Byelorussia or Peru? The delegation from Minsk has studied the situation in Tbilisi, Sukhum and Tskhinval to submit its conclusions to the parliament. At the same time, it became known that the opposition of Peru put forward a proposal to recognize the independence of the two Caucasian republics following the example of Nicaragua and Venezuela.

Georgian «Mafiosi» Feel Uncomfortable in the Slavonic Expanses 2009-11-19 18:30 While the Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili has left for Kiev to provide personal support to Viktor Jushchenko whose electorate loyalty level has faltered, his compatriot, the Georgian «thief-in-law» Paata Tchkhartishvili a.k.a. Prince has arrived in Ukraine to establish criminal contacts and redistribute the influence in the area of illegal hard drug circulation.

Legalized patriotism 2009-11-19 10:31 The Patriot’s Act, which has long been the subject of passionate discussions of the Georgian politicians will, perhaps, be legalized despite the protest expressed by radical opposition in October when the topic of “legalizing patriotism” was touched upon. By the way, the document “concerning patriotism” was initiated in the parliament by another oppositionist from the parliamentary minority. Our correspondent has found out what Tbilisi thinks about passing such a “patriotic” document.

Abkhazia’s unrequited Christian love 2009-11-18 17:47 The message sent by the Abkhaz Church to the Georgian and Russian “sisters” was ignored. The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) did not alter its position in respect of the territory of the Georgian patriarchy, while the Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) is contemplating upon an answer to such “nonsense”. Did the Abkhaz priests appeal for help in “restoring the canonical status of the Church in Abkhazia” in vain?

Opposition Waiting for American Support 2009-11-18 16:31 Though Georgian opposition leaders regularly speak of a need to restore contacts with Moscow, their main hopes are still linked with Washington. There is hardly a single person who would not have visited the Department of State for consultations. In spite of a quiet political autumn, the oppositionists are attacking their American friends with appeals to influence Saakashvili who has lost the image of a democrat. Will they hear the voice of Georgian politicians on the banks of the Potomak?

Saakashvili Racing to Rescue His Kiev Friend 2009-11-17 18:27 On 18-20 November the Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili will make an official visit to Ukraine. The Georgian Stationery Office preferred not to make comments on the details of this visit, but the Ukrainian mass media turned out to be more informed on the program prepared for the dear Georgian guest.

Supporters of the first president starved into surrender? 2009-11-17 16:12 Every day brings another scandal in Georgia. This time, it is the spinning-up story with the arrest of Tsotne, the son of the first Georgian President Zviad Gamsakhurdia. Following her son, his mother went on hunger strike, as well as their 60 supporters. GeorgiaTimes correspondent tried to find out the details of the whole affair from the first president’s wife Manana Archvadze-Gamsakhurdia and from the Georgian politicians and human rights defenders.

Squabbles in opposition consolidate authorities 2009-11-16 15:48 Georgia is in the middle of a pre-election scandal. It’s not the parliamentary or presidential elections the opposition keeps pressing for. The storm is there for the municipal election that as politicians and experts believe will be epoch-making implying a revolution from the inside. But even here the opposition and authorities can’t reach consensus.

Georgia’s new fairytales for NATO 2009-11-16 12:41 The NATO Parliamentary Assembly's 55th Session is taking place in Edinburgh bringing together some 340 parliamentarians from 28 member states of the North Atlantic Alliance. The session is organized as meetings of 5 specific committees that plan to discuss such issues as partnership with Russia, reinforcement of global nuclear non-proliferation in view of Teheran’s nuclear ambitions, developments in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Georgia’s and Ukraine’s chances to join NATO.