Military hope and support of Georgia 2009-01-23 13:35 On January 20 Estonia’s Defense Ministry delegation led by the head of international communications department Christian Frik arrived in Tbilisi. As a result of the visit a 2009 plan of cooperation between two Defense Ministries was elaborated.

Refugees in South Ossetia. Five months after the war… 2009-01-23 13:19 Five months after the August events South Ossetia still faces humanitarian problems. They were discussed on 19th January in Moscow at a meeting between the commissioner for the Council of Europe Thomas Hammarberg and the chairman of the State Duma international affairs committee Konstantin Kosachev.

Dvani: shooting on the sly and on the hush 2009-01-22 13:25 Georgia reported on another incident on the border with South Ossetia. According to the republic’s Interior Ministry information two Georgian policemen were injured in shooting from South Ossetia near Dvani village.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

“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.