http://georgiatimes.info/GeorgiaTimes.infohttp://www.georgiatimes.info/pix/logo100en.gifhttp://georgiatimes.info/?lang=enhttp://www.georgiatimes.info/en/articles/25952.htmlYesterday 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.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:25:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/interview/25950.htmlThe foreign investor reproached the Georgian government for its inability to protect private property. On the background of endless groaning of functionaries on how Georgia needs investments the indifference to the situation of the Rustavi Metallurgical Plant is unclear. The director of the British company «Thames Steels» that used to own plant assets made a declaration on the violation of legal owners’ rights and on complicity of Georgian courts with criminal organizations.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:23:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/analysis/25943.htmlThe Georgian politics has long been developing on the basis of paradoxes that generally lead to conflicts. At present, another turn of confrontation is coming against the background of political lull. Unlike in spring, the opposition is calling upon the ruling majority to get down to the negotiating table to reform the electoral code and is already accusing the authorities of developing another scheme of fixing the elections.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:31:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/25940.htmlGeorgia’s ex PM, now opposition For Fair Georgia leader Zurab Nogaideli thinks Saakashvili will make history as a coward.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:26:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/25938.htmlAnother group of the accused of the mutiny at the military base in Mukhrovani (seven persons) agreed to a plea bargain with the prosecution.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:10:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/25934.htmlOn November 22 Georgia’s ex PM, now opposition For Fair Georgia leader Zurab Nogaideli is coming to Moscow on a 4-day working visit.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:44:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/25929.htmlTbilisi Mayor’s office denied Georgian NGOs a rally on November 23 in Rustaveli avenue.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:32:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/articles/25918.htmlWho 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.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:40:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/25912.html“Now we have no money for filmmaking, - Saakashvili confessed. – As soon as we have it we will start helping our film directors’.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:05:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/25908.htmlAccording to Bagaturia, he has information confirming that in the territory of ex 8th regiment in Tbilisi refugees are forcedly evicted from the building of a former kindergarten.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:25:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/25904.htmlNevertheless, deputies of the Georgian parliament are going to calm the people down and pay a visit to the village personally. According to Jondi Bagaturia a certain group of people disseminates information on “threat-containing activities” now under preparation that make people panic.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:05:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/25901.htmlLarge-scale movements of troops, also around Tbilisi and Gori are planned in Georgia.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:53:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/25895.html“We had Ukrainian arms, - he said. – In a small amount by the way and I believe those were Soviet arms anyway”.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:41:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/25878.htmlThe meeting will be attended by leaders of both parliamentary and non-parliamentary opposition. Non-parliamentary opposition will be represented by the Traditionalist Party chairman Akaky Asatiani. All representatives of the parliamentary opposition will take part in the meeting.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:11:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/25876.html“International law is invalid presently. If it was valid the Nagorno-Karabakh issue would be solved”, - First Deputy Chairman of Azerbaijan’s Parliament Ziyafet Askerov said, Trend news agency reports.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:09:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/25870.htmlAt the meeting on December 4 in Brussels Russian and NATO FMs will debate on the “road map” for closer partnership.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:40:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/25869.htmlOver the phone talk with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on November 18 US Vice President Joseph Biden reiterated support for Georgia’s territorial integrity on behalf of Washington.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:22:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/interview/25847.htmlThe long-suffering Imedi (Hope) TV channel is the center of attention again. Recently, Court of London delivered an expert report confirming the fact that Badri Patarkatsishvili’s will was composed after his death. As GeorgiaTimes correspondent found out, it does not mean that the media assets are now going to pass to the family of the decedent and that the channel will again become the voice of the opposition. It is Boris Berezovskiy who might become the new owner of the Georgian Hope.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:18:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/analysis/25846.htmlSome Georgian teenagers will have to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Ossetian prison. Unless the international community that has stood up staunchly for them will receive a rebate. The unfairness of foreign politicians rouses indignation in Ossetian mothers. The youngest of the children kidnapped by Georgians a year ago was just 15 years old, but that crime did not draw any response of the UN, PACE and other structures of the kind. It seems that Western compassion is somewhat selective.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:44:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/articles/25841.htmlWhile 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.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:30:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/25839.htmlPart of the Georgian opposition is going to hold a protest action near the parliament of Georgia on November 25.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:22:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/25837.htmlThe amount of funds from Georgia’s budget set aside for liquidation of consequences of natural disasters is additionally increased to GEL 10 mln.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:09:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/25835.htmlToday is the first bidding day for the Central Republic Hospital (Tbilisi) privatization.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:23:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/25831.htmlThe Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly does not plan to discuss the report by the Georgian delegation on “the war between Russia and Georgia” at its winter session at the end of January 2010.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:58:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/25830.htmlAt today’s meeting in Kiev Ukrainian President Viktor Yushenko assured his Georgian counterpart Mikheil Saakashvili that his country would not recognize Abkhazia’s and South Ossetia’s independence.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:27:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/25823.htmlAt today’s meeting in Kiev Ukrainian President Viktor Yushenko assured his Georgian counterpart Mikheil Saakashvili that his country would not recognize Abkhazia’s and South Ossetia’s independence.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:51:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/25822.htmlFor Fair Georgia opposition movement leader, ex PM Zurab Nogaideli is coming to Moscow one of these days.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:41:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/25819.htmlGeorgian opposition asks the USA for funds to be spent on creation of programs on opposition Maestro and Kavkasia TV.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:13:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/25811.htmlThe opposition Peruvian Nationalist Party calls on the leaders of the republic to recognize South Ossetia’s and Abkhazia’s independence.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:30:00 +0300http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/25804.htmlGeorgia is going to sue Megafon (Russia) in court again. The issue will be considered at today’s session of The Interim Parliamentary Commission on restoration of the country’s territorial integrity.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:38:00 +0300