‘Georgia’ Archives
Georgia to build new city at Black Sea coast
A new city called Lazika will be built at Georgia’s Black Sea coast, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili stated on Sunday, adding that Lazika will be the country’s second largest city, after the capital Tbilisi. “It will be Western Georgia’s commercial and economic, and [...]
Georgian parliament amended law to detriment of Armenian Church
Georgian parliament on Tuesday session amended Civil Code. It partially eliminated the legal status, which has been previously granted to some religious communities including Armenian Apostolic Church. According to new amendments, religious communities have right to register as religious [...]
Armenian Apostolic Church welcomes Georgian parliament decision granting church legal status
Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) of Georgian diocese welcomes the decision of the Georgian parliament to grant legal status to five religious organizations including AAC. “This step is typical to a democratic state. Not only AAC but also other religious communities have expected such status to [...]
Visit of All-Armenian Catholicos to Georgia is over: communiqué not signed
Joint communiqué between Georgian and Armenian churches was not signed during the visit of Catholicos of All Armenians to Georgia. Working process and comparison of positions still continue, reported Metropolitan Gerasim, the head of foreign affairs department of Georgian Patriarchate. He [...]
Georgia, Azerbaijan to expand trade relations
Georgian Minister of Economic Development Zurab Pololikashvili and his Azerbaijani counterpart Shahin Mustafayev signed a protocol on the completion of bilateral talks on appearance of the countries' commodities and services in the markets. The document signing ceremony was held in the Georgian [...]
Visa regime between Georgia and EU relaxed
Today European Commission put forward an initiative on relaxation of EU-Georgia visa requirements. Agreement draft was drawn up following the recent talks between Georgia and EU. According to the settlement, the ease of visa issuance for Georgian citizens traveling to EU states is planned. In [...]
PACE President to visit Armenia, Russia and Georgia
PACE President Mevlut Cavusoglu plans to discuss the activities of sub-commission on Nagorno-Karabakh with leaders of Armenian and Azerbaijani delegations. The meeting will be held within the framework of PACE spring session, which started on April 26, Cavusoglu stated at a press-conference. [...]
Obama again dissapointed Armenians
We post the statement of President Barack Obama on Armenian Remembrance Day, issued by White House. On this solemn day of remembrance, we pause to recall that ninety-five years ago one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century began. In that dark moment of history, 1.5 million Armenians were [...]
Yerevan-Tbilisi flights resumed
“Armavia” air company will resume Yerevan-Tbilisi-Yerevan flights starting April 23, company’s press secretary informed. Flights to be carried out twice a day. Armenia-Georgia air communication was temporarily suspended since February 1, 2010. According to Georgian United Transport [...]
Georgians blame Russian special services in Polish aircrash
The survey conducted by Georgian Kviris Palitra newspaper shows that 50.2% of 402 respondents consider that Russian intelligence services were involved in the crash of Polish President’s aircraft. Only 7.6% of the pollees do not believe in this version of the crash near Smolensk, while 42.2% [...]