‘Georgia’ Archives
Assembly of Tbilisi Armenians collecting 1915 symbolic signatures to appeal to Georgian President
Assembly of Tbilisi Armenians (ATA) is collecting 1915 symbolic signatures to urge the Georgian President, parliament Speaker, all parliamentarians as well as all leading Georgian political parties to recognize the Armenian Genocide. The action will continue until April 18. ATA representatives [...]
Sargsyan-Erdogan meeting: no progress in Armenian-Turkish process
The meeting between RA President Serzh Sargsyan and Turkish Premier Recep Erdogan in Washington did not cause any progress in the Armenian-Turkish relations, the specialist in Turkic studies Ruben Melkonyan told journalists on April 14. “That meeting was planned to specify the sides’ [...]
AGIP likely to be implemented earlier than Nabucco
April 13, Romania, Azerbaijan and Georgia signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in gas sector. AGIP project implementation (Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romania Interconnector) will allow Caspian gas supply to Europe from Azerbaijan to Romania via Georgia. According to Romanian Economy [...]
Shevardnadze opposes deployment of U.S. bases in Georgia
Former Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze considers that there should be no U.S. bases on the territory of Georgia. Commenting on information by media, he said “it will be a crime to deploy American troops in Georgia. This should not happen.” According to Kavkaz press, U.S. military [...]
Saakashvili declared April 11 mourning day in Georgia
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili declared April 11 a mourning day in Georgia in commemoration of Polish president Lech Kaczynski’s plane crash, said Georgian president’s spokesperson Manana Manjgaladze at April 10 press conference. According to her, Saakashvili signed a decree on [...]
Georgian servicemen non-grata at Moscow parade
Georgian army servicemen will not participate in May 9 Victory-Day military parade to be held in Moscow, spokesman for RF defense ministry colonel Alexei Kuznetsov told the journalists. “The invitations were sent to CIS member-states. Georgia is not part of the CIS,” RIA Novosti quotes [...]
Turkey first needs to make peace with Armenians in Turkey
Hayko Bağdat, an Armenian who was born and raised in Turkey, says peace between Turkish and Armenian people is more important for him than Turkey's normalization of relations with Armenia because he would like to have a “normalized life” in Turkey, where he lives. “Turkey may or may not [...]
TBILISI FINALLY GETTING SWINE FLU VACCINE
It might be a case of better late than never. Georgia is due to receive its first batch of Swine Flu vaccine, just as the influenza season is drawing to a close. Georgia has not been particularly hard-hit by the H1N1 virus so far. The country has officially recorded less than 1,300 cases of [...]
Saakashvili accessorial to scandalous Imedi video?
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was art and part of scandalous program on 2010 Russian invasion hoax on Imedi TV, Kviris Palitra newspaper reads. The survey shows that of 403 respondents, 63% are confident that Saakashvili was aware of the false video. 8.7% of the pollees consider [...]
Russia frets over Gitmo inmates to Georgia
MOSCOW, March 27 (UPI) -- A Russian official says the United States, which is transferring three Guantanamo prisoners to Georgia, should make sure there are no problems. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said the transfer of the three Guantanamo detainees to the South [...]