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  • New wave of Privatization started

    New wave of Privatization started

    The Georgian government will start the new wave of privatization. The Georgian government disseminated the Press Release today informing about this event. They informed that for privatization will be announced the 100% share of Railway , Telecom, hotel "Gudauri", "Georgian Post Office",...

    20 October 2009, 00:07
  • Quantity of Georgian Armed Forces will be Unchangeable for the next year

    Quantity of Georgian Armed Forces will be Unchangeable for the next year

    The quantity of Georgian armed forces will be unchangeable for the next year. It will consist of 37 thousand people. In this connection today the legislative initiative was initiated - "About the approval of the Georgian Armed Forces". According to the Bill, President asked the Parliament to...

    19 October 2009, 18:38
  • Mamuka Areshidze: Government has to pay much more attention to Pankisi

    Mamuka Areshidze: Government has to pay much more attention to Pankisi

    Mamuka Areshidze, expert in Caucasus Questions declared that Georgian government has to be more careful with Pankisi valley. Mamuka Areshidze said in conversation with the news agency GHN that, a few years ago Pankisi was associated with a terroristic groups and Russian Federation even now tries to...

    19 October 2009, 16:58
  • Gia Khukhashvili: Opposition needs huge effort to restore undermined authority

    Gia Khukhashvili: Opposition needs huge effort to restore undermined authority

    Expert Gia Khukhashvili said that the opposition will need to make a huge effort to gather the people, to mobilise the society. He declared to GHN that society does not trust the opposition (level of trust to them is too low). For this the opposition needs to employ tactics. "The society is...

    19 October 2009, 13:12
  • Christian Democrates Demand Direct Elections to City Hall

    Christian Democrates Demand Direct Elections to City Hall

    Today on October 19 the representatives of"Christian-Democrates" political party will start to gather the signatures with demand to hold a direct elections to the post of a Mayor in the big towns of Georgia. For this the representatives of the party are planning to hold press-conferences...

    19 October 2009, 12:45
  • Russia and Abkhazia to fight against illegal migration

    Russia and Abkhazia to fight against illegal migration

    Today on October 19 Russian Fedeation and Abkhazia will sign an agreement about the joint fight against illegal migration. By the information of Russian agencies, the agreement will stipulate the cooperation of the parties in determination of violations of the illegal border crossing. Russian...

    19 October 2009, 11:21
  • Russia started to mine the Abkhaian administrative border

    Russia started to mine the Abkhaian administrative border

    Today morning near the administrative border of the villages Tagiloni and Otobaia, Russian militaries expoloded the territory were the buses of several villages of the lower zone of Gali region, were able to pass by the road to Zugdidi, GHN reports. The above mentioned is connected with the measures...

    18 October 2009, 21:51
  • UN calls for action and investment to eradicate global poverty

    UN calls for action and investment to eradicate global poverty

    The United Nations today marked the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declaring that the fight against a scourge that afflicts over a billion people around the world is at a critical juncture. "At a time of multiple global crises, the poorest...

    18 October 2009, 18:22
  • Saakashvili on Media Freedom in Georgia

    Saakashvili on Media Freedom in Georgia

    President Saakashvili said in an interview with CNN's Connect the World, when asked about media freedom in Georgia: "We have twenty seven independent channels in Georgia; we have dozens of political talk shows everyday." "I think we are politicized society to the extent you won't...

    18 October 2009, 12:31
  • Grigol Vashadze: Moscow Wants to Start Talks with Tbilisi

    Grigol Vashadze: Moscow Wants to Start Talks with Tbilisi

    There are "signals" indicating that Russia wants to start talks with Georgia, but it is impossible under the current condition when Moscow continues occupying 20% of the country's territory, Grigol Vashadze, the Georgian foreign minister, said on October 16. "Signals are coming...

    18 October 2009, 08:28
  • Georgian Minister reviewed Georgia-Russia problems in London

    Georgian Minister reviewed Georgia-Russia problems in London

    Within the official visit to Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze delivered speech in the Great Britain Royal Institute of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Vashadze spoke about the problems in Georgia-Russia relations. The politilogists and journalists, who are interested...

    14 October 2009, 19:37
  • Russia's new military doctrine allows pre-emptive nuclear strikes

    Russia's new military doctrine allows pre-emptive nuclear strikes

    (RIA Novosti) - Russia's new military doctrine does not rule out pre-emptive nuclear strikes against potential aggressors, the head of its Security Council said on Wednesday. "An option is stipulated for the possibility of using nuclear weapons depending on the situation and the intentions...

    14 October 2009, 18:56
  • U.S. sees no reason for missile shield in Georgia - Clinton

    U.S. sees no reason for missile shield in Georgia - Clinton

    (RIA Novosti) - Washington sees no reason to deploy elements of its missile shield in Georgia, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the Ekho Moskvy radio station on Wednesday. Vice-chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. James Cartwright earlier said the U.S. was likely to deploy an...

    14 October 2009, 18:53
  • Clinton speaks out against killings of Russian journalists

    Clinton speaks out against killings of Russian journalists

    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton turned from meetings with top Russian officials to speak to the public on Wednesday, criticizing Moscow over the failure to solve the killings of journalists. Clinton held a town hall-style meeting with students at the prestigious Moscow State University and...

    14 October 2009, 18:51
  • Georgia downplays Russia statement on preventive nuclear strikes

    Georgia downplays Russia statement on preventive nuclear strikes

    Russia's decision to include preemptive nuclear strikes in its revised military doctrine is mostly a political move and does not pose a real threat, Georgia's top security official said Wednesday. The head of Russia's Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, said in an interview in the Wednesday...

    14 October 2009, 18:40