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US Embassy Denies Georgian Airfields’ Inspection
(Tbilisi. March 26, 2003. Civil Georgia) – The US Embassy denies reports that American experts inspected a military airfield for possible use in the war against Iraq.Temur Shashiashvili, governor of the Imereti region in western Georgia, told Rustavi-2 TV channel on March 25 that a group of US experts had recently paid visit to the …
26/03/2003 - 11:44
Georgia Supports US, Despite Russia’s Concern
(Tbilisi. March 26, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Georgian Foreign Minister Irakli Menagharishvili told the reporters on March 25 Georgia will not change its position towards the US-led war in Iraq, despite Russia’s concern. “Georgia will fulfill its commitments towards its allies,” Foreign Minister said. Secretary of the Georgian National Security Council Tedo Japaridze said upon …
US Negotiates with Georgia on Use of Bases Against Iraq
(Tbilisi. March 25, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Georgian Defense Ministry confirmed today that the US and Georgian officials negotiate on use of Georgian military airfields by the US Air Forces in war against Iraq. US embassy in Tbilisi confirmed on March 24 that at the US Central Command, Tampa, Florida the representatives of the Georgian …
25/03/2003 - 19:15
Parliament Discusses Draft of New Tax Code
(Tbilisi. March 25, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Parliamentary session started today discussion of the draft of the new tax code, proposed by the Industrialists Parliamentary faction. The draft considers extreme liberalization of the tax code. The Industrialists faction believes that the implementation of the proposed draft would decrease shadow economy in the country. The draft …
Russia, Georgia Discussed Abkhazian Issue
(Tbilisi. March 25, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Russian and Georgian authorities held talks in Moscow over the situation in Abkhazian conflict zone, Georgian Foreign Ministry reports on March 25.Secretary of the Georgian National Security Council Tedo Japaridze, Special Affairs Minister Malkhaz Kakabadze and Deputy Foreign Minister Merab Antadze held talks with the Russian President’s envoy …
Veterans’ Failed Mutiny Unsettles Georgian Politicians
The third mutiny in the Georgian army for last three years ended on March 24, when 19 former servicemen of the National Guard, which seized the military unit in Tbilisi, surrendered to the police. Georgian leadership says “certain forces” stood behind the mutiny, aiming at destabilizing situation in the country, while the veterans of the …
Georgia, Russia to Renew Activities on Chechen Refugees Repatriation
(Tbilisi. March 25, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Secretary of the Russian Security Council Vladimir Rushailo said on March 24 Russian and Georgian authorities will renew joint activities on return of the Chechen refugees living in Georgia’s Pankisi gorge. “The Russian President has already requested the Emergency Ministry to start working on the issue,” Russian media …
Russian Troops in Georgia to Be Paid in Local Currency
(Tbilisi. March 25, 2003. Civil Georgia) – From May 1 the salaries of employees of the Russian military bases in Georgia will be paid in Georgian national currency – Lari, not in Russian Roubles. Representatives of the Georgian and Russian National Banks signed the agreement concerning the issue in Tbilisi on March 24. The Georgian …
Shevardnadze Supports Ratification of Rome Statute
(Tbilisi. March 25, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Ratification of the Rome Statute on International Criminal Court ?would be absolutely admissible,? Georgian President said at the news briefing on March 24. The Tbilisi-based Abkhazian government in exile urges the Georgian Parliament for ratification of the Rome Statute of International Criminal Court (ICC), to allow for a …
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Visits Georgia
(Tbilisi. March 24, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Rolf Ek?us, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities arrived in Georgia on March 24.According to the Georgia Foreign Affairs Ministry Rolf Ek?us will pay a fact-finding visit to Gali district of breakaway Abkhazia on March 26 to observe the process of teaching of the Georgian language in the …
24/03/2003 - 19:37
Shevardnadze does not Expect Influx of Iraqi Refugees to Georgia
(Tbilisi. March 24, 2003. Civil Georgia) – President Shevardnadze said at the briefing today that he ?doubts refugees from Iraq might influx to Georgia.??Georgia has thousands of IDPs from Abkhazia, Samachablo [South Ossetia] and refugees from Chechnya, thus it will be extremely difficult for us to receive refugees from Iraq,? Eduard Shevardnadze said. ?It would …
Shevardnadze Says Mutiny Participants Should Be Punished
(Tbilisi. March 24, 2003. Civil Georgia) – “No mercy for the participants of the mutiny. They should be punished strictly in accordance to the law,” President Shevardnadze said at the briefing today, while commenting the mutiny of dozens of the former National Guard servicemen. Former servicemen of the Georgian National Guard that seized the military …
American Eye in the Georgian Sky
The US aerial surveillance above Georgia, in light of the recent tension between Washington and Moscow over the U.S.-led attack on Iraq, increases Russia’s protest regarding the US unilateral moves in a region that remains in “Russia’s security interests”. Appearance of the US spy plane U-2 in the Georgian sky raises concerns in neighboring Russia. …
President Hails US-Georgian Military Accord, Reiterates Support Toward US
(Tbilisi. March 24, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Georgian President Shevardnadze said in his Monday radiobroadcast today thanked the Georgian Parliament for ratification of the US-Georgian agreement on defense cooperation.?The ratification was unfortunately delayed but it is excellent that the Parliament could finally ratify the important document,? Shevardnadze said.The agreement ratified by the Parliament on March …
CSOs Discuss their Public Image
On March 22, the Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development (CIPDD) organized a meeting for discussing “Public Image of NGOs”, based on the results of public opinion survey conducted recently by Center for Strategic Research and Development of Georgia (CSRDG). This was second meeting organized by CIPDD within series of discussion of Citizens Advocate! …
Ex-Servicemen of National Guard Surrender After Night-long Mutiny
(Tbilisi. March 24, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Upto 30 former servicemen of the Georgian National Guard that seized the military unit in Tbilisi last night, surrendered to the Georgian police this morning. After the talks with the former soldiers top officials of the Georgian government convinced the former servicemen of the National Guard to surrender. …
Russia Says US Spy Planes’ Overflight is Use of Cold War Tactics
(Tbilisi. March 23, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry delivered a statement to the US Embassy on March 22, protesting against the flights of US spy plane near the Russian border over Georgia and accusing Washington in use of “Cold War tactics.” According to the Russian Defense Ministry two Russian fighter jets tracked …
23/03/2003 - 15:04
Russia Says US Spy Plane Overfly Georgia
(Tbilisi. March 22, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Russian Defense Ministry reports the Russian air defense system identified today US U-2S spy plane overflying Georgia, 20-30 kilometers away from the Russian airspace. ?This is the third case of flight of the US spy planes in Georgian airspace,? Spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry Nikolai Deriabin told …
22/03/2003 - 17:48
Prosecutor’s Office, Alleged Chechen Militants’ Lawyers Appeal Supreme Court
(Tbilisi. March 22, 2003. Civil Georgia) – The General Prosecutor’s Office appealed the Supreme Court on March 21 demanding cancellation of district court ruling to suspend extradition of one alleged Chechen militant. The Mtatsminda-Krtsanisi District Court of the capital city ruled on March 13 that two of the three alleged Chechen militants should be handed …
Georgian, Azeri, Ukrainian MPs Agree to Coordinate Joining NATO
(Tbilisi. March 22, 2003. Civil Georgia) – The Georgian, Azerbaijani and Ukrainian Parliamentary delegations to NATO have signed an agreement on coordination of activities aiming at joining the NATO.MP Giorgi Baramidze, member of the Georgian Parliamentary delegation to NATO said at the briefing on March 21 that Armenia and Moldova might joint the process as …
Lord Mayor of City of London Visits Georgia
(Tbilisi. March 22, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Alderman Gavyn Arthur, Lord Mayor of the City of London visits Georgia on March 22-25.British embassy in Georgia reports ?the visit to Georgia envisages cementing existing diplomatic and business contacts, creating new ones and discussing the benefits of an efficient financial services sector?.The Lord Mayor travels extensively, at …
Parliament Ratifies US-Georgian Military Accord
Some Experts Say US May Consider Using Georgia’s Airfields Experts say that the decisions of the Turkish and the Georgian Parliaments increases possibility of use of Georgian military airfields by the US in the war against Iraq. Georgian Parliament voted 138 votes to 1 to ratify the US-Georgian military agreement on March 21, thus allowing …
21/03/2003 - 20:37
US-Georgian Military Accord Ratified
(Tbilisi. March 21, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Georgian Parliament ratified today US-Georgian military agreement, thus allowing the US government to occupy mutually agreed territories and buildings in Georgia for use by the US administration?s civilian and military personnel, transport vehicles, vessels and aircraft.The Parliament approved the agreement with 138 votes to 1. The Parliamentary factions …
US-Funded Border Guard Checkpoint Opened at Border with Azerbaijan
(Tbilisi. March 21, 2003. Civil Georgia) – The opening ceremony of the new checkpoint of the border guards was held today at border with Azerbaijan today.The modern and well-equipped checkpoint was established with the financial assistance of the United State. The US ambassador in Georgia Richard Miles and Commander of the Georgian Border Guard Department …
ICC Judgment, US Support or the Putin Compromise
Abkhazia Issue Torn Between Conflicting AgendasThe Tbilisi-based Abkhazia government in exile urges the Georgian Parliament for ratification of the Rome Statute of International Criminal Court (ICC), to allow for a case on genocide of ethnic Georgians in Abkhazia at ICC. On March 10-15 the Justice Minister of Abkhazia Paata Davitaia, Assistant to the Chairman of …
MoD Says No Direct Threat for Georgia in Case of Chemical Attack
(Tbilisi. March 21, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Georgian Defense Ministry official said today that the possible use of chemical weapon by the Iraqi regime poses no direct threat for Georgia. “Iraq has no missile to carry chemical or biological warheads in Georgia,” Chief of the Chemical Weapons Department at the Georgian Defense Ministry Tamaz Jamatashvili …
Objections in Parliament Delay Ratification of US-Georgian Military Accord
(Tbilisi. March 21, 2003. Civil Georgia) – The Parliamentary special session was to hold voting on ratification of the US-Georgian Agreement on Defense Cooperation today.Parliamentary factions the Industrialists, Socialists, as well as the factions backed by the Adjarian leader Aslan Abashidze XXI Century, Revival and United Georgia are against to ratify an agreement, thus the …
Shevardnadze’s Veto Shows His Diluted Influence in Parliament
By Jaba Devdariani, Reported from EurasiaNet: 3/20/03 Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze acted March 20 to prevent adoption of a parliamentary measure raising minimum salaries in the country. The fact that Shevardnadze had to effectively veto the measure underscores his own political weakness, and the ineffectiveness of the supposed pro-presidential party in parliament.Opposition parties had pushed …
Railway Chief to Lead New Pro-Governmental Movement
(Tbilisi. March 21, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Chief of the Georgian State Department of the Railway was elected as a chairman of the new political movement Great Silk Road. President Shevardnadze attended the first congress of the movement, which declared to be the supporter of the government’s policy.“We would like to see our members in …
GIOC President Vows Environment to Be Protected
(Tbilisi. March 21, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Caucasus Environmental NGO Network reported today that the President of the Georgian International Oil Corporation Giorgi Chanturia said that protection of the environment would be one of the most important issues in construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline.Environmental organizations are concerned with the fragile ecology of Borjomi …
Kidnapped Governor’s Son Released
(Tbilisi. March 20, 2003. Civil Georgia) – After the special operation police released Zaza Jikia, which is the son of the governor of the western Georgian region of Samegrelo, in Tbilisi on March 20. He was held in abduction since March 15.Spokesman for the Interior Ministry Paata Gomelauri told Civil Georgia that 6 men, suspected …
20/03/2003 - 16:24
President Vetoes Proposal to Increase Salaries
(Tbilisi. March 20, 2003. Civil Georgia) – President Shevardnadze vetoed today proposal on increase of minimal salary to the subsistence level – 115 Lari, proposed by the opposition United Democrats party and adopted by the Parliament on February 28.President offers the opposition five-fold increase in salaries from 2005. 140 votes of MPs are necessary to …
Georgian Officials Proud to Support US Over Iraq
They also Expect Tangible Benefits after the WarLeadership of Georgia, which is in the US list of 30 nations described as “Coalition for the Immediate Disarmament of Iraq,” says it is ready to provide the United States “any kind of assistance in war against Iraq” and start preparations for the possible impact of war on …
Shevardnadze Criticizes UN, Hails US Move in Iraq
(Tbilisi. March 20, 2003. Civil Georgia) – “UN Security Council is absolutely ineffective,” Georgian President Shevardnadze said today, while commenting the unilateral use of force against Iraq by the US.“I absolutely understand US President Bush. The UN Security Council adopted up to 27-29 resolutions regarding the Abkhazian conflict, but none of them is implemented so …
Officials do not Rule Out Influx of Iraqi Refugees to Georgia
(Tbilisi. March 20, 2003. Civil Georgia) – “We do not rule out the possibility of arrival of Iraqi refugees in Georgia,” Jemal Gakhokidze, the First Deputy Secretary of the Georgian National Security Council told Civil Georgia on March 20.“However I think it is less possible that the Iraqi refugees will reach Georgia, as we have …
Russian, Western Diplomats Discussed Abkhazia
(Tbilisi. March 20, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Russian President’s envoy for the Abkhaz conflict settlement Valeri Loshchinin discussed situation in Abkhazia during the meeting with the US, French, German, and British ambassadors in Russia during the meeting on March 19.Russian Foreign Ministry reports that the Russian official informed the western diplomats regarding the meeting of …
Parliament in Stalemate Over Salary Issue
(Tbilisi. March 19, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Parliamentary special session failed to start today as the opposition and the government failed to reach agreement over increase of minimal salary.On March 18 the State Minister and the opposition United Democrats leader Zurab Zhvania, which proposed enforcement of the controversial draft on five-fold increase in minimal salary, …
19/03/2003 - 18:55
Deputy Interior Minister Quits the Post
(Tbilisi. March 19, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Deputy Interior Minister Zurab Chkhaidze resigned his post on March 19, Interior Ministry official said.“Chkhaidze’s decision was caused with personal motives,” Paata Gomelauri, Spokesman for the Interior Minister told the Civil Georgia today. This post is also available in: ქართული (Georgian) Русский (Russian)
Georgia Ready to Give Bases to US
(Tbilisi. March 19, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Georgian Defense Minister Davit Tevzadze told the reporters today “Georgia is ready to let the United States to use Georgian airfields in war against Iraq.”There were some speculations in the Georgian media sources that the Georgian troops, trained by the US military instructors in the frames of the …
Georgian, Russian Security Chiefs Meet in Moscow
(Tbilisi. March 19, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Georgian, Russian Security Chiefs to Meet in Moscow Secretary of the Georgian Security Council Tedo Japaridze left for Russian capital on March 19. Georgian State Chancellery reports Tedo Japaridze will meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Rushailo in Moscow. Tedo Japaridze will participate in the meeting of the security …
US Thanks Georgia for Support
(Tbilisi. March 19, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Georgian President’s press office reports that the US President George W. Bush in the letter sent to his Georgia counterpart Eduard Shevardnadze on March 16 thanks Georgia for the support in war against terror.On March 18 State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher said that there are 30 countries who …
Uncertainty Dominates as Georgians Discuss Imminent War in Iraq
A possible war in Iraq leaves Georgians dazed and confused. Certainly, pending war makes a good feed for the casual discussions in Tbilisi streets, but ordinary citizens do not see the role of their country in a global debate on whether this war is justified or not. Politicians feel they should remain loyal to the …
18/03/2003 - 19:31
Salary Showdown Continues as Opposition, Government Fail to Agree
(Tbilisi. March 18, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Opposition Parliamentary faction United Democrats and the State Minister Avtandil Jorbenadze hold consultation today to reach a compromise over controversial proposal to increase minimal salary to the subsistence level – 115 Lari per month. All-day long consultations are held without any results so far. The sides discuss possibility …
Voting on US-Georgian Military Accord Failed due to Lack of Quorum
(Tbilisi. March 18, 2003. Civil Georgia) – During the consultations the Parliamentary opposition and the government agreed to postpone discussion of the increase of the minimal salary issue and ratify US-Georgian defense agreement. But the Parliament failed to vote regarding the US-Georgian military agreement because of the absence of quorum. According to the agreement, the …
Abkhazia Wants Associated Relationship with Russia
(Tbilisi. March 18, 2003. Civil Georgia) – The Parliament of the unrecognized Abkhaz Republic adopted a resolution on March 17, urging the Russian upper and lower chambers of the Parliament to support Abkhazia’s intention “associated relationship with Russia.”Abkhaz de facto Prime Minister Genadi Gagulia said on March 11 that Abkhazia wants “closer ties and integration …
Parliament Tries to Overcome Deadlock
(Tbilisi. March 18, 2003. Civil Georgia) – The Parliamentary special session fails to continue discussions over the increase of minimal salary and US-Georgian military agreement issues. MP Koba Davitashvili of opposition National Movement appealed the court today claiming that the convention of the Parliamentary special session by the President was illegal. President Shevardnadze rejects to …
Russia Insists on Berezovsky, Patarkatsishvili’s Extradition
(Tbilisi. March 18, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Russian General Prosecutor’s Office seeks for extradition of tycoon Boris Berezovsky and his financial aide Badri Patarkatsishvili. Berezovsky, which is in exile in London, and his associates – particularly his aide Badri Patarkatsishvili, which runs a private TV channel in Tbilisi – are accused for misappropriation of 2,033 …
Arms Cache Found Near Russian Border
(Tbilisi. March 17, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Georgian State Security Ministry reported today that a large number of weapons were found in Barisakho village, northern Georgia, near the Chechen section of the Russo-Georgian border. The arms cache allegedly belonged to the Chechen militants. Nika Laliashvili Spokesman for the State Security Ministry said today that large …
17/03/2003 - 18:56
Shevardnadze Wants MPs to Decide Fate of Minimal Salary
(Tbilisi. March 17, 2003. Civil Georgia) – President Shevardnadze said today he would not veto draft on increase of minimal salary, claiming that the initiators of the proposal try to gain votes on the eve of the Parliamentary elections. “I convened the Parliamentary special session on March 18. I will not veto the draft law. …
President Refrains to Reveal Details of Meeting with Putin
(Tbilisi. March 17, 2003. Civil Georgia) – President Shevardnadze criticized the those MPs today, which demanded the detail information regarding his meeting with Russian President Putin, held in Sochi on March 6-7. ?Presidents should not disclose details of the confidential talks. I have already said everything that I could,? Eduard Shevardnadze said in his Monday …
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