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Georgian High Officials Visit Moscow
State Minister of Georgia Gia Arsenishvili visita Moscow today. Minister of Internal Affairs Kakha Targamadze’s visit to Russia is planed…
Read More »Georgia Yields to Russian Pressure
Speaking on a government session today President Shevardnadze admitted presence of Chechen and Georgian terrorists in Abkhazia and Georgia proper…
Read More »The Parliament will Debate the Problem of Abkhazia Tomorrow
The Resonance; The Dilis Gazeti; The Akhali Taoba“Events taken place in Abkhazia recently have made it obvious that it is…
Read More »Danger of War Poses Threat to Georgia
The Resonance; The Dilis Gazeti; The Akhali TaobaThe main theme of today’s press is Russia threatening Georgia because of Chechen…
Read More »President is Ready to Cooperate with Russia
During the Government Meeting on September 26, President Shevardnadze declared that Georgia is ready to cooperate with any structure of…
Read More »Killed Chechens Are Being Buried in Pankisi
According to confidential sources, on September 26th approximately 3 deceased Chechens were carried to Pankisi valley. The bodies would be…
Read More »Shevardnadze Turns Back on Reform
The Georgian president looks to have made a decisive break with would-be reformers By Jaba Devdariani in Tbilisi (Courtesy of…
Read More »WAR? – Russian Media Stunt Stirrs Confusion
Information of the Russian media that Chechen guerrillas infiltrated Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia stirred confusion and panic among Georgian…
Read More »Georgia on the Edge of War – the MP States
For the first time Georgian official confirmed the information of being Chechen “boeviks” in the part of Abkhazia not controlled…
Read More »Tbilisi Does Not Even Try to Settle Relations With Moscow
The Alia; The Dilis Gazeti“For clear reasons thousands of Chechen refugees have found shelter in Georgia. Some people call them…
Read More »Ministries Weekly Review. September 15-22, 2001
Ministry of JusticeOn September 19th Justice Minister Mikheil Saakashvili applied for resignation. It is a “dishonor” to work in a…
Read More »The Parliamentary “Confidence Group” and the Power Ministers Discuss Security Issues
The “Confdence Group” – a board of three MPs entrusted to discuss high-profile security issues – of the Parliamentary Committee…
Read More »Government meeting. Saturday, September 22, 2001
The Government Meeting, which has been postponed for several times, was held on September 22nd. There was only one issue…
Read More »Government meeting. Saturday, September 22, 2001
The Government Meeting, which has been postponed for several times, was held on September 22nd. There was only one issue…
Read More »“Mr. Shevardnadze Prefers Corrupted to Reformers”
The Resonance; The Dilis Gazeti; The Akhali TaobaThe government is being modified. The reformative wing is leaving executive branch. “The…
Read More »Parliament Weekly Review. September 17-23, 2001
Zurab Zhvania Refuses Prime Minister’s PostPresident Shevardnadze’s decision to leave the Citizens’ Union party endangered integrity of the ruling party.…
Read More »Weekly Review of the Parliamentary Committees. September 17-23, 2001
Committee for Taxes and IncomesThe committee discussed budget indicators for the 8 months and possibility of sequester of the budget.…
Read More »Negative Proceedings Have Become More Common in Georgia
The Resonance; The Akhali TaobaArticle named “Georgia on the Edge of Insanity” was published in the Resonance today. It is…
Read More »Grants for NGOs Must Be Controlled – the President Demands
“Foreign funding for NGOs and independent mass-media must be transparent. The funding must be controlled by the state because it…
Read More »President Proposed Former MIA Employee for the Justice Minister Vacancy
President Shevardnadze officially proposed Prosecutor’s Office old-timer Ronald Giligashvili on the position of Justice Minister. Giligashvili currently chairs the Parliamentary…
Read More »President Says Justice Council a Failure
President Shevardnadze said today on government session, that the Council of Justice, created to administer the reform in Georgia’s courts…
Read More »Unlike Other Government Members, President Favoured Budget Project for 2002
President Shevardnadze favoured expenditure figures of the budget project for the year 2002, presented by the Ministry of Finances. As…
Read More »Japanese Photo Reporter May Have Disappeared Near Chechnya
It’s been several days since Japanese photo reporter disappeared somewhere between Georgia and Chechnya. Kosuke Tsuneoka, 32 from Nagasaki came…
Read More »Bin Laden May Be in Chechnya – Pakistani Newspaper Reports
The most wanted man in the US, Osama bin Laden has silently left Afghanistan. Lebanon or the remote mountainous region…
Read More »Airplane of the Defense Ministry Crashes
L-29 training jet belonging to the Ministry of Defense has crashed into ground near Bolnisi when its pilot attempted an…
Read More »Russia Wants to Induce Georgia in Caucasian War
The Dilis Gazeti; The ResonanceRussian special agencies might bomb Kodori and Pankisi Gorges, Georgia. Security Council of Russia has been…
Read More »There is no Danger of Bombing Georgia – MFA States
Russia is not expected to bomb Pankisi gorge, Georgia, the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Georgia announced. “Despite disinformation from the…
Read More »Parliamentary Majority’s Future Ambiguous
Many expected final collapse of the Parliamentary Majority as its session was held beyond the closed doors on September 20. …
Read More »Expropriation and Return of Improperly Acquired Property to the State – Bolshevism or Democracy?
Unlike economy, politics and social sphere, corruption is developing successfully in Georgia. Role of Georgian law enforcing structures in fighting…
Read More »Russia Tries to Qualify Georgia as a Terrorist Country
The Alia; The Resonance; the Dilis Gazeti“Russia defined its major target against terrorism after the attacks on the USA on…
Read More »Saakashvili Dissociates From Shevardnadze’s Corrupted Government
The Resonance; The Dilis Gazeti; The Akhali Taoba; The AliaThe Citizens’ Union of Georgia intends to dissent from Shevardnadze and…
Read More »Reformers Dissociate from Shevardnadze
The national movement against Shevardnadze-Abashidze-State Chancellery antidemocratic coalition must be formed to prevent creation of corrupt and criminal state in…
Read More »Shevardnadze had to Accept Saakashvili’s Resignation
Initially President Shevardnadze did not sign Saakashvili’s request to resign, but Justice Minister has re-submitted to the State Chancellery another…
Read More »Saakashvili Runs for MP
Ex-Justice Minister Mikheil Saakashvili will run for MP as an independent candidate in Vake district, Tbilisi. Saakashvili announced his resignation…
Read More »Justice Minister Mikheil Saakashvili Resigns
Mikheil Saakashvili quits from the post of Justice Minister, the news agency Prime News reports quoting an unnamed Justice Ministry…
Read More »“Traditionalists” Support Zhvania
Leader of “Traditionalists” faction Akaki Asatiani (opposition) is against Parliamentary Chairman Zurab Zhvania’s resignation. The faction won’t join the rest…
Read More »Human Rights Committee Chairman to Report on Police Incompetence
Humane Rights Committee Chairman Elene Tevdoradze criticizes the General Prosecutor Gia Meparishvili’s activity. On the special press conference in Strasbourg…
Read More »Parliamentary Crisis Is in Its Zenith
The Resonance; The Akhali Taoba; The Dilis Gazeti, The AliaSince President Shevardnadze has left the post of head of the…
Read More »The Government Meeting is Postponed Again
The government session scheduled for today has been postponed for September 22. Two representatives of the reformers’ wing the Justice…
Read More »Russia Demands Extradition of Terrorists from Georgia
Today Russian Foreign Ministry sent an official note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia with demands to extradite…
Read More »There Will Be No Firm Majority in the Parliament Any More
The Dilis Gazeti; The Alia; The Akhali TaobaPresident Shevardnadze announced officially yesterday that he is leaving the position of head…
Read More »Ministries Weekly Review. September 8 – 15, 2001
Ministry of State SecurityLast week two employees of the Ministry of State Security have loudly declared existence of corruption within…
Read More »“Socialists” Employ New Method to Impeach Zhvania
Opposition faction “Socialist” searches a new way to impeach Zhvania. “Socialist” member Zaqaria Qutsnashvili states, that the part of the…
Read More »Governor of Imereti Accuses Saakashvili of Lobbying the AES
Mikheil Saakashvili lobbies the US companies “AES-Telasi” and “AES-Mtkvari” while preventing the construction of Tkhibuli thermo electric power plant, governor of…
Read More »Georgia Is Ready to Let the USA Use Its Military Bases
President Shevardnadze agrees to let the USA use Georgia’s military bases if such official request is made, Defense Minister of…
Read More »Russia Mounts Pressure on Georgia
Official representative of the Federal Office of State Security of Russia Aleksandre Zdanovich claims that his department has been informed…
Read More »Moscow Apartment Bombers Hide In Georgia – Russian Interior Ministry Says
Officials of the Russia’s Interior Ministry announced today that two major suspects in bombing the apartment buildings in Moscow in…
Read More »Zhvania won’t run for Prime-Minister
Parliamentary Chairman Zurab Zhvania announced today that he won’t run for the Prime-Minister’s position if the cabinet of ministers is…
Read More »Weekly Review of the Parliament’s Plenary Sessions. September 11-14, 2001.
SEPTEMBER 11, TUESDAYThe Chairman of Parliament Zurab Zhvania opened Autumn plenary sessions. He dedicated his traditional speech to the political…
Read More »Georgian Government Should State Its Position Firmly
The Dilis Gazeti; The Akhali TaobaThe Georgian press is terrified because of the terrorist act occurred in the USA on…
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