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Shevardnadze Criticize Law Enforcers
(Tbilisi. January 9. Civil Georgia) – On January 8 at the National Security Council, President Shevardnadze condemned inadequate activity of…
გაიგე მეტი »State Minister to Consult on Budget with Factions
(Tbilisi. January 9. Civil Georgia) – State Minister Avtandil Jorbenadze meets representatives of the Parliamentary factions on January 9 to…
გაიგე მეტი »Russia Restored Electricity Supply to Georgia
(Tbilisi. January 8. Civil Georgia) – Russia renewed electricity supply to Georgia on January 8, terminated on January 2 because…
გაიგე მეტი »Environment Protection Ministry Asks for Finances to Liquidate Radiation Source
(Tbilisi. January 8. Civil Georgia) – Environment and Natural Resources Minister Nino Chkhobadze asks Finance Ministry for 40,000 Lari (approximately…
გაიგე მეტი »Negotiations on Trilateral Security Treaty Postponed
(Tbilisi. January 8. Civil Georgia) – Meeting of representatives of law enforcers Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey in Ankara scheduled for…
გაიგე მეტი »Saakashvili Says Taliban Defeat May Spurr Drug Trafficking in Georgia
(Tbilisi. January 8. Civil Georgia) – Mikheil Saakashvili, former Jusice Minister and leader of radical reformer faction in the parliement…
გაიგე მეტი »Protest Widens in Pankisi Demanding Release of Abducted Monk
(Tbilisi. January 8. Civil Georgia) – Combatants fighting in Afghanistan during the Soviet-Afghan war joined relatives of abducted monk on…
გაიგე მეტი »Georgian Economy 2001 – Troubled and Neglected
The shadow economy, budgetary and energy crisis still haunted Georgian economy in the year 2001. While stormy political events overwhelmed…
გაიგე მეტი »Radiation Source not Examined Because of Heavy Weather
(Tbilisi. January 7. Civil Georgia) – Three experts from International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) did not start examining radiation source…
გაიგე მეტი »Vital Power Line not Restored due to Heavy Snowfalls
(Tbilisi. January 6. Civil Georgia) – Georgian Fuel-Energy Ministry says it is impossible to repair high-voltage power line Kavkasioni damaged…
გაიგე მეტი »IAEA Experts to Examine Radiation Source in Georgia
(Tbilisi. January 5. Civil Georgia) – International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) representatives arrived in Georgia on January 5 to examine…
გაიგე მეტი »Georgia Receives Additional Electricity from Azerbaijan
(Tbilisi. January 5. Civil Georgia) – To make up electricity shortfall, caused by the damages of two units of the…
გაიგე მეტი »Other CIS Countries May Join Russian Peacekeepers in Abkhazia
(Tbilisi. January 5. Civil Georgia) – “There should be not only Russian, but also peacekeepers from other countries of the…
გაიგე მეტი »Relatives of Abducted Monk Protest
(Tbilisi. January 5. Civil Georgia) – Relatives, friends and several monks are protesting in Akhmeta region, eastern Georgia, demanding the…
გაიგე მეტი »Energy Ministry Fails to Repair the Vital Power Line
(Tbilisi. January 4. Civil Georgia) – Georgian Energy Ministry failed to restore high-voltage power line Kavkasioni damaged on January 2…
გაიგე მეტი »Russian Peacekeepers “Keeping Peace” Illegally
The Dilis Gazeti; The Resonance(Georgian Press Digest. Civil Georgia. 04.01.02) – Russian peacekeepers’ mandate, deployed in the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone…
გაიგე მეტი »Parliament Sessions Weekly Review, Special Session. December 27, 2001
DECEMBER 27, THURSDAY1. Resolution decree on “agreeing authority of Grigol Katamadze the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Georgia in Ukraine…
გაიგე მეტი »Parliamentary Committee Supports Increased Military Spending
(Tbilisi. January 4. Civil Georgia) – Parliamentary Committee on Defense and Security will not support the 2002 budget if the…
გაიგე მეტი »CIS Executive Secretary Visits Georgia
(Tbilisi. January 4. Civil Georgia) – Yuri Yarov, executive secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) visits Georgia on…
გაიგე მეტი »Georgia to Develop Trilateral Military Relations
(Tbilisi. January 4. Civil Georgia) – “The Georgian Defense Ministry will concentrate on the radical army reform in 2002,” Deputy…
გაიგე მეტი »Electricity Contract with Armenia to be Extended
(Tbilisi. January 3. Civil Georgia) – American energy distribution company AES-Telasi negotiates with Armenia to continue buying electricity for Georgia,…
გაიგე მეტი »OSCE Expanded Border Monitoring Operation in Georgia
(Tbilisi. January 3. Civil Georgia) – Starting from January 3, observers from Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)…
გაიგე მეტი »Energy Minister Expects Rapid Recovery
(Tbilisi. January 3. Civil Georgia) – Georgian Energy Minister Davit Mirtskhulava stated on January 3 that the power line used…
გაიგე მეტი »More Electricity Troubles
(Tbilisi. January 3. Civil Georgia) – The high-voltage power line Kavkasioni, used for supplying electricity from Russia to Georgia was…
გაიგე მეტი »Transit of Energy Resources – Guarantee for Energetic Independence
Construction of the Pipelines Starts in Summer 2002Launching of Baku-Tbilisi-Erzrum gas pipeline and Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline projects will provide Georgia…
გაიგე მეტი »Human Rights Violations Persist in Preliminary Detention
Georgia’s Public Defender Nana Devdariani and the human rights NGOs believe that the police persistently violates the rights of the…
გაიგე მეტი »Parliament Pressures “New” Government
Legislators Criticize 2002 Budget Only few days after their appointment, Georgian ministers found themselves immersed in a new row with…
გაიგე მეტი »CoE to Evaluate Progress of Meskhetian Repatriation
(Tbilisi. December 31. Civil Georgia) – In January 2002 Council of Europe (CoE) commission will visit Georgia to evaluate progress…
გაიგე მეტი »Shevardnadze Against Patarkatsishvili’s Political Activity
(Tbilisi. December 29. Civil Georgia) – “It would be better if Badri Patarkatsishvili will not cooperate with the political parties…
გაიგე მეტი »2002 – Another Year of Political Failure
The Resonance(Georgia Press Digest. Civil Georgia. 29.12.01.) – The Resonance tries to identify what the political division will be like…
გაიგე მეტი »Armenia Permits Georgia to Delay Payment of Debt
(Tbilisi. December 29. Civil Georgia) – Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margarian stated on December 28 that Georgia is allowed to…
გაიგე მეტი »Tax Revenue Minister Considers MP Demands for Budget Increase Unrealistic
(Tbilisi. December 28. Civil Georgia) – Levan Dzneladze, Georgian Tax Revenue Minister stated today that it is unrealistic to increase…
გაიგე მეტი »Security Minister Admits Inability to Control Pankisi Gorge
(Tbilisi. December 28. Civil Georgia) – “It is difficult to say whether or not there are Chechen fighters in Pankisi…
გაიგე მეტი »Parliament Postponed Discussion over Draft of 2002 Budget
(Tbilisi. December 28. Civil Georgia) – As anticipated the Parliament decided to discuss the draft of the budget for 2002…
გაიგე მეტი »Former State Minister Became Ambassador
(Tbilisi. December 27. Civil Georgia) – As anticipated the Parliament unanimously approved Gia Arsenishvili’s candidature on the post of the…
გაიგე მეტი »Nino Chkhobadze Back on the Ministerial Post
(Tbilisi. December 27. Civil Georgia) – The Parliament approved Nino Chkhobadze’s candidature on the Protection of Environment and Natural Resources…
გაიგე მეტი »Tbilisi Residents Celebrating New Year
Majority of Georgians celebrate the New Year more that the Christmas. Usually they do the celebration at home together with…
გაიგე მეტი »MPs Criticize Draft of 2002 Budget
(Tbilisi. December 27. Civil Georgia) – The Citizens’ Union faction discussed the draft of the budget for 2002 on December…
გაიგე მეტი »New Year Preparations in Tbilisi
The country is in economic, political and social crisis. Many citizens live beyond the poverty level, constant energy supply is…
გაიგე მეტი »Shevardnadze Criticizes Economy Minister
(Tbilisi. December 26. Civil Georgia) – President Shevardnadze sharply criticized Giorgi Gachechiladze, the Minister of Economy, Industry and Trade during…
გაიგე მეტი »Head of Prison Dismissed for Assisting Jailbreak
(Tbilisi. December 26. Civil Georgia) – Head of Avchala strict regime prison in Tbilisi was dismissed. He is suspected in…
გაიგე მეტი »President Slams Influential Governor
(Tbilisi. December 26. Civil Georgia) – President Shevardnadze criticized influential governor of Kvemo Kartli region Levan Mamaladze and accused him…
გაიგე მეტი »One More Staff Revision in Internal Affairs Ministry
(Tbilisi. December 26. Civil Georgia) – Internal Affairs Minister dismissed Head of the National Bureau on Straggle Against Drug Business…
გაიგე მეტი »Russian LUKoil Wants to Participate in Baku-Ceyhan Pipeline Project
(Tbilisi. December 25. Civil Georgia) – Russian oil giant LUKoil may acquire shares of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline, Azerbaijani…
გაიგე მეტი »Parliament Sessions Weekly Review December 18-21, 2001
DECEMBER 18, TUESDAYAt the beginning of plenary session the leader of “new rightists” Davit Gamkrelidze demanded a speech. He protested…
გაიგე მეტი »Electricity Supply Improved – Energy Minister Says
(Tbilisi. December 25. Civil Georgia) – Electricity supply to the Georgian capital Tbilisi is being improved, stated Davit Mirtskhulava, Energy…
გაიგე მეტი »Georgia’s New State Minister
Jorbenadze – Acceptable Candidature for the Most of the Parliamentarians According to the prognosis of the majority of factions in…
გაიგე მეტი »Citizens Union Dissolution Delayed
Georgia’s largest party has a new leadership.Opposing factions within the Citizens Union have reached an uneasy compromise that maintains the…
გაიგე მეტი »Policemen Accused in Corruption Fired
(Tbilisi. December 24. Civil Georgia) – High officials of the one of police districts in Tbilisi are dismissed because of…
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