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Georgia’s ruling party candidate, Gigi Ugulava, has been re-elected mayor of Tiblisi with over 60 percent of the vote – according to exit polls. His win was one of several for President Mikheil Saakashvili’s party in municipal elections.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili June 2 will pay an official visit to Romania. The Georgian presidential administration announced. Within the visit meetings at the high level are planned. The President will stay in Romania till June 4. President’s visit to Romania was scheduled for April 30, but the Romanian side …

Azerbaijani Ambassador to Georgia Namiq Aliyev visited the Garajalar village in the Telavi region together with embassy staff and media representatives May 25. The visit aimed to mark the ninety-second anniversary of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.

Georgia on Wednesday celebrated its Day of Independence with a military parade and the opening of a new memorial monument. “Today, one of the oldest nations is celebrating the Day of Independence and its young sovereignty. This is the most precious day for the freedom-loving nation,” Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili …

Azerbaijani Ambassador to Georgia Namig Aliyev will meet with Georgian Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Zurab Kharatishvili, CEC Spokesman Julie Giorgadze said. 

Georgia will participate in a meeting between the Eastern Partnership and EU Foreign Ministry representatives. According to the Georgian State Office, Vice Prime Minister, State Minister for European Integration Giorgi Baramidze and Deputy Foreign Minister David Jalagania will visit Sopot on the Baltic coast to attend the forum.

The Georgian president said relations between Turkey and Georgia are “exemplary” during a visit by the Turkish prime minister to the Black Sea resort city of Batumi on Monday. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili’s remarks came while he was speaking during the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Sheraton Batumi Hotel, built by …

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Azerbaijan on Monday and discussed bilateral cooperation with Azerbaijani leaders, Xinhua informed. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who had a meeting with Erdogan in Baku, expressed satisfaction with the current state of cooperation between the two countries.

The Congress of Georgian Azerbaijanis will hold activities to celebrate May 28 – 92-nd anniversary of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and May 26 – Independence Day of Georgia, the Congress said. Before the event, wreaths will be laid to the bust of national leader Heydar Aliyev and the monument to …

EU Special Representative for South Caucasus Peter Semneby, who is on visit to Tbilisi, met with Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze. The sides discussed priority directions of the Georgia-EU cooperation, the ministry said.