Current situation with Armenia-Turkey relations can’t last forever, so the perspective of rapprochement and border opening should be accepted. Scenarios of protecting regional interests should be developed, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Ambassador Peter Semneby stated. According to him, the war in Georgia has shown everybody there are …
Read More »Higher education to be more accessible for Armenians & Azerbaijanis in Georgia
Higher education will become more accessible for Armenians and Azerbaijanis in Georgia. Relevant amendments will be made to the Law on Higher Education. The bill, which was initiated by the government, has been already introduced to the Parliament. It aims to promote integration of Georgian citizens of Armenian and Azerbaijani …
Read More »Ossetian side frees five Georgians
Five Georgians were freed by the Ossetian separatists. They were detained yesterday in the Karelia region of Georgia on charges of violating the administrative border of South Ossetia.
Read More »European commissioner promise Georgia’s president aid in Eastern Partnership
The EU is ready to assist Georgia under the Eastern Partnership program, European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner said in a meeting with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili in Brussels on Oct.29.
Read More »Vershbow: Georgia, Ukraine admission to NATO to take years
The US administration admits that the process of admission of Georgia and Ukraine to NATO will take years, US Assistant Secretary of Defence for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow confirmed on Wednesday at hearings devoted to the Obama administration policy towards the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). …
Read More »EU monitoring mission confirms fact of 16 Georgians’ violating Georgia-S.Ossetia borders
The European Union monitoring mission confirmed the violation of so-called the administrative border between Georgia and South Ossetia by 16 Georgian citizens who were detained by Russia’s border guards, the website of the mission reported.
Read More »Azerbaijan’s Sumgayit city delegation to visit Georgia
A delegation of Azerbaijan’s Sumgayit city will visit Georgia. Upon the invitation of the Mayor of the Rustavi city, Mamuka Chikovani, the delegation will visit the Rustavi city on Oct. 30-Nov. 2, the Sumgayit City Administration told Trend News on Oct 29. During the visit, the delegation will meet with …
Read More »Kutaisi to host conference of association of S.Caucasus local authorities
Kutaisi will host the conference of the Association of Local Authorities of the South Caucasus on Oct. 29-30. According to the Bureau of the Council of Europe (CE) in Georgia, the two-day conference has been initiated by the Association of Local Democracy Agencies and the CE Congress of the Regional …
Read More »EU monitors concern about detention of 16 Georgians
The EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia spread the special statement over the yesterday’s detention of 16 Georgians on the administrative border of South Ossetia. “EUMM expresses concern about the recent incident in which 16 Georgian citizens from the village of Gremiskhevi were arrested by Russian Border Guards whilst cutting …
Read More »Settlement is impossible in Georgia without presence of EU observers: Finish FM
Talks on a durable peace are groundless until the EU observers allowed to fully control the situation on both sides of the line of division, Finish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb told the Georgian journalists in Luxembourg.
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