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. 

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.

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). …