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The Jamestown Foundation
April 25, 2018
It will allow Georgia to further position itself as a key player in the evolving Eurasian transport network, while providing China with increased opportunities to access European markets via a previously underutilized transport vector. Notably, Georgia was the first country in the region to reach such anÃÂ ...
Bitcoinist
April 25, 2018
The tiny nation of Georgia has, however, reportedly remained attractive for mining because of its electricity subsidies with some regions that already have lower rates for electricity like the Alazani Valley attracting a lot more mining activity. The country also relies on cheap hydropower. All this has brought inÃÂ ...
Civil Georgia
April 23, 2018
The Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson commented on the Georgian Prime Minister's March 9 appeal as well, saying the Russian side reiterated ... of Abkhazia and the Republic of South Ossetia; the sooner this is recognized in Tbilisi, the better for Georgia and for all countries in the region,” she stated.
The Jamestown Foundation
April 18, 2018
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili recently announced an “unprecedented” peace initiative aimed at the country's occupied territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region (South Ossetia). The new initiative, made public during an April 4 cabinet meeting, is called “A Step Toward a Better Future.
New Eastern Europe
April 18, 2018
A few examples outline China's quiet presence in the region best. For instance, the Republic of Moldova is in the process of negotiating a free trade agreement with China, Georgia (which, from a geographical perspective is an important link to reaching Europe) has already signed such an agreement withÃÂ ...
News.Az
April 18, 2018
The event was attended by representatives of the diplomatic corps, the U.S. Administration and Washington's analytical centers, as well as Alicia Allison, Office Director for Caucasus Affairs and Regional Conflicts in the US Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Andrew Schofer, USÃÂ ...
Hetq Online
April 11, 2018
“When we last came to Georgia (in June 2017), in the airport at passport control, we were told that my husband could not enter the country, only I could,” ... While Georgia has applied for EU membership, the unresolved status of the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia make it unclear when,ÃÂ ...
Transitions Online
April 5, 2018
Abkhazian Minister of Foreign Affairs Daur Kove was less enthusiastic, and said that Georgia has exhausted all its resources to pressure the Abkhazian Republic and now “demonstrates to the international community something resembling friendliness.” He added that “the only step toward a better futureÃÂ ...
EurasiaNet
April 3, 2018
Between the north and south Caucasus there is only one functioning border connecting Georgia and Russia. An important railway through Abkhazia connecting the whole region to Russia was closed in the 1990s following the Abkhazian war. Talks to reopen the ill-fated railway are an ongoing subject ofÃÂ ...
Al-Arabiya
April 3, 2018
It is noteworthy that Azerbaijanis are second ethnic group in the country only after the Georgians. Iranian activities in Borchali — which is a Georgian region with high concentration of Azerbaijani population — has been blatantly conspicuous since the last ten years. Some Azerbaijanis and Georgians areÃÂ ...
Georgia Today
April 3, 2018
Up to 200 representatives of regional and local authorities from 10 regions of Georgia attended interactive workshops on rural development, initiated by ... Kakheti, Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Guria and Autonomous Republic of Ajara took part in this initiative.
Civil Georgia
April 2, 2018
As you know, their goal was not Abkhazia and South Ossetia (Tskhinvali Region), their objective was the entire Georgia. In Crimea, Russians ... I can even quote the French minister, who said that without Georgia, the French mission in the Central African Republic would not have been possible. That is anÃÂ ...
Georgia Today
March 27, 2018
"We plan a large-scale program to be implemented in Georgia's regions and different countries, with the participation of all state institutions and our embassies. ... to the best of their ability in duly celebrating this festivity," he said, adding that, " the festive spirit must be felt equally in every region of Georgia.
The FINANCIAL
March 24, 2018
The country's subtropical climate by the Black Sea shore offers particularly favourable conditions for their growth, luring international confectionary giants such as Ferrero to invest in local production. "The livelihoods of around half of the Samegrelo region's population are closely linked to hazelnut farming.
Agenda.ge
March 19, 2018
Vladimir Putin has received 94.1 percent of votes in Georgia's occupied Abkhazia region, local media has reported. The de facto Ambassador of Russia in Abkhazia Semyon Grigoriev claimed that in the presidential elections Putin received 20 percent more votes in Abkhazia than in Russia. Vladimir PutinÃÂ ...
Georgetown University The Hoya
March 14, 2018
It stands out among former Soviet satellites as a country that has experienced successful, democratic and peaceful transfers of power. However, the small republic has faced internal conflicts and Russian aggression since its inception. Separatist movements in two regions that border Russia, Abkhazia andÃÂ ...
ReliefWeb
March 8, 2018
In addition to Ukraine, the intergovernmental organization focused on protracted conflicts in Georgia, Nagorno-Karabakh and Transnistria. ..... and resolution in the region, and played a crucial role in the quest for peaceful settlements to protracted conflicts in Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Azerbaijan.
Georgia Today
March 8, 2018
The cooperation of Turkmenistan with the regions of the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tatarstan, St. Petersburg, the Astrakhan and Sverdlovsk regions and other subjects, sees notable contribution from the leading companies of the Russian Federation - Vozrozhdenie, KAMAZ, Zarubezhneft, SiberiaÃÂ ...
EurasiaNet
March 8, 2018
Amid the chaos of the First World War and the Russian Revolution, the Democratic Republic of Georgia declared its independence and set up a social democratic, multi-ethnic state, with a constitution ... “All the elders in this region know her and know about what good things she did,” Beg Zadr says.
Agenda.ge
March 7, 2018
The Foreign Ministry of the Czech Republic has also condemned the human right violations in the breakaway region of Tskhinvali and called for full access for international human rights institutions to the region. The MFA is deeply concerned by the recent events in South Ossetia, Georgia, especially theÃÂ ...
Georgia Today
March 7, 2018
Georgian Economy Minister Meets Parliamentary Delegation of Republic of Korea ... It was noted that one of the most important projects in this sector, jointly implemented by the Georgian Partnership Fund and the Korean company K-Water, is the Nenskra HPP project in the Svaneti region, which is beingÃÂ ...
AZERTAC News
March 2, 2018
The Government of Georgia, the Government of the Azerbaijan Republic, Caspian European Club, Caspian American Club and Caspian Asian Club are ... As Telman Aliyev said, Caspian Energy Forum is held a few times in the countries of the Caspian-Black Sea and Baltic regions, and serves as aÃÂ ...
The FINANCIAL
March 2, 2018
“Georgia has significantly strengthened its safety and protection regulatory framework,” said IRRS team leader Catherine Haney, Region II ... The 12-member IRRS team comprised experts from Bulgaria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovenia, the United States and ZimbabweÃÂ ...
WPXI Pittsburgh
March 2, 2018
Russia has 1,000 troops and 500 peacekeepers stationed in the pro-Russian breakaway republic of Trans-Dniester, a sliver of land in in eastern Moldova. Russia and Georgia fought a brief war in 2008, which lead to two breakaway Georgian regions, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, declaring independence.
U.S. News & World Report
March 2, 2018
Russia has 1,000 troops and 500 peacekeepers stationed in the pro-Russian breakaway republic of Trans-Dniester, a sliver of land in in eastern Moldova. ... Russia and Georgia fought a brief war in 2008, which led to two breakaway Georgian regions, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, declaring independence.
Daily Signal
March 1, 2018
President Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of Georgia, a former Soviet territory, during the summer of 2008. ... 22, three citizens from the Republic of Georgia—a staunch U.S. partner in the South Caucasus—were detained by security forces in Russian controlled South Ossetia, a region of Georgia underÃÂ ...
Government Technology
February 22, 2018
“Community initiatives can be more successful through collaborative, people-focused approaches, and those qualities are what make the Georgia Smart Communities Challenge an important effort for the region,” said Doug Hooker, executive director of the Atlanta Regional Commission, in a statement.
New York Times
February 13, 2018
Such is the case for people living in Tskhinvali, or South Ossetia, a region recognized by the United States and NATO as Georgian territory but a Russian stronghold for the last 30 years. A truce was ... The Republic of South Ossetia is a self-proclaimed breakaway state backed and controlled by Moscow.
Agenda.ge
February 8, 2018
Praising the founder of the university Ivane Javakhishvili for his special contribution in the creation of the educational institution for Georgians, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili said TSU has not only been an educational institution but the birthplace of the country's struggle for independence fromÃÂ ...
Atlanta Business Chronicle
December 31, 1999
Hospitality Notes: One of Georgia's largest breweries planned; New owner for Krog Street, Stove Works ... is currently the center of the fastest-growing region of the craft beer market in the U.S.,” David Rice and Glen Sprouse, founders of Beer Republic, said in documents submitted to Lawrenceville officials.
ABC News
December 31, 1999
Russia has 1,000 troops and 500 peacekeepers stationed in the pro-Russian breakaway republic of Trans-Dniester, a sliver of land in in eastern Moldova. ... Russia and Georgia fought a brief war in 2008, which led to two breakaway Georgian regions, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, declaring independence.
The Jamestown Foundation
December 31, 1999
The two men had been arrested by South Ossetian KGB agents (the special service of this breakaway republic still carries the old Soviet name) and Russian border guards (Kavkazsky Uzel, .... Analysis of the dangerous situation around the occupied regions of Georgia lends credence to Avalishvili's theory.
WTVA
December 31, 1999
1931 - Abkhazia's status is reduced to an autonomous republic within Georgia. ... In response, President Bush releases a statement saying, in part, "The United States condemns the decision by the Russian president to recognize as independent states the Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
The FINANCIAL
December 31, 1999
15 small grants were awarded to 24 local civil society organisations (CSOs) in Armenia, Georgia and the Republic of Moldova, with a total grant sum of €540,000 and an average grant amount of €36,000. The small grants covered eight regions of Georgia, five regions of Armenia and nine regions ofÃÂ ...
Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news
December 31, 1999
The Inter-Parliamentary Conference "The Republic of Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine: Eastern Partnership and Current Security Challenges" will be held ... synchronization of the actions of the states of the region, in particular, Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine, in order to counter regional security challenges.
Co-operative News
February 6, 2018
In the subsequent election, social democrats emerged as the largest party in the Transcaucasia region. In May 1918, despite war continuing on the border with Turkey, the Democratic Georgian Republic was formed. What followed was an uneasy period that ended with an invasion by Russia in 1921, to endÃÂ ...
Emerging Europe
February 6, 2018
“We are delighted to see the country full of tourists,” said Giorgi Kvirikashvili, prime minister of Georgia. “They are coming not only to Tbilisi but are visiting all the regions of Georgia. To improve service, we are going to take into account all the remarks and complaints we get. We have to revise infrastructure,ÃÂ ...
Agenda.ge
February 4, 2018
Russia recognised Abkhazia and the other Georgian breakaway region of Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia) as independent countries after a military armed conflict with Georgia in 2008. As of today, only four countries recognise Georgia's breakaway regions as independent republics; these are Russia,ÃÂ ...
TASS
February 1, 2018
He drew attention to the fact that the conflict between Abkhazia and Georgia is long-standing, and that back in the Soviet Union times the region was making attempts to secede from the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. "This is nothing new. Let's talk about it," Richard Balfe said. Abkhazia, a provinceÃÂ ...
Georgia Today
February 1, 2018
It is a country which is protecting the EU's external border as responsibly as any Schengen Area member, without, in fact, being part of Schengen. It is a country whose currency, the Lev, has been governed by the same rules as the Euro for decades, and whose macroeconomic indicators are impeccable,ÃÂ ...
Agenda.ge
February 1, 2018
The Georgian Prime Minister's Special Envoy for Relations with Russia Zurab Abashidze and State Secretary and Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Grigory Karasin met in Prague, Czech Republic yesterday for what is the only format of direct Georgia-Russia dialogue. Although the format does not includeÃÂ ...
The FINANCIAL
February 1, 2018
The Session was co-chaired by the First Vice Prime Minister of Georgia, Dimitry Kumsishvili and the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus, Mikhail Rusyi. ... An agreement between the Kakheti Region of Georgia and the Minsk Region of Belarus was also signed at the Commission session.
EurasiaNet
February 1, 2018
... not to the Republic of Abkhazia,” he said. “I don't know any of the authorities in Abkhazia, and I had no interest in meeting them. I try not to speak with them.” Todua was born near Tbilisi but grew up in Gali, the southernmost region of Abkhazia, and home to the majority of the region's Georgian populationÃÂ ...
The Republic
January 31, 2018
Roughly 700 people have been hospitalized with flu infections this season in an eight-county region of metro Atlanta, the only region of Georgia where O'Neal's agency monitors hospitalizations. And flu symptoms account for about 12 percent of visits to doctors, outpatient clinics and emergency rooms inÃÂ ...
Open Democracy
January 30, 2018
We were both recent arrivals to Georgia: I was here because an upstart Azerbaijani media outlet had failed to attract a more qualified candidate, and Afgan because his investigative reporting — particularly on the corruption of the country's military and its ruling Aliyev family — had forced him to fleeÃÂ ...
Eurasia Daily
January 30, 2018
The Georgian foreign ministry regards these actions as "an illegal step towards the actual annexation of these regions by the Russian Federation." Russia intends to "integrate Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia) into Russia's single customs territory," the statement of the Georgian foreignÃÂ ...
Georgia Today
January 30, 2018
At the joint press-conference with Kvirikashvili, Skvernelis said Georgia is the main trading partner in the South Caucasus region for Lithuania. ... “This contribution should become an important argument for granting Georgia NATO membership,” Lithuanian PM noted, and expressed his country's firm supportÃÂ ...
EurasiaNet
January 30, 2018
The Serbian representative also thanked Georgia for its refusal to recognize Kosovo as an independent state. The Republic of Srpska, a sub-national entity led by President Milorad Dodik, has been pushing for more autonomy within Bosnia and Herzegovina. Controversially, the region hosted “StatehoodÃÂ ...
Civil Georgia
January 27, 2018
Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister, David Dondua responded on January 25 to the statements of his Russian counterpart, Grigory Karasin, made in an ... occupation of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions of Georgia and illegal military build-up therein, destabilizing the situation in entire region, and blatantlyÃÂ ...
The Jamestown Foundation
January 22, 2018
On January 9, the so-called “president” of the Russian-backed “South Ossetian republic” (“Tskhinvali region”), Anatoly Bibilov, undertook a three-day ... separatist regions of Georgia and Ukraine: “The events in South Ossetia, the events in Abkhazia, [and] the events here today in the People's Republic ofÃÂ ...
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