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Aljazeera.com
April 28, 2018
In December 2017, former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was seen being dragged off a roof in Kiev and bundled into a police van. He was freed shortly afterwards, when supporters ripped the ... Saakashvili became president of Georgia in 2004. After his party were defeated in the 2013 elections,ÃÂ ...
WTOC
April 26, 2018
After less than two years on the job, Georgia Southern President Dr. Jaimie Hebert is exploring opportunities at other universities. Dr. Hebert is visiting the University of Houston-Clear Lake Thursday as a finalist for the position of Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. According to theÃÂ ...
News.Az
April 12, 2018
In his congratulatory message, Margvelashvili expressed hope that bilateral relations between the two countries will continue to develop. "I congratulate my friend Ilham Aliyev on his re-election as President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. I believe that centuries-long friendly relations between Georgia andÃÂ ...
Georgia Today
April 12, 2018
Georgian leaders congratulated the incumbent President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on his re-election. Aliyev won a fourth consecutive term in presidential elections on Wednesday, getting 86.03% of votes. The President of Georgia, Giorgi Margvelashvili was among the first to congratulate him.
APA
April 11, 2018
'In 2019 we'll realize a significant project, which will start from Baku and completed in Italy and Greece and provide south Europe with energy. This means that we'll have more partners and friends', Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili said during public lecture Centre for Strategic Studies andÃÂ ...
Civil Georgia
April 11, 2018
The ECSSR held a lecture titled "The Georgia—UAE Partnership: Creating a Shared Future in an Inconsistent World," delivered by H.E. Giorgi Margvelashvili, the President of Georgia, on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. It was attended by many Arab thinkers diplomats & media professionals. pic.twitter.com/ÃÂ ...
Gulf Today
April 10, 2018
The Georgian delegation included Dimitry Kumsishvili, First Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Giorgi Abashishvili, Head of the Administration of the President of Georgia; David Rakviashvili, Assistant to the President of Georgia on National Security Issues andÃÂ ...
Georgia Today
April 5, 2018
The President of Georgia, Giorgi Margvelashvili stated that the accident in Tkibuli coal mine on Thursday, that left 6 dead and 3 injured, once again demonstrated that the efforts of the whole society and the government, should be directed to stricter control of the enforcement of labor safety rules. "In thisÃÂ ...
Agenda.ge
April 4, 2018
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has pardoned 64 inmates today. Of the 64 prisoners, 41 will be released from prison today while the remaining 23 will receive reduced sentences. The recent commission meeting was held on March 28-29 in Tbilisi, where 335 cases were discussed. The PresidentÃÂ ...
Agenda.ge
April 3, 2018
President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili has pardoned 3,655 inmates since 2013. In particular, President Margvelashvili pardoned: 71 in 2013; 787 in 2014; 1006 in 2015; 834 in 2016; 840 in 2017; 117 in 2018. 1,645 out of those pardoned served their term for heavy crimes, while 1, 812 – forÃÂ ...
vestnik kavkaza
March 27, 2018
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili offered his condolences to the Russian people for a fire claiming the lives of 64 people. "Shocked with awful Kemerovo tragedy where people, many of them children horribly died. My sincere condolences to the families of victims," he wrote on his Twitter account.
Agenda.ge
March 27, 2018
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili greeted his Polish counterpart at Tbilisi International Airport. Photo by the President's press office. Margvelashvili and Duda further spoke about Black Sea Security issues and the upcoming NATO summit in Brussels, Belgium which will be held July 11-12. PresidentÃÂ ...
Georgia Today
March 26, 2018
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has awarded Georgian citizen Archil Tatunashvili, who died in custody in a detention facility in Georgia's occupied Tskhinvali region (“South Ossetia”) on February 23, with an Order on Honor. The puppet regime at first refused to hand Tatunashvili's body over toÃÂ ...
Online Athens
March 18, 2018
An Athens pharmacist and owner of Village Drug Shop on Prince Avenue has been selected to serve as the president of the Georgia Pharmacy Association. Dr. Chris Thurmond, a 2001 graduate of the University of Georgia School of Pharmacy, will assume the duties of office in June and officially begins hisÃÂ ...
Voice of America
March 16, 2018
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili is calling for American and European leaders to capitalize on what he calls a palpable, growing international consensus about the scope, magnitude and immediacy of national security threats posed by Russian election interference and suspected assassinationÃÂ ...
Civil Georgia
March 14, 2018
Georgian President Visits Washington DC, Meets Lawmakers, Think Tank Community ... Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili is paying a working visit to the United States on March 12-16 “to strengthen the U.S. support of Georgia, and promote the country's NATO integration process,” according to theÃÂ ...
Agenda.ge
March 14, 2018
The Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has met with the heads of American non-profit organisations in Washington - the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and International Republican Institute (IRI) which conduct polls worldwide. The visit of President Margvelashvili to Washington aims atÃÂ ...
Georgia Today
March 13, 2018
President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelasvili has left Brussels to fly for a state visit to the United States. Most of his time will be spent in the US capital, Washington, D.C.. Margvelashvili recently visited top diplomats in Brussels, including EU officials. His stay included a discussion on closer cooperation betweenÃÂ ...
Agenda.ge
March 12, 2018
... Georgian citizen Archil Tatunashvili in the country's occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region during his meeting with the Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili in Brussels, Belgium today. Full Article ÷ Georgian president discusses security challenges with Mogherini. The President of Georgia Giorgià...
Voice of America
March 10, 2018
Georgia's membership in NATO could contribute to the stability of the alliance and Europe as a whole, President Giorgi Margvelashvili has said. In an interview with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Saturday in Brussels, Margvelashvili outlined Georgia's main objectives for an upcoming NATOÃÂ ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 10, 2018
BRUSSELS -- Georgia's membership in NATO could contribute to the stability of the alliance and Europe as a whole, President Giorgi Margvelashvili has said. In an interview with RFE/RL on March 10 in Brussels, Margvelashvili outlined Georgia's main objectives for an upcoming NATO summit in BrusselsÃÂ ...
EU News
March 8, 2018
I am very happy to welcome again President Margvelashvili to Brussels. You know how I value your visits here and our talks and cooperation. It's not only a pleasure; first of all I really appreciate how effective, how efficient your country is, and you are as a President. EU-Georgia relations are strong and weÃÂ ...
Emerging Europe
February 16, 2018
Mr Saakashvili – once the darling of the Rose Revolution – became president of Georgia in January 2004 after President Eduard Shevardnadze resigned in wake of mass popular protests, led by Mr Saakashvili and his political allies. He was re-elected to a second term in 2008. He was widely regarded asÃÂ ...
NPR
February 12, 2018
Ukrainian authorities have deported Mikheil Saakashvili, the former Georgian president who has emerged as a vocal antagonist of the government in Kiev. Ukraine's border agency confirmed his deportation to Poland on Monday, while videos on social media purported to show Saakashvili getting seizedÃÂ ...
EurasiaNet
December 31, 1999
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili speaks at Georgetown University during a recent trip to Washington, where he pitched the idea of a Georgia ... On his recent visit to Washington, Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili took every opportunity to urge his American partners to pass the GeorgiaÃÂ ...
Agenda.ge
December 31, 1999
The President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili has met with the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice-President of the European Commission Federica Mogherini in Brussels to discuss Georgia-EU relations and Georgia's current security challenges. Margvelashvili paidÃÂ ...
News.Az
December 31, 1999
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has expressed his condolences to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, APA reports. The letter reads as follows: "I'm deeply saddened by the tragic news of a fire in the Republican Drug Rehabilitation Center in Baku which caused human casualties. On my ownÃÂ ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
December 31, 1999
BRUSSELS -- Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili says that Tbilisi is ready to take more action to preserve the hard-won visa liberalization regime that enables its citizens to travel to the EU's Schengen Area without obtaining a visa. Margvelashvili made the pledge on March 8 in Brussels, where EUÃÂ ...
Democracy & Freedom Watch
February 21, 2018
TBILISI, DFWatch–The president of Georgia has hinted that Russia may have manipulated media in Europe and made them focus on crime committed by Georgian nationals. “It may be the result of Russian propaganda when in the capitals of some European countries [local] media particularly emphasizeÃÂ ...
Georgia Today
February 16, 2018
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has paid an official visit to Vilnius to take part in celebrations dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of Lithuania's Independence. On February 16 Georgian President attended the official reception held on behalf of President Dalia Grybauskaitė at the PresidentialÃÂ ...
Emerging Europe
February 16, 2018
Mr Saakashvili – once the darling of the Rose Revolution – became president of Georgia in January 2004 after President Eduard Shevardnadze resigned in wake of mass popular protests, led by Mr Saakashvili and his political allies. He was re-elected to a second term in 2008. He was widely regarded asÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
February 14, 2018
Ukrainian opposition figure and Georgian former president Mikheil Saakashvili arrives for a news conference in Warsaw, Poland February 13, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel Reuters. AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is in the Netherlands, following his expulsionÃÂ ...
NBCNews.com
February 14, 2018
Former president of Georgia seized at Kiev restaurant, deported. Tue, Feb 13. Law enforcement agents took Ukraine's opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili by force and deported him to Poland. Share Video; Facebook ÷ Twitter ÷ E-mail; Embed. Copy this code to your website or blog.
Plainview Daily Herald
February 13, 2018
Mikheil Saakashvili, former Georgian president-turned-Ukrainian opposition leader, speaks to reporters in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. Saakashvili was deported from Ukraine to Poland on Monday after ... more. Photo: Czarek Sokolowski, AP. Image 2 of 6. Mikheil Saakashvili, former GeorgianÃÂ ...
New Jersey Herald
February 13, 2018
FILE - This is a Monday, Dec. 11, 2017 file photo of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili as he gestures during a hearing in a court room in Kiev, Ukraine. Allies of Mikheil Saakashvili, the former Georgian president-turned opposition leader in Ukraine, say he was detained by masked men whoÃÂ ...
Kyiv Post
February 12, 2018
Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili heads a march with demand of impeachment to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Kyiv, on Feb. ... Ex-president of Georgia, leader of the New Forces Movement Mikheil Saakashvili will not come to give explanations on the extradition examination to theÃÂ ...
vestnik kavkaza
February 12, 2018
"My condolences to Russian people over the tragic passenger plain crash in Russia. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families," the President wrote on his Facebook page. Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili also offered his condolences to the Russian people earlier,ÃÂ ...
NPR
February 12, 2018
Ukrainian authorities have deported Mikheil Saakashvili, the former Georgian president who has emerged as a vocal antagonist of the government in Kiev. Ukraine's border agency confirmed his deportation to Poland on Monday, while videos on social media purported to show Saakashvili getting seizedÃÂ ...
Xinhua
February 9, 2018
9 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko said on Friday that there are no legal obstacles for extradition of former Georgian President ... The ruling came a month after a Tbilisi court found Saakashvili guilty of abusing power in 2009 during his second term as the president of Georgia andÃÂ ...
Agenda.ge
February 9, 2018
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has met with the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras during his two-day visit to Greece. At yesterday's meeting Margvelashvili and Tsipras highlighted that cooperation between Georgia and Greece during the past centuries has been based on European values.
Civil Georgia
February 9, 2018
“We, the Georgians, envision our future in the family of European nations … and the best place to prove our Europeanness is exactly Athens, the place that our nation decided as its geopolitical choice centuries ago,” President Giorgi Margvelashvili told his Greek counterpart Prokopis Pavlopoulos onÃÂ ...
Al Jazeera America
February 9, 2018
Saakashvili could be facing up to 11 years in prison on charges dating back to his time as president of Georgia, including abuse of power. A court in Ukraine, where he currently resides and is also facing criminal charges, recently rejected his appeal for protection against extradition. When asked about theÃÂ ...
The Guardian
February 8, 2018
The former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili says he is the victim of an international plot to “squeeze” him out of Ukraine, where he has emerged as a vocal critic of the country's president, Petro Poroshenko. A court in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, rejected on Monday Saakashvili's appeal for protectionÃÂ ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
February 7, 2018
On January 26, the Kyiv City Court of Appeals placed the former Georgian president and ex-governor of Ukraine's Odesa region under house arrest every night until February 7 from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. It also barred him from leaving the Ukrainian ... Saakashvili was president of Georgia from 2004 to 2013.
Georgia Today
February 7, 2018
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili criticized the Government for abolishing the National Security Council (NSC), an institution under the ... The National Security Council of Georgia, an advisory body for the President of Georgia dealing with matters of national security, was set up to organize theÃÂ ...
Voice of America
February 5, 2018
Ukrainian opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili on Monday said an appeals court rejected his appeal for protection against possible extradition in a decision he said was politically motivated. The former president of Georgia entered Ukraine last September despite being stripped of his Ukrainian citizenshipÃÂ ...
Georgia Today
January 29, 2018
The President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili has hosted Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis at the Presidential Administration, where the parties discussed security situation in the region, situation in the occupied territories of Georgia, Russian policy towards Georgia and prospects of Georgia'sÃÂ ...
TASS
January 26, 2018
Kiev's court of appeals rules to place ex-president of Georgia under house arrest ... Kiev's court of appeals on Friday ruled to place Mikhail Saakashvili, the former Georgian president and ex-governor of Ukraine's Odessa who now leads the Ukrainian opposition Movement of New Forces, under home arrestÃÂ ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
January 16, 2018
Responding to concerns voiced by privately-owned TV stations and civil society organizations, Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili announced on January 15 that he has vetoed amendments to the law regulating the Public Broadcaster passed by parliament in the third and final reading on DecemberÃÂ ...
Georgia Today
January 15, 2018
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has vetoed the changes to the Law on Broadcasting, adopted by the parliament in late December 2017. The amendments give state-financed Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) more independency and power and also right of commercial advertising. Also, theÃÂ ...
