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MOSCOW, June 19 In one of the most significant blows to "Russian-speaking" organized crime, Europol has supported the arrest of 18 suspects from the Georgian Kutaisi criminal clan across several European countries, the EU crime fighting agency said Wednesday in statement.

DINAMO VS. SHIRAK: GEORGIAN FANS ASSAULT ARMENIAN SPORTSMEN AFTER HOME MATCH http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/06/18/dinamo-shirak/ 11:39 ~U 18.06.13 The Dinamo-Shirak match , held Monday in Tbilisi, Georgia, was followed by an unpleasant incident which might have ended in a tragedy.

Georgian police on Wednesday arrested nine serving and former police and military officers on suspicion of torture that the interior minister said was a "systemic problem" under the previous government of President Mikheil Saakashvili.

Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili and the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek discussed on Wednesday issue of protection of rights of national minorities.

UNESCO made a decision to remove the Bagrati Cathedral in Kutaisi from the list of world cultural heritage sites, a statement of the Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia said on Wednesday.

In the latest sign of the influence of Georgia's virtual civil society, many Georgians have turned to posting on Facebook their photos and the number of their signature on a petition to the government in a bid to bring to justice the participants of a mob-attack on participants in a May 17 anti-homophobia demonstration .

Czech police have arrested an alleged high-ranking member of a Georgian organized criminal group.

ARMENIAN YOUTH VISITED THE JEWISH SYNAGOGUE AND THE MUSLIM MOSQUE IN TBILISI Diocese of Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Holy Church in Georgia On 14 June, 2013 the "Hayartun" Cultural Center of the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Georgia organized the visit of young representatives of the Armenian community in Georgia to the Synagogue and ... (more)

To note, an Azerbaijani Railways Company representative had recently stated that the aforesaid railway link will be launched at the end of 2014.

The UN's civil aviation agency has given Tajikistan a November deadline for bringing the country's aviation system up to international standards in order to avoid being blacklisted, according to Asia-Plus.

Georgian Foreign Ministry hopes that Ukraine, chairing the OSCE, will make a "significant contribution" to the resolution of conflicts in the South Caucasus, Georgian Foreign Minister Maya Pandzhikidze said on Tuesday in Tbilisi at a joint news conference with Ukrainian counterpart Leonid Kozhara.

Representative delegation of Ukraine headed by the Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Vilkul will visit Georgia on June 24-25, Georgian Foreign Minister Maya Pandzhikidze said on Tuesday at a joint briefing with the Ukrainian counterpart Leonid Kozhara.

You might expect a Taliban video threatening a country's leaders and warning of impending terrorist attacks to bring a nation together.

On June 10-14, the average price on AZERI LT, exported from Azerbaijan via the Ceyhan, Batumi and Supsa ports to Italian Augusta port, was about $106.02 per barrel or $0.92 more compared to the previous week.

TBILISI, Georgia -- IFC will provide "Finca Georgia," $ 4 million to help increase lending to micro and small-sized businesses with a network of branches in Georgia.

GENEVA, Switzerland -- A decision to place a security fence around a disputed territory in Georgia creates problems for the internally displaced, a U.N. envoy said from Geneva.

Demonstrators gather outside Georgia's presidential palace in Tbilisi in July 2011 to protest over a notorious 2011 case in which the government used secret materials to accuse three Georgian journalists of spying for Russia.

YEREVAN, June 17. /ARKA/. The first special Yerevan-Batumi-Yerevan "Armenia" train this summer departed from Yerevan railway station Saturday, with 114 passengers on board.

He visits the rock-hewn Gerhard Church, Lake Sevan and the Armenian Genocide Memorial in the shadow of Mount Ararat.

Soldiers shave during joint Georgian/U.S. military exercises at the Vaziani military base outside Tbilisi, Georgia, in March.