Georgia News

"We will protect our citizens by all those means which we have," Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said last night regarding release of Georgian monk Iona from Abkhazian captivity.

A day after the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Hezbollah's military commander, two seemingly coordinated attacks were launched on Monday against Israeli embassies overseas.

Bombers targeted staff at Israel's embassies in India and Georgia on Monday, the foreign ministry said, with a bomb going off in New Delhi but a second device in Tbilisi defused.

An attempted attack on the Israeli embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia was foiled Monday when an employee discovered an explosive device car across from the diplomatic mission, Israel Radio reported.

Georgia, Tbilisi, Feb.13/ Trend N.Kirtskhalia /

Georgia and Afghanistan have agreed to establish an intergovernmental commission for the development of bilateral cooperation. The agreement was reached at a meeting of Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze and his Afghan counterpart Zalmai Rassoul in Kabul.

Ukraine continues to supply weapons to Georgia and fulfills its obligations on servicing previously supplied equipment, Georgian Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Giorgi Baramidze said in an exclusive interview with magazine "Zerkalo nedeli. (Mirror Weekly) Ukraine".

Nezavisimaya Gazeta , Russia Feb 10 2012 Editorial Dangerous Side of Strategic Allied Relations: the Incendiary Statements of Georgian Politicians and Experts Are Giving Rise to the Concern of the Entire South Caucasus [translated from Russian] Mikheil Saakashvili recently opened another two hospitals, and society has once again been asking: "For ... (more)

KYIV. Feb 12 - With South Ossetia and Abkhazia are still on its agenda, Georgia is hoping for civilized resolution of this problem, Georgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for European Integration Georgi Baramidze said.

In a small room at the back of a drafty, crumbling warehouse, Zaza Janezashvili carefully feeds coloured thread into a huge whirring machine.

The Georgian capital Saturday experienced its coldest day in almost four decades at minus nine degrees Celsius, the meteorological agency said.

A liquid petroleum gas container exploded in a dormitory in teh center of the town of Kvareli of Kakheti Region in Eastern Georgia on Saturday.

On Feb 6-10, the average price on Azeri Light CIF Augusta exported from Azerbaijan via the Ceyhan, Batumi and Supsa ports was $120.72 per barrel, or about $5.6 more than the previous price.

DAMAGED TBILISI CHURCH IN OWNERSHIP ROW By Arpi Harutyunyan Institute for War and Peace Reporting IWPR CAUCASUS REPORTING SERVICE, No.

Residents of the Georgian capital Tbilisi have staged protests against the destruction of city parks in what they see as a creeping encroachment on public spaces, with no advance warning given by the authorities.

Qatar Airways has been in talks with the Georgian government on ways to help boost tourism to the southeast European country.

Ms Aboltina will meet with chairman of the Georgian Parliament David Bakradze during the visit, the press service of the Parliament of Georgia told Trend on Friday.

Batumi will host a two-day meeting of Georgian Central Election Commission's leadership with delegations of representatives of Eastern Europe and Central Asian countries' election administrations on Feb.9, Georgian CEC told Trend.

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Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 10 / Trend N. Ismayilova / Azerbaijani minister of economic development Shahin Mustafayev will attend Georgia-Azerbaijan-Turkey Business Forum to be held in "Radisson Blu Iveria" hotel in Tbilisi on February 16, the ministry told Trend today.

Seven Georgian sailors, who were released from the captivity of ship owner after the negotiations carried out by Georgian diplomats, will depart from Odessa to Georgia if the ship owner company covers their salary arrears.