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Articles of the author Dhu Tbilisi
Two Freight Trains Collide in Western Georgia
AlQa'dah 25, 1432, Oct 23, 2011, SPA -- Two freight trains collided in the Ozurgeti district of western Georgia, Itar-Tass quoted the local authorities as saying. According to the preliminary information, three guards accompanying the trains were (...)

23 - 10 - 2011
Jordan, Georgia Discuss Bilateral Trade, Business Ties
Jordan and Georgia have agreed to boost bilateral cooperation and raise the volume of trade, according to the Jordanian Ministry of Industry and Trade. During the Jordanian-Georgian Economic Forum, Minister of Industry and Trade Hani Mulqi on (...)

23 - 07 - 2011
Georgia says photographer admits spied for Russia
The last of three photographers charged with espionage confessed Saturday to spying for Russia, Georgia's Interior Ministry said - a claim that surprised the photographer's own lawyer, according to AP. Ramaz Chinchaladze, lawyer for photographer (...)

16 - 07 - 2011
Georgian journalists charged with spying for Russia
Three Georgian photojournalists were accused on Saturday of passing secret information regarding the movements of President Mikheil Saakashvili to Russian intelligence and were charged with espionage, Reuters. The three -- Saakashvili's personal (...)

09 - 07 - 2011
Georgian photojournalists arrested for spying
The personal photographer of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and three other photojournalists were arrested on Thursday and accused of spying for a foreign country, according to Reuters. The arrests appeared to fall under what Georgia's (...)

07 - 07 - 2011
Georgian Police Says 2 Killed in Protest Dispersal
Police in Georgia says a police officer and a demonstrator were killed during the violent clearing of an anti-government protest in the capital Tbilisi, as AP reported. The Interior Ministry said Thursday that both victims died when they were hit (...)

26 - 05 - 2011
H1N1 Claims One More Life in Georgia
Akhir 24, 1432 / March 29, 2011, SPA -- The Georgian National Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday reported that the viral H1N1 flu had claimed yet another human life in the South Caucasus country. So far the virus has killed 30 (...)

29 - 03 - 2011
Azerbaijan Confirms Bird Flu Outbreak in Its West
Hijjah 29, 1431 / Dec. 05, 2010, SPA -- Azerbaijani authorities have confirmed a bird flu outbreak in western regions of the country where poultry farms have already reported numerous deaths from the disease. Deputy Health Minister Elsever (...)

05 - 12 - 2010
Mine blast in Georgia leaves 3 killed, 7 wounded
Officials say a methane explosion at a coal mine has killed three and wounded seven people in western Georgia. Interior Ministry spokesman Zurab Gvenetadze said an explosion occurred at the mine some 300 kilometers (185 miles) west of the capital (...)

28 - 08 - 2010
Georgian authorities pull down Stalin monument
Authorities in Georgia on Sunday tore down another monument to Soviet dictator and native son Josef Stalin, AP reported. The monument in the town of Tkibuli in western Georgia was taken down two days after authorities tore down a bigger and more (...)

27 - 06 - 2010
Georgia leader seen passing first post-war vote test
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is expected to pass his first electoral test since a 2008 war with Russia on Sunday, aided by a fragmented opposition that has struggled to capitalise on public anger over his rule, Reuters reported. Sunday's (...)

30 - 05 - 2010
Georgia elections test Saakashvili party's support
A fractured opposition faces President Mikhail Saakashvili's powerful governing party in nationwide local elections that will be an informal referendum on the controversial president's rule _ the first since the country's August 2008 war with (...)

28 - 05 - 2010
Georgian airline wins permission to fly to Moscow
A Georgian airline official said today that the carrier has won a permission to conduct flights to Russia through the summer, AP reported. Georgian Airways spokeswoman Nino Giorgobiani said that the Russian authorities have allowed her company to (...)

18 - 05 - 2010
4 killed in Georgian mine blast
Georgian officials say a powerful explosion killed four coal miners in the ex-Soviet state. The Interior Ministry said Wednesday several more miners were wounded in the blast in the western town of Tkibuli, one of them severely. It said (...)

03 - 03 - 2010
US warship docks in Georgia for joint training
A U.S. guided-missile frigate docked in Georgia today for joint training exercises next week in the Black Sea, along the coast from where Russian troops are setting up a base in the rebel region of Abkhazia, according to Reuters. The former Soviet (...)

25 - 02 - 2010
Georgia says TV channel forced off air by Moscow
Georgia said today a Paris-based satellite operator had cut transmission of a new Georgian TV channel to the Caucasus and Russia's turbulent south under pressure from Russia but the company denied Moscow was involved, Reuters (...)

01 - 02 - 2010
Russia warns Georgia as S.Ossetia tension rises
South Ossetia accused Georgian forces of firing mortars at the rebel territory on Saturday and Russia warned Tbilisi it reserved the right to use force to defend civilians a year after their five-day war, Reuters reported. Georgia denied any (...)

01 - 08 - 2009
Adviser: Georgian President to announce reforms
An adviser to Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili says he will announce a series of democratic reforms, just before a visit by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. In a speech to Parliament Monday, Saakashvili is expected to propose elections for (...)

20 - 07 - 2009
Russia removes first checkpoint in Georgia, withdrawal welcomed
Members of the European Union observer mission in Georgia reported Sunday that a Russian checkpoint north- west of the Georgian city of Gori was removed five days ahead of an agreed deadline, reported dpa. According to a spokeswoman for the (...)

05 - 10 - 2008
1 Georgian policeman killed, 2 hurt, near Abkhazia
Georgia's Interior Ministry said one Georgian policeman has been killed and two others wounded by separatist forces near the breakaway province of Abkhazia, AP reported. Spokesman Shota Utiashvili said Abkhazian militants fired on a Georgian police (...)

21 - 09 - 2008
Georgia says Russia meets partial pullout deadline
A Georgian official says Russia has fulfilled its commitment to withdraw forces from several positions in western Georgia. Security Council chief Alexander Lomaia says the Russians pulled out of posts in the Black Sea port of Poti and (...)

13 - 09 - 2008
Cheney slams Russia for war against Georgia
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney condemned Russia on Thursday for what he called an «illegitimate, unilateral attempt» to change Georgia's borders by force, according to AP. Speaking during a closely watched trip to this U.S.-allied South (...)

04 - 09 - 2008
IMF approves $750 mln loan to Georgia-minister
The International Monetary Fund has approved a $750 mllion stand-by loan for Georgia following its brief war with Russia, REUTERS quoted Georgian Economic Development Minister Eka Sharashidze as saying on Wednesday. An IMF mission to the South (...)

03 - 09 - 2008
Russia "seeks dialogue with EU", Medvedev tells London
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has stressed in a telephone call to British Premier Gordon Brown that Moscow wants a "constructive dialogue" with the European Union irrespective of the Georgia conflict, it was reported Saturday, according to (...)

30 - 08 - 2008
UN: Georgians effectively blocked from homes
Russian troops remaining in Georgian territory are effectively preventing Georgians from returning to their homes, a UN representative said Saturday. Melita Sunjic, spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner of Refugees in Georgia, told The (...)

30 - 08 - 2008
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