Daily Archives: March 10, 2012

U.S. Marines to hold joint exercise with ex-Soviet republic

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TBILISI, DFWatch – U.S. Marines have arrived in the former Soviet republic of Georgia to hold a two week exercise with the Georgian fourth infantry brigade. The joint exercise lasts from 10 to 24 March and takes place at Vaziani military base less than an hour’s drive […]

Saakashvili’s Baku speech criticized in Azerbaijan

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TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili is being criticized for his speech in the parliament of neighboring Azerbaijan. A member of the Azerbaijani parliament calls Saakashvili an adventurer (авантюрист). News agency Regnum.ru reports this, […]

Foreign investment soars in Georgia

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TBILISI, DFWatch – Foreign direct investment in Georgia is increasing dramatically, and much of it comes from companies registered in the British Virgin Island, a known tax haven with low transparency. Foreign direct investments increased by 58% in the […]

Greek Patriarch denies negotiations over monastery

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TBILISI, DFWatch – Theophilos III, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, is unfamiliar with there being negotiations regarding returning church control over the Monastery of the Cross to Georgia. The Patriarch said this in an exclusive interview with the online portal […]