Daily Archives: June 6, 2013

Saakashvili rallies people to resist Russia

By | June 6th, 2013|Categories: News, Security|Tags: , |

President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili. (Official photo.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili Wednesday described the moving and fortifying of a de facto border between Georgian- and Russian-controlled territory in place since the war in 2008, as a call for everybody to resist Russian occupation. “This session […]

Abashidze mentioned border issue at direct talks with Russia

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Zurab Abashidze is the Georgian Prime Minister’s Representative for Relations with Russia. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The small-scale careful dialogue between Georgia and Russia continued in Prague Wednesday as Zurab Abashidze and Gregory Karasin met to sum up the results of six month of talks. Abashidze, who was specially appointed by Prime Minister Bidzina […]

Thousands came for open air music festival in Tbilisi

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English indie rock band The Subways performing in Tbilisi Wednesday. (DFWatch photo.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi Open Air 2013 brought thousands of people to Dinamo Arena on Wednesday. The one-day festival started an hour late, which resulted in the Berlin-group Modeselektor having to leave without playing in order to catch the plane. Georgian band Kid Jesus […]

Georgian soldiers to remain in Afghanistan after 2014

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Georgia’s Minister of Defense Irakli Alasania (left) and NATO’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. (Official photo.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The NATO-Georgia commission held a session in Brussels on Wednesday as part of a meeting of ministers from member states. The Alliance’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen opened the session by reiterating the importance of Georgia’s […]