TBILISI, September 25 – Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze used his address to the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday to appeal directly to the people of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Kobakhidze said Russia still occupied 20 percent of Georgia’s territory and that hundreds of thousands of displaced people remained unable to return ... Read more
TBILISI, September 24 – An EU-funded music festival in Georgia has been postponed over safety concerns after a musician said threats forced him to cancel. The decision has sparked a dispute between Georgia’s ruling party and the EU delegation in Tbilisi. The Danish Cultural Institute, which was involved in organizing the Kamara festival, announced that ... Read more
TBILISI, September 24 – Russia says Georgia must give legally binding guarantees that it will not use force against its breakaway territories Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The statement further demands that Georgia agree to formally mark the borders of those territories. The Russian Foreign Ministry statement was issued following talks on Wednesday between Deputy Foreign ... Read more
TBILISI, September 23 – The Council of Europe says it did not transfer a grant to a Georgian political school or pay its officials for a recent seminar after Georgian authorities launched a probe for possible violation of the grants law. In a statement to Interpressnews on Tuesday, the Strasbourg-based organization said it had directly ... Read more
