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TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Yerevan today for the first time in five years.
Russian media report that during his visit, Putin will meet with his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan.
There will also be held a Russia-Armenia regional
TBILISI, DFWatch–The razor wire bundles along the de facto border will eventually be changed into wire-mesh fences, a spokesperson for the South Ossetian KGB’s press service told the online news service Caucasian Knot.
According to Wikipedia, razor wire blades are
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tens of people gathered on Sunday in Tbilisi wearing yellow and blue to support people in Ukraine and express solidarity with them after a violent dispersal in Kyiv.
“Our Ukrainian friends need support, they mustn’t be alone facing impudent violence,”
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has imposed sanctions against Georgia after a Russian election observer was denied entry before the presidential election a month ago.
The organization has decided not to hold any committee
TBILISI, DFWatch–Representatives from the GUAM countries will meet in Tbilisi on Monday.
The occasion is the sixth session of the Parliamentary Assembly of GUAM, a cooperation between Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova.
Zurab Abashidze, chairman of the
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian soldiers have taken two more Georgian villagers to a detention facility in Tskhinvali inside the breakaway region South Ossetia.
Ambrosi Kapanadze and Genad Baisikovi were taken from the villages Tsagveli and Kobi Saturday morning. Their
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government has decided to change the name of the Reintegration Ministry into the Ministry of Reconciliation and Civil Equality.
The name change will come into force on January 1, 2014. The minister who heads the renamed ministry,
TBILISI, DFWatch–In his less than two minutes long address at the Eastern Partnership Vilnius Summit President Giorgi Margvelashvili spoke briefly about the country’s past, present and future on the way to Euro-Atlantic integration.
After recalling the democratic election
TBILISI, DFWatch–The last few days, Russian soldiers have begun installing signs in the villages bordering with South Ossetia that warn locals not to pass, and are continuing installing fences and barbed wire.
The EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) on Friday expressed concern over
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s budget for next year will be about 9 billion lari (USD 5.3 billion), Finance Minister Nodar Khaduri says.
After the government session on Friday, Khaduri told journalists that a draft budget has been sent to parliament for further review