Sunday, January 11, 2026

Merkel meets premiers of Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova

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Georgian PM Irakli Gharibashvili (left), German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Ukraine’s PM Arseniy Yatseniuk. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The prime ministers of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine on Wednesday met with Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel in Germany.

“We would like people to know that which road to choose, and our meeting today is held exactly for this [purpose],”

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Georgia to sign EU treaty June 27

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Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council. (Interpressnews.)

TBILILSI, DFWatch–Georgia will sign an association agreement with the EU on June 27.

Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili announced the date at a meeting with Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council.

“We received confirmation that Georgia will sign the

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Georgian president speaks at EU Eastern Partnership summit

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Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili (left) and Czech President Miloš Zeman. (Photo by Georgian president’s office.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili Thursday met with his Czech colleague Milos Zeman during a visit to Prague.

Mergvelashvili came to take part in the five year summit of the Eastern Partnership, a political effort by the EU to reform six former

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Margvelashvili to speak at Eastern Partnership summit

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Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has left for Prague to participate in the five year anniversary summit of the Eastern Partnership.

According to president administration, Giorgi Margvelashvili will hold a speech at the summit on April 25.

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Georgia on top of EU visa rejection list

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12% of visa applications by Georgian citizens to Schengen countries were rejected in 2013, according to Liberal Academy Tbilisi. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is on top of a list of former Soviet countries from where the highest number of people get their visa application rejected by the EU.

For each country in EU’s Eastern Partnership plus Russia, the Schengen visa rejection rate in 2013 was:

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Georgia expects visa free travel with Schengen by 2016

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Georgia’s Minister for Euro-Integration Alexi Petriashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government hopes its country’s citizens will be able to travel to Schengen countries visa free from 2016 at the latest.

Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration Alexi Petriashvili said on Monday that he hopes to see the first phase

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Georgia's EU treaty will be signed by the prime minister

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Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–When Georgia finally signs the Association Agreement with the EU by the end of June, it will be the prime minister who does the signing, not the president.

Exactly who will sign the agreement – president or prime minister – has been a subject of

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West warns Georgia against prosecuting Saakashvili

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Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves warns that Georgia’s EU treaty may be stalled if the investigation of former officials continues. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Western partners are threatening that prosecuting former President Saakashvili may jeopardize an EU treaty and membership in NATO.

Georgia has for years sought closer integration with the European Union and membership in NATO. In June,

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EU speeds up signing of treaties with Georgia and Moldova

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EU leaders will sign treaties with Georgia and Moldova no later than June 2014, Barroso wrote on Twitter. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The European Council accelerates the process of signing association agreements with two former Soviet republics, Georgia and Moldova.

The move comes amid an escalating crisis in Ukraine, where there is a threat of unrest spreading in the eastern

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Georgian parliament condemns Russia's actions in Crimea

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Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili said the debate about the Ukraine resolution was one of his most difficult days in parliament.

TBILISI, DFWatch–Parliament in Georgia Wednesday passed a resolution condemning Russia’s deployment of military forces in Crimea, which it says is a threat to all of Europe.

The resolution says Georgia became a victim of Russian military aggression in the war in 2008,

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