TBILISI, DFWatch–José Manuel Barroso will visit Georgia Thursday and Friday.
The two day stopover will be the EU Commission president’s first official visit to Georgia.
Barroso is arriving from Moldova, and will leave for Azerbaijan on June 14.
During
TBILISI, DFWatch–German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Georgia before spring 2015, by invitation of Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili.
The PM on Monday met Merkel in Berlin and invited her to Georgia. She accepted the invitation and expressed her desire
TBILISI, DFWatch–Swiss President Didier Burkhalter arrived in Georgia Monday evening as part of a round trip in the South Caucasus.
Lasha Abashidze, head of Georgia’s Presidential Administration, and Davit Zalkaliani, First Deputy Foreign Minister, met him
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze on Tuesday began an official visit to the United States which will last until May 30.
According to the Foreign Ministry’s press office, Panjikidze will hold meetings with representatives of different
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court on Tuesday acquitted former Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili of cognac fraud.
Kezerashvili, who is under house arrest and electronic surveillance in France after being detained at Nice airport last year and then released in February, was charged by Georgian authorities in February, 2013, with assisting
TBILISI, DFWatch–For the first time after the catastrophic landslide in Dariali on May 17, rescue crew made their way into a tunnel in search of survivors, Georgian TV channel Rustavi 2 reported Thursday.
The tunnel, which is part of a hydro power plant under construction,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government will meet with EU commissioners in Brussels on May 21.
First Deputy Foreign Minister Davit Zalkaliani says this is the first time such a meeting is being held.
“This is an unprecedented format in EU-Georgia relations, which
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian soldiers on Sunday detained Otar Kokoshvili, 54, from the village Tamarasheni, near Kareli. He was taken to a detention facility in Tskhinvali, a central town in the breakaway region South Ossetia.
According to his relatives, Kokoshvili
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian border guards Monday detained seven more Georgians in villages bordering South Ossetia.
The same day, four Georgians were released. This leaves nearly 20 Georgians who still remain in detention in Tskhinvali.
The seven Georgians were detained
TBILISI, DFWatch–French President François Hollande arrives in Georgia on Tuesday as part of his tour of the South Caucasus.
Hollande’s trip takes place amid a crisis in Ukraine and is aimed at boosting the EU’s ties with the region, the French news agency AFP