TBILISI, DFWatch–Friday, Georgia commemorated the seven soldiers who died in a suicide attack in Afghanistan the day before.
The soldiers were serving in the 42nd infantry brigade at Base Lezernik in Helmand Province.
“We took the bodies of our seven heroes
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Interior Ministry in Georgia Friday organized a trip for a few dozen foreign diplomats to villages close to the Russian-controlled breakaway region South Ossetia, where Russian border guards last week moved the border 300 meters into
TBILISI, DFWatch–Seven Georgian soldiers died in a suicide attack in Afghanistan Thursday.
President Mikheil Saakashvili has called for a national day of mourning on June 7 and asked that all the flags be lowered.
The Ministry of Defense on Thursday informed that
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
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
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili has called for an unscheduled session of Georgia’s National Security Council today at 4 pm.
Prime Minister Ivanishvili and several ministers who are abroad will not attend the meeting, but some government officials
TBILISI, DFWatch–NATO is concerned about illegal separating constructions in the conflict zone, says the alliance’s Caucasus and Central Asia envoy James Appathurai.
Last week, Russian soldiers moved the so-called administrative border 300 meters on a point south
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian soldiers have detained two more Georgian villagers for illegally crossing the so-called administrative border around breakaway South Ossetia.
The detainees are Avtandil and Kakha Khaduri. They were detained two days ago and taken to Tskhinvali.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Russian Federation has not yet reacted to a diplomatic note of protest from Georgia regarding the moving of the so-called administrative border into Georgian-controlled territory near breakaway South Ossetia.
But the Deputy Foreign Affairs
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian border soldiers have again been seen in the village Ditsi, on Georgia controlled territory close to the de facto border with Russian-controlled South Ossetia.
On Monday, the first reports came about Russian soldiers in the villages Ditsi and