News List - South Caucasus
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17 May 2012, 12:20 (GMT+05:00)EU wants to see progress in Nagorno-Karabakh negotiations
The EU is willing to see a progress in the negotiations on the resolution of the Armenian- Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Roland Kobia, the Head of the...
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17 May 2012, 11:07 (GMT+05:00)
Azerbaijani army soldier wounded
A 19-year old soldier of the Azerbaijani Army, Nurali Aliyev was wounded as a result of violation of ceasefire by the Armenian Forces in the direction of Agdam...
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Money transfers to Georgia from abroad hit $112.6 mln in April
17 May 2012, 10:32 (GMT+05:00) -
17 May 2012, 09:30 (GMT+05:00)
Georgia's foreign trade turnover reaches $3124 million
Georgia's foreign trade turnover has reached $3124 million in January-April 2012, the Georgian State Statistics Office told Trend on Wednesday
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16 May 2012, 22:52 (GMT+05:00)
Mikheil Saakashvili: Chicago NATO summit is very important for Georgia
Chicago NATO summit is very important for Georgia and it is necessary to fix Georgia's progress towards integration in NATO, Georgian President Mikhail...
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16 May 2012, 20:07 (GMT+05:00)
Eurovision-2012 Georgian representative dreams about house in Azerbaijan (PHOTO)
The press conference of Eurovision-2012 Georgian representative Anri Jokhadze has been held in the press center of the "Baku Crystal Hall" complex today.
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16 May 2012, 18:08 (GMT+05:00)
EU: Limitations in funding to have different impact on political parties
Limitations in funding in Georgia will have a varying impact on political parties in Georgia, the EU has reported. The report was presented by Ambassador of...
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Georgia's foreign trade turnover reaches $3124 million
16 May 2012, 18:05 (GMT+05:00) -
16 May 2012, 17:46 (GMT+05:00)
EU: Challenges remain in Georgia’s justice sector
Despite marked progress in a number of areas in the justice sector some challenges remain, in particular in ensuring citizen’s right to a fair trial, EU report...
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16 May 2012, 15:52 (GMT+05:00)
Azerbaijan participates in Intellectual Property Rights Protection workshop
Azerbaijani customs representatives participated in three-day workshop devoted to the protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), ENPI Info Center...
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16 May 2012, 15:48 (GMT+05:00)
OSCE hopes for speedy opening of mission in Georgia
The Georgian State Minister on Integration into European and Euro-Atlantic institutions and deputy Prime Minister, Giorgi Baramidze, met with the chairman of...
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16 May 2012, 15:39 (GMT+05:00)
EU worried about property rights protection in Georgia
The issue of property rights protection in Georgia has become a growing concern of the European Union, a report on the European Neighbourhood Policy for 2011...
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16 May 2012, 15:03 (GMT+05:00)
Georgian Patriarch to raise issue of Georgian cathedrals in Abkhazia and South Ossetia in UNESCO
During his visit to France, Patriarch of Georgia Ilia II will visit the UNESCO office where he intends to raise the issue of Georgian cathedrals located in...
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16 May 2012, 11:04 (GMT+05:00)
Georgian president begins working visit to U.S.
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili will hold meetings with representatives of political and business circles within his visit to the United States, which...
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Egypt to discuss priority investment spheres with Georgia
16 May 2012, 10:33 (GMT+05:00) -
16 May 2012, 10:23 (GMT+05:00)
Georgia to host int’l construction and interior exhibition
The international exhibition for construction and interior, organized by Expo Georgia, will be held in Georgia on May 16-19.
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16 May 2012, 10:17 (GMT+05:00)
EU urges Armenia to hold presidential elections in line with international standards
The European Union urged Armenia to hold 2013 presidential elections in line with international standards.
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16 May 2012, 10:16 (GMT+05:00)
Israeli MPs to visit Georgia
Members of Knesset (parliament) of Israel Faina Kirschenbaum (Yisrael Beiteinu Party) and Orit Zuarets (Kadima party) will visit Georgia on Wednesday.
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16 May 2012, 10:14 (GMT+05:00)
EU: Corruption remains a serious problem for Armenia
The European Union thinks that corruption remains a serious problem for Armenia.
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16 May 2012, 10:11 (GMT+05:00)
EU continues to request earliest closure of Armenian NPP
The European Union continues to request the earliest possible closure of the Armenian NPP in Metsamor as "it cannot be upgraded to meet internationally...
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15 May 2012, 22:18 (GMT+05:00)
EU notes Georgia’s progress in terms of religious freedom
The EU sees assignment of the status of legal entities under public law to religious groups as Georgia's significant progress in terms of religious freedom....
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15 May 2012, 21:57 (GMT+05:00)
Head of mission: EU-Georgia negotiations on visa regime liberalization to begin in few months
Work on the issue of liberalizing the EU visa regime with Georgia will begin in two months, the head of the EU mission in Georgia, Philip Dimitrov, said in...
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15 May 2012, 21:32 (GMT+05:00)
EU notes problems in resettlement of refugees in Georgia
The practice of resettlement of internally displaced persons remains a problem, but Georgia has complied with most guidelines developed in the 2010, the report...
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15 May 2012, 21:19 (GMT+05:00)
Concentrated study of Chinese language begins in Georgia
Concentrated study of the Chinese language begins in Georgia. The Embassy of China in Georgia said on Tuesday that from August educators from China will come...
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15 May 2012, 21:15 (GMT+05:00)
Cargo transportation volume jumps in Georgia in first quarter
The freight transportation volume totaled 15.5 million tons in Georgia in January-March, or 0.4 percent more than the same period of last year, the Economy...
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15 May 2012, 18:04 (GMT+05:00)
President Putin: CSTO leaders have consensus on approaches to security
Leaders of the Organization of the Collective Security Treaty have consensus on the approaches to the problems of international and regional security, Russian...
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15 May 2012, 17:25 (GMT+05:00)
Georgian president personally supervises work to eliminate flood consequences
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has personally supervised all the work to eliminate the consequences of a flood in Tbilisi and several regions, his...
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15 May 2012, 15:05 (GMT+05:00)
Georgia to bid for hosting European Football Championship-2020
Georgia will independently continue competing for the right to host the European Football Championship in 2020, Georgian Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs...
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15 May 2012, 13:36 (GMT+05:00)
Armenia’s Agriculture Minister will head to Israel
On the invitation of Israel’s Agriculture Minister Orit Noket, an Armenian delegation led by Agriculture Minister Sergo Karapetyan will visit that country from...
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15 May 2012, 13:33 (GMT+05:00)
An earthquake was registered in Armenia.
The tremor, which measured magnitude 3 on the MSK-64 scale, was recorded on Tuesday at 8:13 local time, the Armenian National Seismic Protection Service...
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15 May 2012, 13:23 (GMT+05:00)
Deputy PM: NATO sets high bar for Georgia
It will take several years for Georgia to reach the high bar which has been set for it under the terms of joining NATO, deputy Prime Minister and State...
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15 May 2012, 10:50 (GMT+05:00)
Japanese-German brand starts large-scale computerization in Georgia
Japanese-German brand "Fujitsu" begins a large-scale project of the country’s computerization in Georgia from May 15.
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15 May 2012, 10:38 (GMT+05:00)
OSCE to monitor contact line between Armenian, Azerbaijani armies
Monitoring will be held on the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces near the Kuropatkino village in the Azerbaijani Khojavend region on...
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15 May 2012, 09:12 (GMT+05:00)
Demand for Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation’s shares on London Stock Exchange exceeds application
A package of securities of the Oil and Gas Corporation of Georgia worth $250 million was placed on the London Stock Exchange, the Georgian government said on...
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14 May 2012, 22:25 (GMT+05:00)
Georgian government to allocate more than $3 million to overcome the consequences of flooding
Georgian government will provide five million lari ($ 1 = 1.64 lari) in the first phase for the rehabilitation of infrastructure damaged due to the flooding in...
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14 May 2012, 20:40 (GMT+05:00)
Delegation of United Nations Development Program arrives in Tbilisi
A delegation of the UN Development Program, led by UNDP Deputy Regional Director for Europe and the CIS Haoliang Xu arrived in Georgia on Monday.
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14 May 2012, 20:21 (GMT+05:00)
Georgian government holds emergency meeting on impact of flooding
The Georgian government has gathered for an emergency meeting today in the evening.
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14 May 2012, 20:14 (GMT+05:00)
Mikheil Saakashvili congratulates Francois Oland on victory in presidential election
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has congratulated Francois Oland on his victory in the elections
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14 May 2012, 20:11 (GMT+05:00)
President of Uzbekistan to participate in meetings of CSTO and CIS
President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov will participate in informal summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and in the jubilee session of the...
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Opportunity for the export of mixed oil products from Georgia created
14 May 2012, 19:03 (GMT+05:00) -
14 May 2012, 17:51 (GMT+05:00)
Dollar takes another “flight” in Armenia
The US dollar’s exchange rate continues to increase in Armenia’s financial market.
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Cargo transportation volume jumps in Georgia in first quarter
14 May 2012, 16:36 (GMT+05:00) -
14 May 2012, 15:55 (GMT+05:00)
Kyrgyzstan delegation views reforms at Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs
A Kyrgyzstan government delegation visited the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs in order to familiarise itself with the innovations being introduced there
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14 May 2012, 15:51 (GMT+05:00)
Georgian President holds emergency meeting over natural disaster
The standards of construction shall be controlled more tightly and there shouldn’t be barrack like houses in Tbilisi, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili...
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14 May 2012, 15:49 (GMT+05:00)
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs call on to accelerate reaching agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group traveled on May 11-14 to Yerevan and Baku, where they met with Presidents Serzh Sargsian and Ilham Aliyev to discuss the...
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14 May 2012, 15:39 (GMT+05:00)
Georgian Foreign Ministry: Georgia to discuss proposals of Russians with partners
Georgia will consider the proposals of the Russians on the non-use of force together with its partners
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14 May 2012, 14:37 (GMT+05:00)
Flood damage to hit several million lari in Tbilisi
The appropriate commission has not estimated the total damage caused to Tbilisi in connection with the recent flood, but presumably it will hit several million...
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14 May 2012, 14:25 (GMT+05:00)
Interruptions in gas supply to take place in some Azerbaijani regions
As a result of repair work, gas supplies via the Kazimagomed-Gazakh pipeline will be suspended on May 14-16
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SOCAR to launch new branch of main gas pipeline towards Georgia
14 May 2012, 14:24 (GMT+05:00)
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