| 13 May. '12 | Fünf Menschen sterben bei Flut in Tbilisi / Ortachala
Schwerer
Regen - bis zu 93mm - verwandelte eine kleine Straße in Ortachala in
einen Sturzbach. Auch andere Stadtteile in Tbilisi sowie Dusheti und die
Regionen Lagodekhi and Akhmeta in Ostgeorgien waren betroffen.
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| 3 May. '12 | Interview mit dem EUMM-Chef Andrzej Tyszkiewicz
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Q.:
The Russian Federation is refusing to reciprocate Georgia’s unilateral
non-use of force pledge, saying that it is not a party to the conflict.
Your predecessor, Ambassador Hansjörg Haber, has once described Moscow’s
position as “clearly absurd”; do you agree with that?
A.: I can only
reiterate the standpoint of the European Union on this: the non-use of
force pledge has to be entered into by those states recognized by the
international community that are obligated under the Six Point Agreement
namely Georgia and the Russian Federation.
Q.: Despite having a
relevant mandate, EUMM is not able to access the breakaway regions for
regular monitoring; as far as we know, there has been at least one
instance when EU monitors were allowed to cross into the breakaway
regions for a fact-finding visit to inspect particular incident site.
How many such visits have been conducted by EUMM? Do you see it feasible
to make such visits on regular bases?
A.: It is indeed unfortunate
that we are unable to gain regular access to the territories of Abkhazia
or South Ossetia. In the framework of fact finding visits, which have
been agreed upon during the international discussions in Geneva, we have
been invited a few times to Abkhazia and South Ossetia. We would very
much value the opportunity to have been able to carry out more fact
finding visits, particularly regarding the recent violent incidents in
Gali district - it would certainly have helped in defusing tensions and
accusations and in the gathering of information about reported
incidents. However, it must be stressed that when we do carry out such
fact-finding visits we will continue to provide a completely impartial
view of our findings.
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| 2 May. '12 | Präsident Saakashvili: 'Gibt mir zwei, drei, vier weitere Jahre'
President
Saakashvili told an audience gathered in a theater in Kutaisi on May 2
to give him “two, three four more years” and he would turn previously
famous spa resort of Tskaltubo in western Georgia into the best place in
Europe.
“Tskaltubo was the best place in the entire former Soviet
Union. I guarantee you: give me two, three, four more years and you will
see that I will turn it into the best place in the entire Europe,”
Saakashvili said in a speech, which was aired live by Rustavi 2 TV.
Saakashvili’s
second and final term in office expires in late 2013; he, however, can
become prime minister, whose authority will significantly increase after
the new constitution goes into force following the 2013 presidential
election. ...
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| 24 Apr. '12 | Bemerkungen zum 'armen. Genozid' löst Zwischenfall im Parlament aus
As
part of routine statements, usually made by MPs during sessions on
Tuesdays, MP Jondi Bagaturia from the opposition parliamentary faction,
Unity for Justice, took the floor from the Parliament’s rostrum to speak
of various issues and one of the issues he raised was last year’s
decision by the Georgian Parliament to recognize 19th century massacre
and deportations of Circassians by the Tsarist Russia in the northwest
Caucasus as genocide. He recalled this decision and criticized it in the
context of requests from Georgia’s Armenian community to recognize the
massacre of Armenians in Ottoman Empire as genocide – such appeals are
usually made almost every year in April, when the anniversary of those
tragic events are marked.
“When you recognized Circassians’ genocide
just for the purpose of a one-day PR show, we [warned] you not to do
that, because we would have nothing to tell to our Armenian citizens. I
wonder what are you going to tell these people now? These are our
citizens; these are our compatriots; you [referring to ruling party MPs]
should bear responsibility for that,” MP Bagaturia said. ...
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| 21 Apr. '12 | Ivanishvili's politische Partei startet mit Eröffnungskongress in Tbilisi
Parteiname:
"ქართული ოცნება – დემოკრატიული საქართველოს“ - Georgischer Traum -
Demokratisches Georgien" - "Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia"
Ivanishvili,
who presented core team of his party in February, has no right to
personally found or chair a political party in Georgia as he is a French
citizen and planned constitutional amendment, granting him political
rights without having a Georgian passport, has yet to be passed by the
Parliament.
For that reason the party elected as its interim, nominal
chairperson Manana Kobakhidze, a lawyer who previously served as a
chair of the Tbilisi-based human rights advocacy organization Article 42
of the Constitution. ...
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| 20 Apr. '12 | Präsident Saakashvili: 'Lasst uns Lavrov als Touristvertriebsmann rekrutieren, er wirbt gut für Georgien'
By
advising its citizens not to travel to Georgia, Russian Foreign
Minister Sergey Lavrov is in fact advertising Georgia and deserves “a
tourist agent’s salary” from Tbilisi, President Saakashvili said on
April 19.
“Hotels are full of Russian tourists. More Lavrov advises
[Russians] not to travel to Georgia, the more [Russians] are arriving.
Maybe we should recruit Lavrov as a tourist agent, shouldn’t we?”
Saakashvili told Education Minister Dimitri Shashkin jokingly when
visiting a new vocational school in Kobuleti on April 19. “Planes are
packed by Russians; they all are aware of Lavrov’s statements, but they
are coming into Georgia with even more pleasure. So give Lavrov a travel
agent’s salary; he is making a good advertisement for Georgia.” ...
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19 Mar. '12 | Parteienfinazierungsgesetz wird überarbeitet
- Amendments to narrow circle of entities falling under the law’s regulations;
- Wording “directly or indirectly related” to be removed;
- Fines imposed by the state audit agency will be reduced;
- 0.2% of GDP cap on donations/spending to be amended;
- Courts to have more say over state audit agency’s decisions; |
13 Mar. '12 | Präsident Saakashvili trifft US-Vertreter Andrew C. Weber für nukleare und biologische Verteidigungsprogramme in Tbilisi
...
“Deepening relations and cooperation between Georgia and the United
States was the main topic of discussion,” the Georgian President’s
administration said. “They also discussed the prospects of developing a
Georgian American Central Public Healthcare Referral Laboratory for
Georgia and for the region in general. It was also noted that, the
laboratory has already been created and the first studies will begin in
the near future. American military researchers will work at the lab
within the scope of a Georgian-American partnership.” ... |
9 Mar. '12 | NATO-Gesandter Appathurai: Georgien rückt näher an NATO heran, gleich was andere Parteien sagen
Russia's
leadership "can say what it wants", but it's NATO allies which decide
on membership and "step-by-step" Georgia is getting closer to the
Alliance "regardless of what other parties might say," James Appathurai,
NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and
Central Asia, said.
The
NATO "took a decision in Bucharest [in 2008] that Georgia will become a
NATO member if it still wants to and when it meets the standards of
course," he said in an interview with the Georgian news magazine Tabula.
"[Georgia] still wants to and based on popular support in Georgia I
expect that to stay the same and Georgia is working to meet the
standards. We have not changed our view. We continue to work towards
that step when Georgia will become a NATO member and Georgia is taking
the steps as well and in fact, as the Secretary General said, we are
getting closer together." ... |
7 Mar. '12 | Präsident Saakashvili hält Ansprache vor dem aserbaidschan. Parlament
- georg.-aserbaidschan. ‘Allianz ist nicht gegen irgendjemanden gerichtet’
- ‘Ich bin weit davon entfernt, gegen russ. nationale Interessen feindselig zu sein’
- ‘Ich träume von einer stolzen, stabilen russ. Föderation’
- ‘Russ. Patrioten, welche Staatsbürger nicht auf unnötige Schlachtfelder schicken, sind nicht unsere Feinde’ |
2 Mar. '12 | Minenlizens verkauft für 110.5 Mio. GEL
Der
Käufer: Mining Investments LLC gehört vollständig Alvydas Brusokas,
einem litauischen Staatsangehörigen, der in St. Petersburg, Russland,
lebt. ... |
31 Jan. '12 | US-Präsident Obama trifft Präsident Saakashvili im Oval Office
- ‘Georgia should be extraordinarily proud of the progress it made’;
- ‘Anticipating fair and free elections’;
- ‘Formal transfer of power will solidify reforms’;
- Exploring ‘the possibility of a free trade agreement’ with Georgia;
- ‘Georgia sets model of democracy for the region as a whole’;
- ‘Georgia responsible player on the world scene’; |
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