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11.05.2009, 20:54
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A two-hour meeting between President Mikhail Saakashvili and the leaders of Georgia's opposition has yielded no results. This comes after a month of mass protests demanding he step down.
03.04.2009, 15:58
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With the upcoming mass opposition rally in Georgia, activists are doing their best to give President Saakashvili the jitters. Outside his residence on Thursday night the message ‘Stop, Misha’ was written in flames.
20.07.2009, 09:31
Protesting against the ruling political regime in Georgia has become harder as the country’s parliament has adopted new legislation imposing tougher penalties and stronger bans on rallies.
22.10.2010, 18:15
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Despite an outpouring of public opposition, the French Senate took the retirement reform initiative one step closer to fulfillment on Friday as protests continue to hamper the nation.
12.10.2010, 14:52
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Russian officials have taken a cautious stance after Georgia’s foreign ministry said it would grant visa-free travel permits to residents of Russia’s North Caucasus republics.
31.12.2009, 13:38
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When the first Russian president, Boris Yeltsin, declared his resignation hours before the year 2000 began, not only did he thus close his own rich political career, but also ended a whole era in modern Russian history.
28.10.2010, 10:41
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Trade union protests in the US do not even come close to those in Europe, because America does not have a welfare state, believes professor and historian Norman Markowitz.
21.05.2009, 22:10
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An alleged organizer of the mutiny at a military base in Georgia has been killed and two others injured in a shoot-out with police, the country’s Interior Ministry says.
31.08.2010, 19:33
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Law enforcement agencies have dispersed another unauthorized opposition rally in downtown Moscow held in support of Article 31 of the Russian Constitution.
11.04.2009, 09:20
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A campaign of civil disorder is due to start in Georgia, says the opposition. It follows the expiration of an ultimatum for the president to step down. Mass demonstrations in the capital are set to enter their third day.
Published: 24 March, 2009, 16:02
The Georgian Interior Ministry has published footage which it says shows members of the opposition party plotting a coup d’etat in the country. The people involved were earlier arrested for illegal ownership of weapons.
