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27.05.2010, 14:14
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On Wednesday, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili unveiled the country’s tallest monument. The “Tower of Heroes” is in honor of the soldiers who died for independence – but only to the ones who fought against Russia.
25.06.2010, 13:37
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Residents of Gori, the Georgian city where Joseph Stalin was born, awoke on Friday morning to discover the centrepiece of their main square, a six-metre bronze statue of the infamous soviet leader, had vanished.
06.05.2009, 13:00
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Despite accusations by Georgian officials that Russian secret services were involved in Tuesday's mutiny and alleged coup attempt, there is no firm evidence of it, according to a report in The Times.
20.05.2010, 20:01
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Victims of Georgia's attack on South Ossetia in August 2008 may now have an EU-approved document on their hands if they want their cases to be heard at the international criminal court in The Hague.
25.02.2009, 19:38
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On February 25, Georgia marks ‘Sovietization Day’. Introduced in the early 1990s, the holiday has recently acquired a slightly different sense.
04.09.2009, 17:33
A Georgian opposition journalist with his family has crossed the border with South Ossetia and asked for political asylum.
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.
06.05.2009, 08:04
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A mutiny in a Georgian tank battalion ended after negotiations with President Saakashvili. The military revolted following the Interior Ministry’s allegation of planned coup d’etat.
07.08.2009, 22:24
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Participants in a round table discussion in Tbilisi put the blame on the Saakashvili regime for a series of actions that brought about the August war.
07.09.2010, 08:44
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The international death toll in Afghanistan is on the rise – and not only for US-led NATO forces. Georgia has lost its first soldier to the war, but the country isn't even part of the Alliance.
Published: 20 March, 2009, 16:15
Edited: 13 October, 2010, 05:38
Irakli Okruashvili, an ex-minister under President Mikhail Saakashvili who turned to opposition and fled the country, is planning a comeback from exile despite the 11-year jail sentence he faces in Georgia.
