Civil Georgia
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - 06:44
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met Georgia’s PM Irakli Garibashvili in Brussels on November 17 and discussed implementation of the “substantive package” of cooperation, which NATO offered to Georgia at its summit in Wales in September.
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 08:38
PM Irakli Garibashvili will participate in an inaugural session of the EU-Georgia Association Council on November 17 in Brussels, where he will also meet senior EU officials, as well as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
Friday, November 14, 2014 - 08:54
President Giorgi Margvelashvili met with ex-defense minister Irakli Alasania in the presidential palace on November 13.
Monday, November 10, 2014 - 08:11
PM Irakli Garibashvili said on November 10 that former defense minister Irakli Alasania, ex-foreign minister Maia Panjikidze and ex-state minister for Euro-Atlantic integration, are responsible for a failure to dispel “misperceptions” in the West about selective justice in Georgia.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 11:23
PM Irakli Garibashvili said late on Tuesday evening that he has dismissed Defense Minister Irakli Alasania.
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 07:56
In response to Russian Foreign Ministry’s warning that deploying NATO “infrastructure” in Georgia would undermine stability in the region, Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Alasania said that the only “huge threat” to the region is Russia and “NATO infrastructure” will be created in Georgia “as agreed” by the alliance members at the Wales summit.
Tuesday, October 7, 2014 - 07:00
Defense Minister Irakli Alasania said he is “optimistic” that MoD will see funding increase next year as discussions on initial draft of 2015 state budget are still ongoing.
Friday, October 3, 2014 - 06:49
The Russian Foreign Ministry said that it took seriously Tbilisi’s denial of reports about plans to set up training center for Syrian rebels in Georgia and warned that such a decision would have had “negative consequences” on the ongoing “normalization” of Georgian-Russian relations.
Monday, September 29, 2014 - 06:14
Addressing UN General Assembly on September 27, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called for “harmonization of integration projects in Europe and Eurasia” and for “pragmatic discussion” on security arrangement that would also include Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
Friday, September 26, 2014 - 09:46
The U.S. placed on September 24 a Syria-based Georgian national among 21 individuals in “specially designated global terrorists” list, freezing their assets and prohibiting Americans from having any commercial transactions with them.