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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Georgia News Digest - June 16, 2011

IFC Launches Risk Management Certification to Strengthen the Financial Sector ...

Media Newswire (press release)
Tbilisi, Georgia, June 15, 2011-IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is helping strengthen the financial sector in Georgia by launching a formal risk management education and certification program to enable financial sector employees to enhance their ...
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Putin 'Regrets' Having Ties with Tbilisi Via Mediator

Civil Georgia
Russia's PM Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Swiss President and Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey in Geneva on June 15, that "regrets" Moscow had to keep ties with Tbilisi via a mediator. Switzerland represents Russia's interests in Georgia ...
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Departing Italian ambassador expresses fondness for Georgia

Messenger.ge
On June 15 Paata Burchuladze's Foundation Iavnana and the Embassy of Italy of Georgia with the support of Tbilisi Municipality and the Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia organized a charity concert Gala-Italia on the occasion of the ...
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Georgia Considers Restrictions on Public Protests After Deaths

Bloomberg
The changes follow a May 26 rally in Tbilisi where a demonstrator and a police officer were killed and at least 19 people were injured. They wouldn't violate the rights of protesters and address a Constitutional Court ruling that existing regulations ...
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Caucasus Home idea 'unrealistic'

News.Az
Az interviews Giorgi Volski, counsellor for political issues at the International Centre for Geopolitical Studies in Tbilisi. The foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Georgia said in Tbilisi on Monday that bilateral relations are almost trouble-free. ...
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IFC Invests in Health Insurance in Georgia and Kazakhstan, Improving Access to ...

The FINANCIAL
The FINANCIAL -- Tbilisi , Georgia, June 13, 2011—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is investing $3 million in equity in Archimedes Health Developments to help expand access to health insurance and health services in Georgia and other emerging ...
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Armenian, Georgian Church Leaders Reach Impasse

Asbarez Armenian News
Karekin II began the trip last Friday in the hope of convincing Georgia's political and religious leadership to grant an official status to the Georgia Diocese of the Armenian Church and return several churches in and outside Tbilisi to the latter. ...
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Asbarez Armenian News




Burjanadze under pressure in Facebook Q& A session

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By Gvantsa Gabekhadze The social networking website 'Facebook' is becoming more and more involved in Georgia's political life. After Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava's internet conference, leader of Democratic Movement-United Georgia and one of the most ...
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World Bank Georgia Announces 2011 CSF Winners

The FINANCIAL
The FINANCIAL -- Tbilisi , 16 June 2011. The World Bank Georgia Country Office has announced today the winners of the 2011 Civil Society Fund (CSF) competition. A total of $45000 in grants is available for this year's program. ...
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