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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Georgia News Digest - June 23, 2011

Georgian parliament votes to move to Kutaisi

News.Az
A constitutional amendment to relocate parliament from Tbilisi to Georgia's second city, Kutaisi, has passed its first reading. In September 2009 the parliament passed a constitutional amendment on splitting the working venue of the next parliament to ...
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News.Az



Georgia c.bank keeps refi rate at 8 pct

Reuters
TBILISI, June 22 (Reuters) - Georgia's central bank kept its main interest rate unchanged at 8.00 percent on Wednesday, the bank said. The central bank has been keeping the refinancing rate unchanged after raising it in February to 8.00 percent from ...
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A week of unfulfilled hopes: visit of Catholicos of All Armenians to Georgia

Times.am
"Situation of Armenian churches in Georgia has become worse and worse during the years. If 26 acting Armenian Churches existed in Tbilisi on the beginning of 20th century, there are only two churches now. And the number of Georgian Churches is ...
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Times.am



Talking Trash in the South Caucasus

EurasiaNet
... they scavenge through waste, a practice in both Armenia and Georgia. A proposal from the Tbilisi city government to tie garbage collection fees to electricity bills -- in keeping with a push to unify utility bills -- has proven similarly divisive. ...
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Etchmiadzin Slams Georgia's Ilia II

Asbarez Armenian News
... Catholicos Karekin II, just days after his visit to Georgia. Speaking in Tbilisi's St. Trinity Cathedral on Sunday, Ilia attributed the failure of the two pontiffs to settle disputes between their churches to Karekin II's perceived young age. ...
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Asbarez Armenian News




Women turn to leeches in Tbilisi

BBC News
But today, as interest in traditional medicine grows, they are making a comeback - particularly in the former Soviet State of Georgia. Damien McGuinness in the capital Tbilisi has been finding out why.
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BBC News



Relationship with Vanuatu is still discussed in Abkhazia

Experts' club
Abkhazian "foreign minister" Maxim Gvinjia said that Georgia forced the Vanuatu Government to cancel recognition of the Abkhazian "independence." He says that the island nation came under the influence of Tbilisi and Georgia's western partners that ...
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Flooding Kills 4 Georgians

The Moscow Times
TBILISI, Georgia — Georgia's Interior Ministry said four people have died and two others are missing in floods. The ministry said the four died when weekend floodwaters swept away a roadside cafe on Rikoti Pass, 100 kilometers west of Tbilisi. ...
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Trust Fund project helps Georgia clear mines and unexploded ordnance

NATO HQ (press release)
The training is being conducted at the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), which has an EOD training centre that meets all international standards, just a few hours drive from Georgia's capital, Tbilisi. By the end of May, ...
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NATO HQ (press release)


Shared Horizon 2011 underway in Tbilisi, Georgia

U.S. Army Europe trains for, conducts, and supports military exercise and contingency operations with NATO and other coalition partners.
www.eur.army.mil/news/.../06212011_sharedHorizons.htm


News.Az - Strong rain causes damages in Georgia's regions, Tbilisi

Strong rain causes damages in Georgia's regions, Tbilisi. Sat 18 June 2011 07:25 GMT | 12:25 Local Time. Text size: bigger smaller ...
www.news.az/articles/georgia/38708


° Discover Tbilisi in Georgia (K'alak'i T'bilisi) | Tripmondo

Explore Tbilisi in the region of K'alak'i T'bilisi in Georgia - Travel Ideas, Pictures, Videos, Weather and Events fresh from the web.
www.tripmondo.com/georgia/k-alak-i-t-bilisi/tbilisi/

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