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Ukrainian foreign minister to meet with Georgia's President Saakashvili in Tbilisi

Interfax
On Thursday evening, Hryschenko will meet with the Georgian president and the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia in Tbilisi. On Friday, the Ukrainian foreign minister will meet with his Georgian counterpart Grigol Vashadze. ...
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Interfax

Georgia Asks Friends To Stop Calling It 'Gruzia'

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
A woman walks past a wall decorated with Georgia's national flags in the center of Tbilisi. By Jimsher Rekhviashvili The country known in the West as Georgia in fact has many names -- "Sakartvelo" in Georgian, "Gurjistan" in Turkish, and "Vrastan" in ...
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RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Georgia rejects criticism of 'spy photographers' case

Pakistan Daily Times
TBILISI: Georgian officials on Wednesday dismissed concerns about the case of three photojournalists charged with spying for enemy Russia, saying they had real evidence of links to Moscow's espionage services. "Even one single case that is not backed ...
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Too Close for Comfort

New York Times (blog)
By KERRI MACDONALD Daro Sulakauri , 26, is a freelance photographer in Tbilisi, Georgia. She graduated from the International Center of Photography in 2006. She was chosen by Photo District News as one 30 new and emerging photographers to watch in 2011 ...
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New York Times (blog)

Lavrov: Georgia, Russia WTO Deal 'Much Doable'

Civil Georgia
Asked about Tbilisi's demand for international monitoring of dispute border and whether he believed that WTO-related issue could be resolved with Georgia, Lavrov responded: "If we all concentrate on WTO rules and do not go beyond those rules into some ...
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Civil Georgia

IFC Helps Bring Mobile Financial Services to Rural Georgia and Small Farmers

Trend News Agency
"In less than six months MobiPay has secured over 100000 customers, 1500 merchants and 150 Cash Agent locations in the Tbilisi area of Georgia," said Allen Gilstrap, OpenRevolution CEO. "MobiPay provides a wide range of flexible and convenient payment ...
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Trend News Agency

Religious rage: Armenians in Georgia feel tension amid Orthodox protests

ArmeniaNow.com
Armenians in Georgia, and in particular in capital Tbilisi, lived through several tense days when the situation could even become dangerous for them as thousands of people took to the streets to protest the parliamentary resolution largely viewed as ...
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