Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia regarding the Geneva Talks held on November 18-19, 2008

Geneva talks resumed on November 18-19, 2008. Deliberations of two working groups, on security and stability issues in Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region and return of the IDPs and refugees were held, in which participants took place on an informal basis in individual capacity.

Message of Georgian Olympic Champions and Georgian NOC

“Who started the war?”(Claims&Facts)

Factual Evidence Contradicts War Claims in Recent Media

OSCE Cautions on Drawing Conclusions Based on Incomplete Evidence

As second round of Geneva talks begin, question of “who started the war” takes center stage again; Georgia reinforces support for independent investigation

CoE Human Rights Chief Speaks of IDPs, Situation in War-Affected Areas

CoE Human Rights Chief Speaks of IDPs, Situation in War-Affected Areas
Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 15 Nov.’08 / 14:25
Thomas Hammarberg, the Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights, said there was a problem with breakaway South Ossetia’s authorities to recognize the principle of right of return of those who were forced to flee the region after the August war.

Eyewitness Accounts Confirm Shelling Of Georgian Villages

November 14, 2008

By Eka Tsamalashvili, Brian Whitmore
For Giorgi Kapanadze, the fighting in South Ossetia began days before the world even noticed that a war was going on.

Vladimir Putin ‘wanted to hang Georgian President Saakashvili by the balls’

EU Monitors in New Standoff with Russia, as Moscow Continues to Violate Terms of the Six Point Ceasefire Agreement

Monitors denied access to conflict zones, face complete lack of cooperation from Moscow; EU members resist call for return to “business as usual” with Russia

One Year After Anti-Government Demonstrations, Georgia Assesses

Democratic Progress & Advances New Wave of Reforms
President acknowledges mistakes, underscores lessons learned; reforms in media,
judiciary take precedence as Government reaches out to opposition

Elections in Adjara & Tbilisi

This post will probably be in English soon. Now you can read it in Ukrainian - Українська.

EU hits back at Russia over Georgia monitoring

Fri Oct 24, 2008 4:17pm BST

By David Brunnstrom

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia needs to give specific information on alleged Georgian ceasefire violations for EU monitors to act, and so far Moscow has not even provided a telephone contact number, the EU monitoring team said on Friday.