Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was the first to drive a sports car over a new bridge in Georgia's Gori district on Monday, inaugurating a "road to Abkhazia."
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Mikheil Saakashvili: Uzbekistan and Moldova are not going to suspend their membership in the organization.
France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Vladimir Putin on Friday delivered one of his most searing attacks yet against the Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili, saying it may not be safe to wear ties around him. Asked at a news conference to comment on Saakashvili's current visit to Kiev, the Russian strongman premier known for his bad boy image and sharp tongue said the Georgian leader and his host, Ukraine's fiercely pro-Western president...
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
BY PAUL RIMPLE As Georgia strives to recover from the global economic crisis, the government is struggling to find a balancing point between the protection of workers' rights and the need for employers to boost output. President Mikheil Saakashvili's administration is hearing it from both sides. Labor union leaders claim that the government's overriding interest in attracting foreign investment is...
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is arriving in Ukraine on a three-day official visit Wednesday, the Georgian presidential administration said.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Andy Garcia arrives in Georgia to play President Mikheil Saakashvili as the conflict with Russia gets the Hollywood treatment.
Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Hollywood star Andy Garcia has arrived in Tbilisi late Sunday night for the scenes of a movie on the Russia-Georgia war from August 2008. Garcia will be starring in the Renny Harlin film, and will play Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, The Daily Georgian Times reported. In Tbilisi, the Cuban-American actor is going to shoot scenes in the Presidential Residence covering the period when the leaders...
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
BY MOLLY CORSO Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili insists that a package of constitutional reforms will transform Georgia into a global showcase for the benefits of economic deregulation. However, a sharp recent decline in foreign investment, coupled with a gaping trade deficit, is raising questions about whether Saakashvili’s deregulatory push will do more harm than good to the Georgian...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Both sides claim vindication from a European Union report on the war IF JUSTICE were the ultimate goal, Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s president, and Mikheil Saakashvili, his Georgian counterpart, should appear together in court in The Hague. As their countries’ commanders-in-chief, both violated international law during the war in Georgia. So suggests this week’s European Union report...
The Observer (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
EU investigation also concludes South Ossetian irregular forces violated rules of war in attacks on Georgian villages Georgia started last year's five-day war with Russia in an action which was unjustifiable under international law, an exhaustive EU investigation found today. The investigators said they were unable to substantiate Georgian claims that the attack was launched to stall a Russian invasion...
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday Moscow will build good and friendly relations with Georgia, but he has no plans to establish dialogue with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili.
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
A second day of debate is underway at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, where speakers Thursday include Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. Other speakers Thursday include Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who took office last week. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili will also take the podium. His country engaged in a brief...
Edward Lucas (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
EUROPE Europe.view The fog of war Aug 13th 2009 From Economist.com Unravelling the Ossetia conflict, one year later ONE year after the Georgian war, its outcome is as debatable as the cause. Depending on where you stand, the war can be seen as the sinister culmination of a systematic provocation by a neo-imperialist Russia or as a murderously aggressive gambit by a Caucasian strongman wrongheadedly...
Global Security (Free subscription) | 08/31/2009
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has incurred harsh criticism by naming as his new defense minister Bacho Akhalaya.
France24 (Free subscription) | 08/27/2009
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili replaced Defence Minister David Sikharulidze with his 28-year-old deputy Bacho Akhalaia, blaming unsatisfactory results from Sikharulidze, tasked with rebuilding the former Soviet republic's armed forces.
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