Posted in Diplomacy, Europe, Georgia, Government, Military, Russia, tagged 2008 Georgia War, Georgia, ICC, Mikheil Saakashvili, Russia, Sergei Lavrov, south ossetia on August 8, 2011|
UPI | August 8, 2011
MOSCOW — Russia, on the anniversary of its war with Georgia, said the country’s president is “ill-bred” though it didn’t make the same claim against the Georgian people.
Russian forces responded when the Georgian military invaded the separatist republic of South Ossetia in 2008. The conflict spilled over to engulf forces from Abkhazia, another separatist republic. (more…)
Posted in Displacement, Europe, Georgia, Government, Internal Displaced Persons, United Nations, tagged 2008 Georgia War, Georgia, Georgian Ministry of IDPs and Resettlement, IDP on July 19, 2011|
The Messenger | Gvantsa Gabekhadze | July 19, 2011
The Ministry of IDPs and Resettlement of Georgia organized the eviction of IDPs from four different buildings in Tbilisi – the Religious Gymnasium, Clinic of Infection Diseases, a kindergarten and a college on July 18. As the Ministry’s official statement reads those people are being offered alternative houses and rooms in various regions of Georgia. The majority of those IDPs expressed discontent regarding the suggestion.
The eviction process has received varying coverage across Georgia. As leading Georgian TV channels underlined, the eviction process was very peaceful. According to them the evicted persons had been informed beforehand regarding the issue and their information was based on the Ministry’s statement concerning the issue, “those refugees who do not have living spaces of their own and live illegally in different parts of Tbilisi, have been offered repaired flats in Kakheti and Samegrelo regions, bearing in mind that the majority of those refugees are from Samegrelo region. Herewith, the Ministry will help them in different directions with various assistance projects,” MRA statement reads. (more…)
Posted in Displacement, Europe, Georgia, Government, Internal Displaced Persons, tagged 2008 Georgia War, Abkhazia, Georgia, Internally Displaced Persons, refugees, south ossetia on July 8, 2011|
Institute for War & Peace Reporting | Caucasus Reporting Service | July 8, 2011
Residents of the Georgian port town of Poti are furious about plans to settle 12,000 refugees in purpose-built accommodation there, saying their arrival will worsen the already catastrophic job situation.
Poti, on the Black Sea, is home to 47,000 people, so the influx will increase the population by a quarter. The first 4,100 are due to arrive in September. (more…)
Posted in Diplomacy, Europe, Georgia, NATO/Allies, Russia, tagged 2008 Georgia War, Abkhazia, Georgia, Nato, Russia, south ossetia on July 4, 2011|
News.Az | July 4, 2011
He said in the interview that NATO strongly urged Russia to nullify its recognition of the independence of the Georgian breakaway territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Georgia’s Rustavi2 TV reported. (more…)
Posted in Displacement, Europe, Georgia, Government, Internal Displaced Persons, United Nations, tagged 2008 Georgia War, Abkhazia, Georgia, refugees, south ossetia, UN on June 8, 2011|
RIA NOVOSTI | June 8, 2011
Abkhazia and South Ossetia reject the Georgia-sponsored draft UN resolution recognizing the rights of refugees from Georgia’s breakaway regions to return to their homes, an Abkhazian presidential envoy said on Wednesday.
Vyacheslav Chirikba said Georgia was trying to reassert its claim on South Ossetian and Abkhazian territory. (more…)
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