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Georgian Vice Prime Minister and State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Giorgi Baramidze

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The Slovak Government supports intensively Georgian entry into NATO: The Vice Prime Minister of the Georgian Government and State Minister on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Giorgi Baramidze

In the first half of March 2009, the Vice Prime Minister of the Georgian Government and State Minister on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Giorgi Baramidze officially visited the Slovak Republic. We interviewed him on the current position of the Slovak Republic on Georgian integration into Euro-Atlantic structures, the prospects of NATO and EU membership as well as the impact of the August Georgian-Russian conflict on the integration process.

Georgian political scientist Mamuka Areshidze. Source: www.presa.ge

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Bagapsh tries to preserve independence in politics. Georgian political scientist Mamuka Areshidze in an interview for DespiteBorders

Mamuka Areshidze is Georgian political scientist specialising in the questions of Caucasus. He works as the Director of the Caucasian Centre of Strategic Research. In November 2008, he founded the social organisation the House of Free Opinion. In an interview for the portal Despite Borders he answered questions pertaining to the political situation in Abkhazia. From the point of view of stability, what is the situation in Abkhazia like today? Stability is virtual in a sense…

Russia's Permanent Representative to NATO Dmitry Rogozin. Source: http://www.nato.int

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Summer 2008 in the spirit of Russian (not only) diplomatic offensive

The military conflict in Georgia and its international implications have diverted attention away from other Russian diplomatic and political initiatives presented during this year’s summer months. Observers concentrated particularly on the rivalry between Russia and the US when commenting the Russian-Georgian conflict. They analysed to a considerably lower extent events in the context of Russian-European relations and Russian notions of the shape of European security…

The Baku - Tbilisi - Ceyhan pipeline. Source: www.economist.com

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Crisis in Georgia and its impact on the EU energy security

Every conflict has various causes, and the participating countries choose the most appropriate form them. It is the same for the 5 day war between the Russian Federation (RF) and Georgia in August 2008. Despite the fact that energy was not in the center of the attention, nor among the named causes of the attack of Georgia on the South Ossetia or the retaliatory reaction of the RF…

The Russian military is moving to Georgia. Source: nytimes.com

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The first week of the military conflict in Georgia: the chronology of events

At the close of the conflict: 1st – 7th August, 2008. On 1st August, 2008, first news about the outbreak of a local border conflict in the region appeared. There were repeated armed skirmishes under way between the Georgian army and South Ossetian troops which claimed several victims also in the ranks of civilians. The parties accused each other of escalating the conflict: the Georgian party accused South Ossetian…

Ambassador of Georgia Nikoloz Nikolozishvili

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Territorial integrity of Georgia is indisputable: Georgian Ambassador to Slovakia Nikoloz Nikolozishvili

In the night of 7th August, a military conflict broke out in Georgia. The Russian Federation got involved in this conflict as well. In connection with war events in Georgia, we have asked the Embassy of Georgia to Slovakia for an interview. We have been given the interview by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Slovakia Nikoloz Nikolozishvili. We have asked also the Embassy of the Russian…

The protest action in Tbilisi in 2003. Source: www.novayagazeta.ru

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Crisis events in Georgia in the light of current political processes

The signals of crisis events in Georgia appeared as early as September when five representatives of municipal government were arrested in the town of Gori. They were accused by the prosecutor’s office of embezzlement and corruption. A demonstration was held following the arrest. The municipal government deputies attempted to penetrate forcibly into the municipal government building, in which the investigation was under…

Alternative President of South Ossetia Dmitry Sanakoev. Source: www.lenta.ru

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Perspectives of development of the relations between Georgia and South Ossetia

The attempts of the separatist republic of South Ossetia to gain independence can be traced back to the era of the USSR. The independence of South Ossetia has not been recognized by any state, with the exception of unrecognized separatist republics of Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh and Transnistria. South Ossetia is ethnically heterogeneous: according to the census in 1979, 65.077 % of Ossetians and 28.8 % of Georgians…