Kavkaz News

Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze met with OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek. The sides discussed the priority issues of cooperation between Georgia and the OSCE, the situation in the occupied territories and the Russian-Georgian relations. OSCE High Commissioner also visited Sukhumi on May 24-26 within the visit …

At the European Union‘s Foreign Affairs Council on 23 May in Brussels, during the discussions about the situation in the states of the South Caucasus and the course of negotiations on association agreements with Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Audronius Ažubalis spoke up for a …

Hungarian Parliamentary Speaker Laszlo Kover will visit Georgia today. During the visit, Kover will meet with Georgian Parliamentary Speaker David Bakradze, Prime Minister Nika Gilauri and the Patriarch of Georgia. Kover will participate in the Democratic Community Forum in Tbilisi. On May 21, he will wrap up his visit and …

Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev discussed military cooperation with his Georgian counterpart Bacho Akhalaia today, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.

Georgian Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia is on an official visit to Baku. During the visit, he will hold talks with his Azerbaijani Counterpart Safar Abiyev. Akhalaia is expected to meet with the country’s leadership.

To commemorate national leader Heydar Aliyev’s 88th anniversary, the Azerbaijani Embassy in Greece held the Day of Azerbaijan at the Athens campus of the University of Indianapolis – the largest university in Greece.

The European Union on Tuesday announced a Euro46 million (USD 61 million) macro-financial assistance (MFA) package to support its economic recovery. The financial aid package was approved by the European Parliament on Tuesday after

Georgia raises the issue of returning the OSCE mission to the country. Talks with the Lithuanian President will be held in this sphere, Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze told journalists before a meeting of the Georgian and Lithuanian presidents.

The EU should move faster on free trade agreements and negotiations for visa-free travel with Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova, which are ‘inexpensive’ policies that can be pursued in times of austerity as funding priorities shift to the southern neighbourhood, Georgi Baramidze, Georgia’s minister responsible for EU and Nato affairs said.

Georgia and Russia are scheduled to open their next round of talks on Russia’s membership in the World Trade Organization in the Swiss city of Bern. The negotiations start on Thursday and finish a day later.