St. Gevorg Church of Tbilisi to be restored within a year
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
NSC Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan has received Georgian Ambassador Grigol Tabadadze.
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Georgia 'link' between gambling and drugs
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
With just weeks to go until a controversial new law on casinos takes effect in Georgia, health workers in the capital, Tbilisi, say they have uncovered a worrying link between gambling and drug addiction as Tom Esslemont reports.
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State, not parties should address St. Gevorg Church issue
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
"Our party can make 10 statements referring to the destruction of the St. Gevorg of Mughni Church in Tbilisi, but it will not change anything," a board member of the Hnchak Social-Democratic Party said.
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Ostriches Revive Memories of Georgia's Political Past
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
A EURASIANET PHOTO ESSAY BY GIORGI LOMSADZE AND TEMO BARDZIMASHVILI The six African ostriches at a farm south of Tbilisi may not know it, but they are, in fact, a long-necked part of Georgia's colorful political history.
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Nikoloz Vacheishvili: urgent works for St. Gevorg of Mughni Church reinforcement launched
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
RA Culture Ministry expert will depart Thursday for Tbilisi to participate in reconstruction works.
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Georgia: Why?
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Serqqizi's Photo-Weblog posts photographs of the anti-government Why? youth movement in Tbilisi, Georgia.
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Georgian Ambassador to RA promises to rebuild ruined Armenian Church in Tbilisi
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Narek Mantashyan: Georgy Targamadze informed that churches are destructed because of earthquakes, often occurring in Tbilisi during past months.
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Picture of the Day: Saakashvili takes a spin on his new highway to Tbilisi
The First Post (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili drives a Formula 3 racing car in Gori during the opening ceremony of a new highway linking it to the capital Tbilisi. Photo: Irakli Gedenidze
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UNICEF: Access to Primary and Preventative Health Care for Children in Georgia
The News Market (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
A new Child Development Centre in Tbilisi is helping the children of families who were displaced following the 2008 conflict between Georgia and Russia over South Ossetia.
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Child Development Centre in Tbilisi, Georgia aims to ensure every child's right to health care
Unicef (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
TBILISI, Georgia, 23 November 2009 – A fine mist swirled around four-year-old Mariam's face as she breathed through a clear rubber mask during her nebulizer treatment. An asthma sufferer, Mariam was being treated free of charge at the new Child Development Centre in Tbilisi.
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The promise of democracy
Labourlist (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
By Irakli Alasania Irakli Alasania is the leader of the opposition group in Georgia, Alliance for Georgia, and a former Ambassador to the United Nations. After a recent visit to London, here he guest posts on LabourList about the need for improved democracy in his home country. Six years ago today, in the Rose Revolution, the people of Georgia peacefully removed a government after it presided over...
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Yerkir Union estimates break –down of Armenian Church in Tbilisi as Georgian authorities' crime
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Georgian authorities' policy of ignoring Armenian population's problems will lead to increase of disappointment and discontent among Georgian Armenians.
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Georgia's Shrunken Hopes
The New York Review of Books (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Michael Greenberg A refugee camp in Gori, Georgia, 2009; photographs by Alex Majoli from Georgian Spring , to be published by Magnum Photos and Chris Boot in December More than fifteen months have passed since war broke out between Georgia and Russia. The war lasted five days, the amount of time it took for the Russian army to rout Georgia’s tiny, American-trained defense forces. It was the...
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A major section of a 14th century Armenian church in Tbilisi collapsed Wednesday evening
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
"The Georgian Ministry of Culture, Monuments Protection and Sports should bear the responsibility," the Diocese said in a statement Thursday.
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Medieval Armenian church collapses
News for Medievalists (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
A major section of a 14th century Armenian church in Tbilisi, Georgia, collapsed Wednesday evening, after years of neglect by the authorities to repair the historic structure, reported the Georgian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church on Thursday.The St. Gevorg of Mughni Church, built in 1356, had been entirely rebuilt in 1756. It is made of brick and its architectural typology is that of a
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