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EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EU)
Beginn: 09/08
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Duma votes to back separatist efforts in Georgia (21.03.2008)
(Quelle: RFE/RL) Russia's parliament has urged the government to consider recognizing Georgia's two separatist regions, Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The move comes as leaders of those breakaway regions step up their campaigns for recognition in the wake of the UN-administered province of Kosovo declaring independence from Serbia in mid-February. Russia's State Duma adopted a resolution on March 21 calling on the Kremlin to recognize Georgia's two Moscow-backed separatist regions if Georgia joins NATO.
Georgia seeks to modify South Ossetian peace negotiation format (18.03.2008)
(Quelle: EurasiaNet) Georgia is seeking the support of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to alter the format for the South Ossetian peace process. Georgia’s State Minister for Reintegration Temur Iakobashvili outlined Tbilisi’s proposed changes during talks on March 11 with OSCE Secretary-General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut and other organization officials.
Georgian leader refuses to rule out force against separatists (17.03.2008)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on Saturday refused to rule out the use of military force in the pro-Russian separatist republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Nato warned over Georgian regions (11.03.2008)
(Quelle: BBC) Two regions of Georgia are likely to secede if Nato seeks closer ties with the former Soviet state, Russia's ambassador to the alliance says. Abkhazia and South Ossetia already run their own affairs, but Dmitry Rogozin said moves by the Tbilisi government to join Nato could lead to a final split. His comments come ahead of a Nato summit which will consider beginning the membership process for Georgia.
Georgia: Tbilisi outraged at Moscow withdrawal from Abkhaz sanctions treaty (07.03.2008)
(Quelle: RFE / RL) Tbilisi officials have decried as 'immoral and dangerous' Russia's decision to withdraw from a CIS treaty imposing sanctions on Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia. The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on March 6 announcing the country's withdrawal from the 1996 treaty, citing 'changed circumstances.' The treaty, which bans trade, economic, financial, transport, and other links with Abkhazia, was signed by 12 members of the CIS.
Abchasien und Südossetien nach dem Vorbild Kosovos (07.03.2008)
(Quelle: NZZ) Drei Wochen nach der Unabhängigkeitserklärung Kosovos haben die von der Schwarzmeerrepublik Georgien abtrünnigen Gebiete Abchasien und Südossetien offiziell um die gleiche Anerkennung ersucht. Südossetien und Abchasien hätten bessere politische und rechtliche Bedingungen für eine Autonomie als Kosovo, sagte der südossetische Präsident Eduard Kokojty nach Angaben der Agentur Interfax am Freitag.
Après le Kosovo, l'Ossétie du Sud demande à être reconnue par la communauté internationale (05.03.2008)
(Quelle: Le Monde) Moins de trois semaines après l'indépendance du Kosovo, l'Ossétie du Sud, région séparatiste pro-russe de Géorgie, a demandé à la Russie, à l'ONU et à l'Union européenne de reconnaître son indépendance, ont rapporté les agences russes, mercredi 5 mars. Cet appel a été validé par un vote mardi au 'Parlement' d'Ossétie du Sud, dont l'indépendance unilatéralement déclarée dans les années 1990 n'est reconnue par aucun pays.
UN-backed talks on easing Georgia-Abkhaz tensions wrap up (20.02.2008)
(Quelle: UN News) Senior representatives of Group of Friends of the Secretary-General – comprising France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States – met in Geneva on 18-19 February to assess recent developments. … They emphasized the urgent need to restart security meetings among the sides, the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) forces.
Abkhazia and Southern Ossetia to seek international recognition (18.02.2008)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) The presidents of Georgia's breakaway provinces of Abkhazia and Southern Ossetia said Monday that they will seek international recognition of their independence now that Kosovo has broken away from Serbia.
Russia warns it may back breakaway republics in Georgia (16.02.2008)
(Quelle: New York Times) Russia held a high-level meeting with the leaders of two breakaway republics in Georgia on Friday, and vowed to increase its support for the separatists if Kosovo declared its independence and was recognized by the West.
EU official calls on Tbilisi to address election shortcomings (08.02.2008)
(Quelle: RFE / RL) Three top EU officials -- Slovenian Foreign Minister Dmitrij Rupel, whose country currently holds the rotating EU Presidency, EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner, and Special Ambassador for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby -- traveled this week to Azerbaijan, Georgia, and then Armenia. RFE/RL's Georgian Service interviewed Ferrero-Waldner in Tbilisi on February 5.
Misrepresentations fanning fears in Georgian-Abkhaz dispute, says Ban Ki-moon (25.01.2008)
(Quelle: UN News) Disinformation and misrepresentations is generating tensions between the Georgian and Abkhaz sides in their dispute and the communities on both sides of the ceasefire line should exercise restraint, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a new report to the Security Council.
Opposition mulls options (25.01.2008)
(Quelle: RFE / RL) Despite Western assertions that the procedural violations registered during the January 5 preterm Georgian presidential ballot were not on a scale that could have altered the final outcome, the Georgian opposition still refuses to accept the legitimacy of Mikheil Saakashvili's reelection with a reported 53.47 percent of the vote for a second five-year term.
Georgian authorities take issue with OSCE interim election report (22.01.2008)
(Quelle: RFE / RL) The Georgian government issued a statement on January 20 questioning the relevance of shortcomings registered by the OSCE/ODIHR election observation mission during the January 5 preterm presidential ballot, Caucasus Press reported. The statement argued that the violations noted could not have affected the overall outcome of the election, which according to Central Election Commission data Saakashvili won with over 53 percent of the vote.
Saakashvili starts second term (20.01.2008)
(Quelle: BBC) The charismatic, Western-backed Mikhail Saakashvili has begun his second term as the president of the former Soviet republic of Georgia. After being sworn in he met Russia's foreign minister, with both countries saying they wanted improved ties. Thousands of opposition protesters held a rally claiming the 6 January poll was rigged, even though international observers said it was democratic.
Opposition fordert Neuauszählung der Wahlstimmen (15.01.2008)
(Quelle: Der Standard) Die georgische Opposition hält an ihrer Forderung nach einer Neuauszählung der Stimmen zur Präsidentenwahl fest und will dies notfalls per Gericht erzwingen. Ein entsprechender Antrag solle bei einem Gericht der Hauptstadt eingereicht werden, sagte Oppositionssprecherin Nino Sturua am Dienstag der Nachrichtenagentur Reuters. Zugleich sollen die Protestdemonstrationen fortgesetzt werden.
Rally against Georgia poll result (13.01.2008)
(Quelle: BBC) Thousands of opposition supporters have taken to the streets in Georgia in protest at what they say were rigged presidential elections last weekend. Those gathered in the capital, Tbilisi, are demanding a second round of voting. Pro-Western leader Mikhail Saakashvili polled 53%, narrowly averting a run-off against his nearest rival, Levan Gachechiladze, who won 25% of the vote.
Rival to Georgia’s president is charged with terrorism (11.01.2008)
(Quelle: New York Times) Prosecutors in Georgia on Thursday charged Badri Patarkatsishvili, a bitter rival of President Mikheil Saakashvili and a losing presidential candidate in the election last Saturday, with terrorism and conspiring to overthrow the government. Mr. Patarkatsishvili, who was not in the country, immediately dismissed the charges as a political maneuver.
Wahl in Georgien massiv gefälscht (10.01.2008)
(Quelle: Frankfurter Rundschau) In Georgien hat die Opposition nach eigenen Angaben detaillierte Belege für massive Wahlfälschung zugunsten des alten Präsidenten Michail Saakaschwili und erkennt dessen offiziell verkündeten Sieg nicht an. Der Leiter der Wahlbeobachterkommission der Organisation für Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa (OSZE), der deutsche Diplomat Dieter Boden, bestätigte der FR 'grobe, fahrlässige und vorsätzliche Fälschungen bei der Auszählung der Wahl, die auch von unseren Beobachtern berichtet werden'. Er sprach von 'chaotischen Verhältnissen' in der Wahlkommission.
Opposition ups challenge (08.01.2008)
(Quelle: BBC) Georgia's opposition has stepped up its challenge to presidential election results suggesting the re-election of Mikhail Saakashvili. The opposition disputes the result and has threatened a hunger strike and a massive protest on Sunday if demands for a runoff are not met.
Georgia’s president narrowly wins vote (07.01.2008)
(Quelle: New York Times) Georgia’s pro-Western president narrowly won re-election over the weekend, according to official results released Sunday, but the main opposition candidate contested the outcome. With returns from nearly all precincts in Saturday’s vote counted, President Mikheil Saakashvili had received 52.8 percent, according to the Central Election Commission, a slim majority that would allow him to avoid a runoff. The main opposition candidate, Levan Gachechiladze, received 27 percent.
International observers: Georgia’s vote a “triumphant step” for democracy (06.01.2008)
(Quelle: Eurasianet) In a preliminary January 6 assessment, international observers gave conditional, but crucial approval to the conduct of Georgia’s presidential election, a vote widely seen as a test of its democratic credentials. A team of several hundred international observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe/Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR), the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the European Parliament praised the January 5 election as “the first genuinely competitive election in the country.”
Georgia to run exit polls for January 5 vote (31.12.2007)
(Quelle: Eurasianet) Plans to run an exit poll for Georgia's upcoming presidential elections and plebiscites are raising a fresh storm of political controversy less than a week before the January 5 vote. Key opposition candidates have denounced the poll project as biased in favor of former President Mikheil Saakashvili, while some local observers fear that the survey may only add to existing tensions.
Sliding towards authoritarianism? (19.12.2007)
(Quelle: International Crisis Group) The West must press Georgia to adopt genuine reforms and democratic openness, to stop creeping authoritarianism. Georgia: Sliding towards Authoritarianism?, the latest report from the International Crisis Group, examines the increasing intolerance of dissent, which became evident when a state of emergency was declared in the small republic in November.
Amid rising Georgian-Abkhaz tensions, Secretary-General Ban urges restraint (12.12.2007)
(Quelle: UN News) Mr. Ban has taken note of the allegations made by both sides about impending threats and the build-up of armed forces in both the zone of conflict and the Kodori valley, according to statement issued by his spokesperson. The UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG), which has been conducting daily verifications of these claims, has not been able to corroborate many so far, he noted.
Georgian leader resigns for poll (25.11.2007)
(Quelle: BBC) Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has resigned to start his campaign for re-election, officials say. … Meanwhile tens of thousands of protesters have attended a rally calling for an independent TV station to be allowed back on air.
Abkhazia threatens to follow Kosovo's lead (20.11.2007)
(Quelle: B92) Abkhazia will refuse conflict resolution mediation services from countries that recognize Kosovo independence. Abkhazian Foreign Minister Sergey Shamba, whose entity seeks independence from Georgia, made the announcement on Monday. 'Countries that apply openly cynical double standards in recognizing Kosovo independence while setting obstacles to deny our own, will not be able to take part in the Georgia-Abkhazia negotiating process in the role of mediator,' Shamba said in an interview with the Itar-Tass news agency.
Georgia gets new prime minister (19.11.2007)
(Quelle: ISN Security Watch) The Georgian president reshuffles his cabinet, naming a new prime minister, Lado Gurgenidze, chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Bank of Georgia, in a bid to reduce support for opposition candidates.
Georgia set to end emergency rule (14.11.2007)
(Quelle: BBC) Georgia will lift a state of emergency on Friday, nine days after it was imposed amid opposition protests, the country's speaker has said. 'Georgian life will return to normal on 16 November,' Nino Burjanadze said. President Mikhail Saakashvili initially announced a two-week emergency on the sixth day of protests in Tbilisi.
Challenger named in Georgian election (13.11.2007)
(Quelle: The New York Times) Georgia’s opposition nominated the owner of a winemaking company on Monday to face President Mikheil Saakashvili in early presidential elections, scheduled for Jan. 5.