8/31/2007 President Saakashvili opens training facility for Defence Ministry special purpose unit in Tbilisi Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili today opened a newly refurbished training and exercise facility for a special purpose detachment in Tbilisi's Vashlijvari district that is designed to hold 500 servicemen. Saakashvili pointed out that under Shevardna... 8/30/2007 President Saakashvili visits South Ossetia On 30 August Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili visited South Ossetia. He inspected ongoing construction works in the village of Tamarasheni and opened a new park there. He also met the head of the temporary administration for South Ossetia, Dmitriy S... 8/30/2007 President Saakashvili comments on government reshuffle On 30 August, during a visit to Kurta, the seat of the temporary administration for South Ossetia, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili commented on the government reshuffle announced by Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli a short time earlier."The differen... 8/29/2007 President Saakashvili's parliamentary secretary announces changes in government Dimitri Kitoshvili, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's parliamentary secretary, has made a statement on the president's behalf concerning staff changes in the government. He announced that Georgia's health, labour and social protection minister, Vla... 8/28/2007 President Saakashvili attends church services marking the Feast of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili today attended services at Tbilisi's Sioni Church marking the Feast of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary. After the liturgy, the president addressed the gathered worshippers. "The Virgin Mary has always protected Geor... 8/15/2007 President Saakashvili's letter to Mr Davit Akubardia, founder of the Kavkasia TV company Mr Akubardia,One of the fundamental bases of the existence of our country is the freedom of speech, and accordingly, the freedom of the media. Our country's constitution and legislation protect and guarantee these values. Thanks to the laws adopted over t... 8/13/2007 President Saakashvili transfers property seized from crime bosses to Interior, Defence Ministries Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili today officially transferred properties in Ureki that formerly belonged to crime bosses Kalashov and Mdinaradze to the Interior and Defence Ministries. Saakashvili noted that the buildings would house rehabilitation ... 8/11/2007 President Saakashvili opens Patriot youth camp in Upper Abkhazia Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili today opened yet another Patriot youth camp in Upper Abkhazia. The complex of the "camp of peace" was built on the premises of the old Soviet camp Apkhazeti. Some 160 young Patriots are currently staying at the camp ... 8/10/2007 New British Ambassador Presents Credentials to President of Georgia Newly-appointed ambassador of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland Denis Keff presented credentials to president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili today. Wife of the ambassador Mrs Keith Keff, deputy ambassador Roy Wilson and Georgian Foreign Minister Gel... 8/10/2007 The Ambassador Designate of the Republic of France to Georgia Eric Fournier presents credentials to President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili. The ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary Eric Fournier presented credentials to president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili. Adviser at the Embassy of France Drut Luzinski, military attach at the Embassy of France Daniel Chambon and the Georgian Fore... 8/10/2007 President Saakashvili addresses students preparing to study abroad I welcome you all!This year, we are funding the education abroad of some 90 young people. I am happy that this number is growing every year. Back when I and my friends went abroad to receive our education, we did so at the expense of the governments of Fr... 8/7/2007 Georgian president visits village attacked by missile On August 6 the President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili visited the village of Tsitelubani and personally inspected the site where an aircraft coming from Russian territory dropped a precision guided missile after violating Georgia's airspace some 80 kil...

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