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1/20/2006 Address by President Saakashvili at the Institute of Manuscripts Welcome, everybody!Institute of Manuscripts is of scientific and cultural importance for Georgia. Korneli Kekelidze State Institute of Manuscripts is a unique scientific organization, where the main treasure of the Georgian nation is stored and by which w...
1/19/2006 President Saakashvili seeks to diversify energy sources The Georgian authorities acknowledged, for the first time, that the capacity of the system and the existing resources were not sufficient to supply every household. We then set ourselves a mission [former President Eduard] Shevardnadze's government had de...
1/18/2006 President Saakashvili focuses on education and healthcare programs The reason we gathered here is to discuss implementation of the national presidential program. The programs we have today are the key priorities for Georgia at this moment. Number of people involved in the program "Patriots" will double this year. Rehabil...
1/13/2006 President Saakashvili opens new cable way in Bakuriani Welcome, everybody!A year ago we, with the local businessmen, worked out a plan to build new highways in Bakuriani. This means regaining the status of a country of tourism for Georgia. There is a great competition in the tourism market, however the Georgi...
12/31/2005 President Saakashvili awards public figures with orders and medals of honor First of all I would like to thank you all for coming!This is a very important event for us since I have an honor to award state decorations to public figures today. I must mention that we rarely award people, as I consider that the government should resp...
12/31/2005 President Saakashvili’s New Year address In a few minutes' time we will say goodbye to 2005. The year 2005 has seen many positive changes in our lives. In this period our nation has replaced lawlessness with law, order with chaos, hope and a belief in our own strength for hopelessness, daily ene...
12/29/2005 President Saakashvili signs legislation on organized crime and racketeering President Saakashvili today signed legislation on organized crime and racketeering, saying:"I would like to sign legislation on organized crime and racketeering. This law serves to institutionalize our effort to crack down on organized crime and the exist...
12/28/2005 Address by President Saakashvili at charity dinner with businessmen I welcome you all. We are establishing a very important tradition. This dinner is very important because it is the first major event of its kind in our country. We are only beginning to establish traditions. We have a new coat of arms, a new anthem, which...
12/9/2005 President Saakashvili unveils Zurab Zhvania School of Public Administration in Kutaisi Welcome, everybody!It is an historic day. I would like to congratulate all of you on the opening of the Zurab Zhvania School of Public Administration in Kutaisi. It is not accidental that this school has been named after Zurab Zhvania. He played an enormo...
11/23/2005 Remarks by President Saakashvili to the international forum “Europe's New Wave of Liberation: Democracy and Transformation” It is a great honour for me to welcome the presidents of Estonia, Romania and Ukraine, as well as other guests among whom the deputy secretary-general of NATO and the wife of the legendary [late Serbian Prime Minister] Zoran Djindjic, head of the Serbian ...
11/23/2005 President Saakashvili congratulates public on St George's Day I want to greet everyone here and congratulate the whole nation, my dear compatriots, on this great St. George's Day. Let me wish you many new, great victories on the many St. George's days to come.You know that two years ago we, all of us together, manag...
11/22/2005 Remarks by President Saakashvili at the opening of an international forum “Europe's New Wave of Liberation: Democracy and Transformation” Welcome everybody! I would like to express my admiration for the guests of our country and stress that their visit to Georgia is of special importance for me and for our country. Today we are expecting several presidents to Georgia. It is a great honor fo...
11/21/2005 President Saakashvili pays respects to Georgian independence fighter Your Holiness, esteemed members of the public, dear guests, I would like to pay my respects to the memory of our national hero. We, I and my friends, began our work to bring the remains of Kakutsa Cholokashvili home in 1997. Then the Georgian migrs who ha...
11/20/2005 President Saakashvili addresses nation ahead of Rose Revolution anniversary [Saakashvili, standing outside Dadiani Palace] Today I am in Zugdidi, in the heart of Samegrelo, in front of historic Dadiani Palace. This is the place from where people left on buses for Tbilisi two years ago on a march to defend national pride, their ow...
11/19/2005 Joint news conference by President Saakashvili and the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili I am very delighted that Mr Kofi Annan coincided his visit to the Caucasus and to Georgia with the second anniversary of the Rose Revolution. It is very important that Tbilisi has become well known to every governm...
11/15/2005 President Saakashvili meets Georgian businessmen Welcome! I am happy to meet people who are real patriots of Georgia. I would like to tell you that today I began my working day by visiting School No 87. Two years ago, when I was chairman of the city council, when I visited this school it was a ruin with...
11/2/2005 President Saakashvili slams cabinet Welcome everybody!I require from all ministries and the local government to cut the red tape in relation with the public. We managed to coordinate the activities within the government and within the major agencies but I think problems with the direct cont...
10/29/2005 Remarks by President Saakashvili at the businessmen forum Welcome, Everybody!Despite bad weather I hope your stay here will be interesting. Two years ago Georgia was totally disintegrated and destroyed country. Everybody at the state apparatus, including the president himself, received the salary, which was belo...
10/20/2005 President Saakashvili introduces Bezhaushvili as Foreign Minister The reason I gathered you here is to officially introduce Gela Bezhuashvili on the post of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. Mr. Bazhuashvili has been working in this sphere for a long time. Our biographies in some sense resemble each other. He ...
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