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Wednesday,
August 8,
2007, #150 (1417) Miss Georgia
2007 organizers promise explanations in scandal Ia Kitsmarishvili, chief organizer of the beauty pageant, arrived in Tbilisi on August 6 and will make comments on the weekend. The controversy surrounds the teenage Batumi student Likuchova, who will be stripped of her title if it is proven that she has been married in violation of contest rules. Rustavi 2 reported that Likuchova hid the fact she had been married to Merab Abashidze. Claims have been made that she was only married for four days and that she had been kidnapped and married by force. Image Center TV
company representatives abstained refrained from commenting prior to
the clarification of all circumstances. "We have learned everything
from print media. We cannot say anything yet, the situation should be
clarified. There are a lot of issues," they said. 200 policemen sent to Rustaveli Street #30 Around 200 policemen gathered at the Rustaveli Street #30 to prevent employees of Sony Center Tbilisi, Cafe Rustaveli and Laser-2 from entering their workplace. A Hilton Hotel is to be developed at this location, which means all outfits in the building-including the Ministry of Justice of Georgia-will have to relocate. Owners of the businesses concerned are protesting the decision. Soso Baratashvili, attorney for Sony Center Tbilisi, told journalists that his client received notice on July 31 to vacate the building in five days. According to Baratashvili,
they have presented documents that show all three companies are under
contract to stay on the premises until 2015, but that the authorities
have refused to take this into consideration. Russia citizen detained at Sarpi Georgian border guards have detained a citizen of the Russian Federation at the Sarpi Checkpoint of the Border Police Batumi Office. Border Police claim that at passport control it was discovered that the suspect had entered Georgia illegally at Nizhny Zaramag, the frontier post that separates South Ossetia and Russia. The case is under investigation. (Prime News)
Roman Gotsiridze, president of the National Bank of Georgia (NBG), who is currently visiting Germany, met with his German counterpart, Axel A Weber of Deutsche Bundesbank. The NBG stated deepening cooperation between national banks of both countries was discussed as well as the possibility of training of specialists at the center of technical cooperation in Germany. Gotsiridze also met with members of the executive council of Bundesbank. NBG stated that 24 of its employees have already undergone training in Germany. (Prime News)
(Prime News) Dimitri Mandjavidze appointed Georgian co-chairman of JCC Dimitri Mandjavidze, deputy State Minister of Georgia for Conflict Resolution, was appointed co-chairman of the Joint Control Commission (JCC). State Minister of Georgia for Conflict Resolution David Bakradze informed all JCC co-chairs of the decision. Sessions of the
Joint Control Commission (JCC) on resolution of the Georgian-Ossetian
conflict have been held since 1990. The commission is comprised of representatives
from Russia, Georgia, North Ossetia and South Ossetia. |
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