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Omaha World-Herald
January 12, 2018
U.S. and Russian officials have both slapped new restrictions on Open Skies Treaty flights in recent months. ... Besides the sniping between the U.S. and Russia, 2018 Open Skies flights are in limbo because of a decision by the Republic of Georgia — which was part of the former Soviet Union — to denyÃÂ ...
ABC News
January 5, 2018
17, 2017, former Georgian President and former Ukrainian official, Mikheil Saakashvili, waves to his supporters during the rally calling for Ukraine's President ... A court in the former Soviet republic of Georgia on Friday sentenced former President Mikheil Saakashvili in absentia to three years in prison forÃÂ ...
JURIST
December 1, 2017
The suit was brought in opposition to article 273 [text, PDF] of the Georgia criminal code, which punished marijuana usage without a doctor's prescription. The suit referenced article 16 of the Constitution of Georgia, which grants the right to free personality. The article imposes fines, jail time or socially usefulÃÂ ...
CalvinAyre.com
September 12, 2017
... ban on online gambling, while the Finance officials are skeptical that such a ban would result in any significant reduction in online gambling activity, given the experiences of other countries who have attempted similar bans. Deputy Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili said his department's analysis of theÃÂ ...
The New Yorker
August 14, 2017
But if Mueller and his team persist, Sekulow said, he might lodge a formal objection with the Deputy Attorney General, Rod Rosenstein, who has the power to ... One foreign deal, a stalled 2011 plan to build a Trump Tower in Batumi, a city on the Black Sea in the Republic of Georgia, has not received muchÃÂ ...
Warriors.com
August 4, 2017
Warriors center and NBA champion Zaza Pachulia will return to his native Republic of Georgia to accept the Order of Honor from the President of the Republic of Georgia, Giorgi Margvelashvili, in a ceremony on Monday, August 7, in the capital city of Tbilisi. Pachulia is the first player born in the Republic ofÃÂ ...
Chicago Tribune
August 1, 2017
The U.S. "strongly condemns Russia's occupation on Georgian soil," Pence said Tuesday at a joint news conference with the Georgian prime minister in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital. "We will reject any claim at any time by any nation that undermines this enduring principle." The visit comes a day after PenceÃÂ ...
Savannah Morning News
July 18, 2017
For the rest of the week, Republic of Georgia law enforcement officials will review tactics used by Savannah-Chatham police to build community relationships. “We're here to study community policing in a practical manner and to learn the best practices,” said Teona Surmava, chief specialist of InternationalÃÂ ...
Radio New Zealand
December 31, 1999
Tuvalu also briefly recognised South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which is a another break-away Georgian republic. The United States bans financial assistance to countries which recognise Georgia's break-away regions. Washington also prohibits US representatives in international financial institutions fromÃÂ ...
Georgia Today
December 22, 2017
Next year, we'll celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first Georgian Republic. In 1921, when the Bolsheviks invaded Georgia, we ... Quite recently, together with other ambassadors, I attended a defense conference organized by Minister of Defense, Levan Izoria. He's been very successful in reforming theÃÂ ...
Georgia Today
December 21, 2017
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili and Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili hosted representatives of the diplomatic corps, international organizations and Georgian government officials at a New Year reception, along with an exhibition dedicated to 100 years of Georgia's independence organized atÃÂ ...
Civilized
December 20, 2017
In November of 2017, the Constitutional Court for the Republic of Georgia decriminalized marijuana use, saying it is unconstitutional to prosecute people for ... In June of 2017, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Health Minister Andreas Xanthos of Greece announced a big change to the country's stance onÃÂ ...
Africa Check
December 20, 2017
Nigerians on Twitter have been protesting the alleged extreme abuses and extra-judicial killings of the dreaded Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police. Some also took to the streets. Posts with the #EndSARS hashtag had reached over 4 million Twitter users with about 5.6 million impressions asÃÂ ...
Financial Advisor Magazine
December 19, 2017
Blockchain technology is attracting more and more physical retailers and others. Now governments are trying to build blockchain technology as well. Recent moves include identity documents, which are fairly simple and more complicated bureaucratic records as well. In the meantime, bitcoin is beingÃÂ ...
Business Insider
December 1, 2017
MOSCOW (AP) — Authorities in the former Soviet republic of Georgia have identified one of the gunmen killed in a recent counterterrorism operation as a suspect behind a suicide bombing in Turkey last year. The Georgian State Security Service said in a statement on Friday that it has identified theÃÂ ...
Open Democracy
November 26, 2017
The Georgian republic upheld freedom of the press, freedom of association and universal suffrage (including for women). The Social Democrats' first ... The party of visitors included Britain's future Labour Party prime minister, Ramsay MacDonald; the most prominent figure was Karl Kautsky, from Germany.
Voice of America
November 24, 2017
A Kremlin operative who acts as the virtual foreign minister of South Ossetia, which separated from the former Soviet republic of Georgia and came under Russian military protection in 2008, visited Barcelona last month to establish an "interests office" and meet with local businessmen, according to SpanishÃÂ ...
Lexology
November 23, 2017
According to the DOJ, Spectra Gases, Inc. ("Spectra"), a company that Linde acquired in 2006, bribed foreign public officials in the Republic of Georgia between 2006 and 2009, in relation to Spectra's transactions with the National High Technology Center ("NHTC"), a state-owned and statecontrolled entityÃÂ ...
Fast Company
September 15, 2017
And poor documentation can make it easier for corrupt officials to ... BitFury is part of a project in the Republic of Georgia to record new landÃÂ ...
The Morning Sun
September 14, 2017
... speaks during a meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak in .... Davidson outlined Trump's murky deals in the Republic of Georgia.
Bellona
September 14, 2017
But when three woodsmen in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia turned up in a hospital with radiation burns and caught the attention of theÃÂ ...
Miami Herald
September 13, 2017
... bought into a mining operation in the former Soviet republic of Georgia in 2013, .... But Georgia's deputy environment minister, Maia Bitadze, insists the ... On the ground in Georgia, company officials are even more explicit inÃÂ ...
Georgia Today
September 13, 2017
Launch of New Book Telling the Story of the First Georgian Republic ... Published by Zed Books in London, the official publication date is 15ÃÂ ...
CalvinAyre.com
September 13, 2017
The Republic of Georgia is mulling a total prohibition of online gambling as ... gambling, while the Finance officials are skeptical that such a ban would result ... Deputy Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili said his department'sÃÂ ...
Open Democracy
August 24, 2017
... the USSR's elites, enjoyed autonomous status within the Georgian republic. ... She tells me how, when the conflict broke out, local officials insisted that ... former Soviet foreign minister, returned to Tbilisi and came to power. ... both territories as part of Georgia, official documents refer to the refugees asÃÂ ...
The New Yorker
August 14, 2017
... a Trump Tower in Batumi, a city on the Black Sea in the Republic of Georgia, has .... me that Saakashvili and other Georgian officials sought financial backers, ... When I asked him if it would be illegal for the deputy chairman of a Kazakh ... If these Western banks had known that a senior B.T.A. official wasÃÂ ...
Seatrade Maritime News
August 14, 2017
“The Republic of Georgia is strongly behind this project. ... projects is very important,” commented Georgia Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili.
The New Yorker
August 14, 2017
When I asked him if it would be illegal for the deputy chairman of a Kazakh bank to have ... If these Western banks had known that a senior B.T.A. official was heavily .... Gordon, who helped write the Republic of Georgia's tax law, told me that he .... was then the Minister of Transportation—a man who, U.S. officials believe,ÃÂ ...
The Nation.
August 9, 2017
After Estonia, it was on to the former Soviet republic of Georgia, and then to ... are far more in line with official Washington's bipartisan posture.”.
Warriors.com
August 4, 2017
Warriors center and NBA champion Zaza Pachulia will return to his native Republic of Georgia to accept the Order of Honor from the PresidentÃÂ ...
New Jersey Herald
August 4, 2017
He is the highest-ranking American official to visit the small Adriatic ... for the former Soviet republic of Georgia and met with the presidents ofÃÂ ...
The Sun Chronicle
August 2, 2017
... the capital of the former Soviet republic of Georgia, stood Attleboro resident Pvt. ... The goal, U.S. Army officials say, is to "support the training,ÃÂ ...
TIME
August 2, 2017
Vice President Mike Pence, traveling Tuesday in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, sought to reframe the sanctions as a "further sign of ourÃÂ ...
Chicago Tribune
August 2, 2017
Pence pledges support for former Soviet republic of Georgia, ... Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, second right, U.S. Vice ... right, pose for a photo prior to an official dinner in Tbilisi, Georgia, on July 31, 2017.
The Sun Chronicle
August 1, 2017
... Vice President Mike Pence in the former Soviet republic of Georgia Tuesday. ... The goal, U.S. Army officials say, is to “support the training,ÃÂ ...
Forward
July 26, 2017
The minister, Nicole Belloubet, said this at the beginning of a ... born in the Caucasian republic of Georgia, presented a relatively conservativeÃÂ ...
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
July 22, 2017
Officials at 1MDB, along with their relatives and others, allegedly diverted ... Multilateral Development Bank Official Sentenced by UK Court.
Savannah Morning News
July 18, 2017
For the rest of the week, Republic of Georgia law enforcement officials will review tactics used by Savannah-Chatham police to build communityÃÂ ...
Premium Times
December 31, 1999
The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, who briefed council about the ... Mr. Oloyede identified China, Iran, Republic of Georgia, Spain, TurkeyÃÂ ...
Agenda.ge
December 31, 1999
... and a ceremony involving officials and military commanders in Tbilisi. ... hosted the event designed to mark the date and involving Minister of Defence ... by a parliament decree during the first democratic republic of Georgia.
Nextgov
December 31, 1999
... it has worked with the Republic of Georgia and the United Kingdom. ... or generally improve “maintaining the integrity of official records.”.
Truthdig
December 31, 1999
The Foreign Emoluments Clause bars US officials from accepting money ... In March, the government paid $186 for an unidentified official to stay at ... former Soviet Republic of Georgia trades on the president's name to makeÃÂ ...
Gambling Insider
December 31, 1999
The Republic of Georgia has announced its plans to ban online gambling ... Speaking to the local media, Deputy Finance Minister of GeorgiaÃÂ ...
OCRegister
December 31, 1999
In the far away Republic of Georgia a single mother of a ... According to lawyers, a week before her detention, the first deputy prosecutor of Ukraine, ... Lazarenko was the notorious Ukrainian prime minister who was detainedÃÂ ...
Stars and Stripes
December 31, 1999
NATO's top official on Tuesday welcomed Trump's announcement that the ... The U.S. is likely to look to the Republic of Georgia, a tiny country with NATO ... Minister Levan Izoria said during NATO's May summit in Brussels.
Fox Business
December 31, 1999
U.S. and European officials say they won't bargain away Ukraine's political options. ... In the 2000s, he served as Mr. Putin's deputy chief of staff and helped ... according to Mr. Nalyvaichenko and another Ukrainian official. ... that Russia carved from the former Soviet republic of Georgia after a war in 2008.
Inverse
March 16, 2017
The U.S. dollar has been the official currency of the United States since 1785, but recently, the government has taken a formal interest in a system of monetary exchange that bears no presidential portraits, and is better known for facilitating shadowy ...
Reason (blog)
March 16, 2017
Carney points out that the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (which "subsidizes U.S. companies that want to set up business overseas, such as a Ritz Carlton in Turkey or a Wendy's in the Republic of Georgia") is still slated to go, as is the U.S ...
New Europe
March 16, 2017
On Saturday, Austria's Foreign Minister, Sebastian Kurz, joined the Netherlands and Germany on Sunday to make clear Turkish officials are not welcome to campaign for the April 16 referendum. Since Sunday, rallying events in Austria and Switzerland have ...
The Calvert Journal
March 15, 2017
Born in 1925, just four years after the Bolsheviks had crushed the promise of the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia, he died in 1999, half-forgotten and overlooked in the wreckage of the post-Soviet transition. He came of age in a country ...
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