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The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, Davit Bakradze, the Georgian Parliamentary Chairman, said on November 10 he hoped EU would not ignore Georgia’s outstanding problems even if it decides to resume partnership talks with Russia.

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, Hansjörg Haber, head of EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), said explosion at the South Ossetian administrative border on Monday morning, which killed two Georgian policemen and injured three others, “risks escalating the still tense

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, two Georgian policemen were killed when a mine exploded in the Georgian-controlled village of Dvani near the administrative border with South Ossetia on November 10, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) said.

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that representatives from South Ossetian and Abkhazia should participate in the Geneva talks, planned for November 18, as equals with all the rest.

The FINANCIAL -- “The losses of Cable TV in Georgia range from between 12,000 to 20,000 users (15-25%), in total 80,000 since August 2008,” Guram Beruashvili, Chairman of the Union-Cable Television of Georgia, told The FINANCIAL.

The FINANCIAL  -- The European Union and Ukraine have begun negotiations on visa-free trips. But it seems Ukraine’s close ally Georgia which experienced a 5 day war with Russia recently, is in vane waiting for a signal of free visas promised by

The FINANCIAL -- Caucasus Online (CO) and United Telecom Georgia (UTG) signed three new agreements on spreading resource access, on communication wells access and on increased interchange systems. The new agreements will be valid for the next 6 months. UTG announced that

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said on November 3 that Russia’s recent allegations that Tbilisi was not planning to take part in the Geneva talks planned for November 18 were “absolutely groundless” made in the line

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, 44.9% of voters turned out at the poling stations in Adjara Autonomous Republic on November 3 to election the local parliament, according to the figures posted on the local central election commission’s website.

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, President Saakashvili told new Prime Minister and the cabinet at a televised meeting on November 3 that reducing poverty and unemployment was the major priority.