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The FINANCIAL -- According to Georgian news agency "Pirveli", two-person delegation of Bureau for International Language visited the Ministry of Defence of Georgia. The purpose of the visit is to evaluate foreign language study process in the Educational Institutions and Armed Forces

The FINANCIAL -- According to Georgian news agency "Pirveli", Mikheil Saakashvili schedules to depart to Strasburg at the second day to his planed inauguration.

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, who was re-elected with 53% of votes, emphasized that the January 5 presidential elections were “most democratic” in Georgia.

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, Abkhaz leader Sergey Bagapsh said that the talks with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili have “no perspective.”

The FINANCIAL -- “Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) didn’t use AGB Nielsen’s services in 2007 and there’s a serious suspicion about the confidence in GBP’s ratings being spread by AGB,” an extract from Georgian Public Broadcaster’s (GBP) letter to the local advertising market.

The FINANCIAL -- New diversified portfolio, acquisition of natural gas distribution companies, increased paid taxes to the state budget, corporate responsibility development, exploitation of a large terminal in West Georgia - Soso Pkhakadze, Chairman of the Wissol Board of Directors gives a

The FINANCIAL -- Georgian Prime Minister Vladimir Gurgenidze left for Austria on January 14, the Georgian PM’s press office reported.

The FINANCIAL -- According to RIA Novosti, Georgia's ex-defense minister and opposition leader, Irakly Okruashvili, has gone on a hunger strike to protest the January 5 presidential vote results, Georgian Rustavi-2 TV company said on January 13.

The FINANCIAL -- According to RIA Novosti, about 15,000 activists of the united Georgian opposition gathered in Tbilisi on January 13 to protest the January 5 presidential election results.