The Messenger - Georgia's English Language Daily

Lawyers of Vano Merabishvili demand to change the pre-trial detainment for the former Minister of Internal Affairs (MIA) on the basis of the report made by the Densus Group concerning the May 26, 2011 dispersal of the opposition rally. (more)

Margvelashvili kicks-off presidential election campaign

Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili officially presented Giorgi Margvelashvili as the presidential candidate of the Georgian Dream coalition on August 12 in Nokalakevi, in the Senaki region. (more)

Chair of the Central Election Commission resigns

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The News in Brief

"Georgia, U.S. hold naval exercises in Batumi" (more)

Five years since Medvedev-Sarkozy cease-fire agreement

On August 12, 2008, a cease-fire agreement was signed between then Russian President Dimitri Medvedev and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, which in fact stopped the Georgian-Russian War in 2008. (more)