The News in Brief
Monday, January 19
Georgian greens to be examined at Russian quarantine center
Georgia’s National Food Agency and the Phytosanitary Supervision Service of Russia have signed a document on regulation for exporting greens from Georgia to Russia.
According to the Agriculture Ministry, within the framework of the Berlin International exhibition "Green Week 2015", head of the National Food Agency, Zaza Dolidze, and head of Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor), Sergei Dankverta have signed a joint agreement.
The agreement envisions both sides implementing the necessary procedures preceding phytosanitary certification of greens prior to creation of state system for laboratory examination.
The Georgian greens will be examined in the quarantine center of Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance.
During the "Gruene Woche 2015" meeting, which was attended by the Advisor to the Agriculture Minister of Georgia, both the Russian Federation and Georgia positively assessed the turnover of agricultural goods, which has already reached $200 million.
The meeting discussed export opportunities of various agricultural products, including fish, honey, sunflower, corn and vegetables from Georgia to the Russian Federation.
(IPN)
MIA publishes crime statistics for 2014
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia has released crime statistics for 2014.
“December 2014
In December 2014, 2,250 crimes were registered by the MIA territorial units, 1,340 cases out of the mentioned number have been solved which is 59.56% of the case-solving index. To compare recent results with the results of the previous year the number of crimes decreased by -15.35%
January-December 2014
In January-December of 2014, 26,479 crimes were registered by investigative sub-units of the MIA, 17,805 cases out of the mentioned number have been solved which is 67.24% of the case-solving index. To compare recent results with the results of the previous year the number of crimes decreased by -16.4%, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
(Frontnews)
Armenia wants 450 churches in Georgia recognised as Armenian, say Russian media
Armenia has applied UNESCO to recognise hundreds of churches locating in Georgia as Armenian, Russian media report.
The Armenian side wanted 450 churches in Georgia to be recognised as Armenian, Russian news agencies said based on "reliable source existing in Baku,” Azerbaijan.
Www.newsru.com reported Baku did not find this step of Armenia unexpected. The agency wrote that Paud Akhundov, a representative of the Azerbaijani President’s Administration, said "caprices” of the Armenian side were a result of many-centuries "falsification” by Armenian historians.
Meanwhile, the move was assessed in Tbilisi too. Georgian officials believed UNESCO was the body to give recommendations how to preserve a historical building, but it was not agency to decide whom the building belonged to.
Georgia’s Culture Minister Mikheil Giorgadze said the Culture Ministre either was not an agency to decide a religious belonging of a site.
"It’s not a Culture Ministry’s competence to decide religious belonging. We see all of these churches as historical monuments and we take care of them regardless which religion they belong to,” Giorgadze said.
Nikoloz Antidze, head of Georgia’s National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation believed this was a "very sensitive issue” and each church needed to be precisely researched before any decision was made.
(Agenda.ge)
UNESCO is not court being able to solve cultural ownership issue - Nikoloz Antidze
Head of Cultural Heritage Preservation Agency Nikoloz Antidze told it InterPressNews while commenting on information according to which Armenia applied UNESCO to recognize 450 churches being located in Georgia as Armenian.
‘’We have some information about the issue, but UNESCO is not a court being able to solve cultural ownership issues. Large-scale researches need to be conducted,’’- Nikoloz Antidze said.
As Interfax reports, Armenia has applied UNESCO to recognize 450 churches being located in Georgia as Armenian.
(IPN)
23 Georgian sailors stranded on five ships in Benin
23 Georgian sailors have been stuck on five ships under Greek management close to Benin in western Africa.
The sailors are asking for help because their supplies of food and water are running low and they haven’t received their salaries for about six months.
January 13, the Georgian sailors contacted the Maritime Transport Agency about their problems. The Greek company has had financial issues and been unable to pay to employees for about six months.
Apart from the Georgians, there are also other nationalities among the crew.
On Sunday, the Georgian consular office in South Africa contacted the company, Western Mediterranean Shipping, which informed that three of its five ships had received supplies of food and by the end of the day the other two ships would also be supplied.
The company also informed that by the end of the month, the financial issues will be resolved and the company will be able to pay salaries to the sailors and arrange for their return to their home countries.
The consular office also informed that one of the Georgians on the ship Dias had broken an arm and has been taken to a hospital. He is currently on his way to Georgia.
Another Georgian from the same ship will also come back to Georgia in the near future.
Two more Georgians from the ship Asteris have been taken to Accra, the Ghanaian capital.
(DFwatch)
Georgia’s National Food Agency and the Phytosanitary Supervision Service of Russia have signed a document on regulation for exporting greens from Georgia to Russia.
According to the Agriculture Ministry, within the framework of the Berlin International exhibition "Green Week 2015", head of the National Food Agency, Zaza Dolidze, and head of Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor), Sergei Dankverta have signed a joint agreement.
The agreement envisions both sides implementing the necessary procedures preceding phytosanitary certification of greens prior to creation of state system for laboratory examination.
The Georgian greens will be examined in the quarantine center of Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance.
During the "Gruene Woche 2015" meeting, which was attended by the Advisor to the Agriculture Minister of Georgia, both the Russian Federation and Georgia positively assessed the turnover of agricultural goods, which has already reached $200 million.
The meeting discussed export opportunities of various agricultural products, including fish, honey, sunflower, corn and vegetables from Georgia to the Russian Federation.
(IPN)
MIA publishes crime statistics for 2014
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia has released crime statistics for 2014.
“December 2014
In December 2014, 2,250 crimes were registered by the MIA territorial units, 1,340 cases out of the mentioned number have been solved which is 59.56% of the case-solving index. To compare recent results with the results of the previous year the number of crimes decreased by -15.35%
January-December 2014
In January-December of 2014, 26,479 crimes were registered by investigative sub-units of the MIA, 17,805 cases out of the mentioned number have been solved which is 67.24% of the case-solving index. To compare recent results with the results of the previous year the number of crimes decreased by -16.4%, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
(Frontnews)
Armenia wants 450 churches in Georgia recognised as Armenian, say Russian media
Armenia has applied UNESCO to recognise hundreds of churches locating in Georgia as Armenian, Russian media report.
The Armenian side wanted 450 churches in Georgia to be recognised as Armenian, Russian news agencies said based on "reliable source existing in Baku,” Azerbaijan.
Www.newsru.com reported Baku did not find this step of Armenia unexpected. The agency wrote that Paud Akhundov, a representative of the Azerbaijani President’s Administration, said "caprices” of the Armenian side were a result of many-centuries "falsification” by Armenian historians.
Meanwhile, the move was assessed in Tbilisi too. Georgian officials believed UNESCO was the body to give recommendations how to preserve a historical building, but it was not agency to decide whom the building belonged to.
Georgia’s Culture Minister Mikheil Giorgadze said the Culture Ministre either was not an agency to decide a religious belonging of a site.
"It’s not a Culture Ministry’s competence to decide religious belonging. We see all of these churches as historical monuments and we take care of them regardless which religion they belong to,” Giorgadze said.
Nikoloz Antidze, head of Georgia’s National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation believed this was a "very sensitive issue” and each church needed to be precisely researched before any decision was made.
(Agenda.ge)
UNESCO is not court being able to solve cultural ownership issue - Nikoloz Antidze
Head of Cultural Heritage Preservation Agency Nikoloz Antidze told it InterPressNews while commenting on information according to which Armenia applied UNESCO to recognize 450 churches being located in Georgia as Armenian.
‘’We have some information about the issue, but UNESCO is not a court being able to solve cultural ownership issues. Large-scale researches need to be conducted,’’- Nikoloz Antidze said.
As Interfax reports, Armenia has applied UNESCO to recognize 450 churches being located in Georgia as Armenian.
(IPN)
23 Georgian sailors stranded on five ships in Benin
23 Georgian sailors have been stuck on five ships under Greek management close to Benin in western Africa.
The sailors are asking for help because their supplies of food and water are running low and they haven’t received their salaries for about six months.
January 13, the Georgian sailors contacted the Maritime Transport Agency about their problems. The Greek company has had financial issues and been unable to pay to employees for about six months.
Apart from the Georgians, there are also other nationalities among the crew.
On Sunday, the Georgian consular office in South Africa contacted the company, Western Mediterranean Shipping, which informed that three of its five ships had received supplies of food and by the end of the day the other two ships would also be supplied.
The company also informed that by the end of the month, the financial issues will be resolved and the company will be able to pay salaries to the sailors and arrange for their return to their home countries.
The consular office also informed that one of the Georgians on the ship Dias had broken an arm and has been taken to a hospital. He is currently on his way to Georgia.
Another Georgian from the same ship will also come back to Georgia in the near future.
Two more Georgians from the ship Asteris have been taken to Accra, the Ghanaian capital.
(DFwatch)