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Poland may suspend visa-free travel for Georgians over Russian intel activity
JAMnews
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August 6, 2025
Poland may suspend visa-free entry for Georgians Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on TV channel TVN24 that the country is considering suspending visa-free travel for citizens of several countries, including Georgia, due to the activities of...
How to Watch Atlanta Dream vs Chicago Sky: Live Stream WNBA, TV Channel
Newsweek
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August 7, 2025
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Lena Samaras, Daughter of Former Greek PM, Dies at 34
Greek Reporter
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August 8, 2025
Lena Samaras was a constant presence by her father’s side. Public Domain Lena Samaras, the 34-year-old daughter of former Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, has died following a seizure. Samaras, who had a history of epileptic seizures, was a...
NYFF Reveals 2025 Currents Lineup, Including New Films by Tsai Ming-liang and Radu Jude
IndieWire
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August 7, 2025
The New York Film Festival continues to roll out its 2025 lineup, with the 63rd annual edition of the festival promising to give New York cinephiles access to many of the biggest titles emerging from the world of global cinema this year. In...
New Promise For Middle Corridor: Chinese Firm Joins Azerbaijani-Kazakh-Georgian JV (PHOTO)
MENAFN
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August 7, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 7. A Chinese company, China Railway Container Transport Corp. Ltd (CRCT), has joined Middle Corridor Multimodal Ltd, a joint railway venture of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Georgia, a source in...
Despite entry ban, Georgian Legion leader arrives in Slovakia
JAMnews
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August 7, 2025
Georgian Legion leader in Slovakia Mamuka Mamulashvili, commander of the Georgian Legion — a unit fighting in Ukraine — has arrived in Slovakia, despite an official entry ban reportedly imposed earlier this year. At the end of January 2025, Slovak...
“The Georgians fought really well. There was no shame in that defeat” — Col. Liam Collins on the lessons of the 2008 war
Georgia Today
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August 7, 2025
The Georgian army fought well, really well — especially considering that one of their brigades was deployed supporting NATO operations at the time. They didn’t even have their full force at home, and they still went head-to-head with the Russians,...
Between Stone and Void: Zurab Abkhazi’s Celestial Bodies
Georgia Today
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August 7, 2025
On a bright afternoon in Tbilisi, the Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel does what international hotels do: it offers an air-conditioned lobby, the faint smell of expensive cleaning products, and the invisible hum of transient business. But climb the...
China Railway Container To Join Azerbaijani-Kazakh-Georgian Railway Venture
MENAFN
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August 7, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASTANA, Kazakhstan, August 7. A Chinese company, China Railway Container, will join a joint railway venture of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Georgia, Trend reports via Kazakhstan Railways. This issue was discussed at a...
Why did Putin's Russia invade Ukraine?
BBC
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Paul KirbyEurope digital editor ShareSave When Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered up to 200,000 soldiers into Ukraine, his aim was to sweep into the capital, Kyiv, in days, overthrow its pro-Western government and return Ukraine to Russia's...
Turkey’s geopolitical reflection on the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea
Strategic Culture
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July 28, 2025
Unilateral U.S. domination is over. Multipolarity is now a concrete reality. Join us on Telegram, Twitter, and VK. Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Geographical domain Turkey occupies a geographical position of primary importance in the...
Activist Nino Datashvili’s trial begins in Tbilisi with EU diplomats present
Georgia Today
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August 7, 2025
The trial of activist Nino Datashvili, arrested for allegedly assaulting a bailiff, is underway at Tbilisi City Court. Datashvili, who was present at the hearing, was welcomed with applause from supporters in the courtroom. Diplomats from the...
Hope Endures for Georgia’s Democratic Opposition
CEPA
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August 7, 2025
Recent news from Georgia has been overwhelmingly grim. The ruling Georgian Dream party has intensified its crackdown on dissent, jailing political opponents, advancing repressive legislation, and eroding democratic safeguards. On the surface, it...
ON THE SHELF: This week’s column features thriller titles from the New Adult Fiction collection.
The Vicksburg Post - Mississippi
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August 17, 2025
ON THE SHELF: This week’s column features thriller titles from the New Adult Fiction collection. Published 2:47 pm Sunday, August 17, 2025 This column was submitted by Evangeline Cessna, local technical services librarian at the Warren...
Latvian Foreign Ministry: We remember the victims of Russia's aggression against Georgia - we condemn the unlawful invasion
Inter Press News
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We condemn the unlawful invasion and stand firmly for Georgia's sovereignty, territorial integrity, and the right of its people to choose their own future, - the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement on the 17th anniversary of...
Sentencing of Georgian journalist Amaghlobeli met with international condemnation
Open Caucasus Media
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August 7, 2025
The Caucasus is changing — and not for the better. With authoritarianism on the rise across the region, the threat to independent journalism is higher than ever. Join our community and help push back against the hardliners. Become a member...
Giorgi Gakharia: We must remember that the threat does not end at the occupation line - in order to remain in power, the Georgian Dream entered into an alliance with the occupying state
Inter Press News
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We must remember that the threat does not end at the occupation line - in order to remain in power, the Georgian Dream entered into an alliance with the occupying state and accused its own country of starting the war, thereby justifying Russia's...
Irakli Zarkua: This is the day when Saakashvili and the Russian occupier attacked Georgia - Saakashvili is the main creator
Inter Press News
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This is the day when Saakashvili and the Russian occupier attacked Georgia - Saakashvili is the main creator, - Irakli Zarkua, a member of the Georgian Dream party, said in response to a question regarding the August war. When asked whether the...
What to do in Baltimore this weekend, from a cat art exhibit to a cheap 5K
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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August 7, 2025
Let’s savor Baltimore’s remaining summer days and nights while we can. As always, this weekend’s events lineup runs the gamut, from an affordable 5K and kid-friendly skateboarding lessons to dynamic concerts and arts performances. Thursday, Aug. 7...
Maka Botchorishvili: When they asked us to send volunteers to Ukraine on a government plane, to impose sanctions on Russia, no one gave us a guarantee that this would not put our country's security at risk
Inter Press News
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When we were asked to send volunteers to Ukraine on a government plane and impose sanctions on Russia, no one gave us a guarantee that this would not provoke a response from Russia, which would put our country's security at risk, - Georgian...