International Business News - Georgia http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The American embassy in Georgia says a U.S. Navy destroyer is making a routine visit to the country's port of Batumi. The USS Barry is the latest U.S. warship to visit the Caucasus country since its August war with Russia. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081122/us-warship-arrives-in-georgian-city-of-batumi.htm Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:34:26 EST The American embassy in Georgia says a U.S. Navy destroyer is making a routine visit to the country's port of Batumi. The USS Barry is the latest U.S. warship to visit the Caucasus country since its August war with Russia. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081122/us-warship-arrives-in-georgian-city-of-batumi.htm Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:26:56 EST Georgia regulators on Friday shut down The Community Bank, the 20th failure this year of a federally insured institution. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was appointed receiver of the bank, located in Loganville, Ga. It had $681 million in assets and $611.4 million in deposits as of Oct. 17. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/regulators-shut-failed-bank-in-georgia.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:05:23 EST Georgian officials said Russian and separatist forces attacked a Georgian police checkpoint Thursday near the breakaway province of Abkhazia. Abkhaz separatists said they had simply responded to Georgian fire and no Russian troops were involved. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/georgia-says-checkpoint-shelled-from-abkhazia.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:20:04 EST Former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday appealed to Georgians to send Democrat Jim Martin to Washington arguing the state's hotly contested Senate runoff must provide a "bridge not a firewall" to the progress promised by President-elect Barack Obama. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/ga-democrat-gets-campaign-help-from-bill-clinton.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:28:47 EST Georgia has asked the International Olympic Committee to move the 2014 Winter Olympics from Sochi, Russia, citing security reasons. IOC spokeswoman Emmanuelle Moreau confirmed in an e-mail Wednesday that the IOC had received a letter from the Georgian national Olympic committee. She had no other immediate details or comment. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/georgia-asks-for-2014-sochi-games-to-be-moved.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:33:11 EST Mediators succeeded Wednesday in getting direct talks going between Russia and Georgia, pressing the two neighbors to resolve security and refugee issues from their August war in the troubled Caucasus. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/eu-russia-georgia-talks-make-measured-progress.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:28:15 EST Both Georgia and Russia seriously violated international law during their war in August, rights group Amnesty International charged Tuesday. Its sweeping 69-page report cites evidence suggesting that Georgian forces indiscriminately fired on civilian targets in Tskhinvali, the capital of the Russian-backed breakaway province of South Ossetia. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/amnesty-slams-georgia-russia-over-war-conduct.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:59:21 EST The Senate runoff in Georgia is drawing its share of big-name politicians, from Republican John McCain to former President Bill Clinton. But some Democrats are wondering why the star of their party, President-elect Barack Obama, isn't scheduled to head South to campaign for Jim Martin. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/ga-senate-runoff-draws-big-names-but-not-obama.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:43:21 EST An unmanned Russian spy plane crashed and exploded Monday near the separatist Georgian region of South Ossetia, killing two soldiers and wounding eight, Georgian officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/georgia-russian-drone-crashes-explodes-2-killed.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:20:53 EST European Union cease-fire monitors in Georgia say they were shot at near a breakaway region in the former Soviet republic. The EU observer mission says in a statement Sunday that shots were fired as they investigated the shooting death of a Georgian policeman near the border with Abkhazia. They called the incident "unacceptable" and asked Abkhaz authorities to investigate. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081116/eu-monitors-say-they-were-fired-on-in-georgia.htm Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:47:36 EST A Georgian official says a policeman has been killed in a clash with separatists close to the breakaway province of Abkhazia. Georgian Interior Ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili says the policeman was shot dead Saturday by a group of armed Abkhazians. He says the group entered Georgian-controlled territory to plant land mines. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081115/georgia-policeman-killed-in-abkhazia-clash.htm Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:30:04 EST Republican John McCain implored Georgia voters Thursday to back Sen. Saxby Chambliss in next month's runoff, warning that Democrats will increase taxes and cut defense spending and the GOP needs to strengthen its ranks. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081114/mccain-asks-georgia-voters-to-back-sen-chambliss.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:49:45 EST Republican John McCain implored Georgia voters Thursday to back Sen. Saxby Chambliss in next month's runoff, warning that Democrats will increase taxes and cut defense spending and the GOP needs to strengthen its ranks. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/mccain-returns-to-campaign-for-senate-colleague.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:35:19 EST Georgia's secretary of state has certified election results that make a Dec. 2 U.S. Senate runoff official. Neither Republican incumbent Sen. Saxby Chambliss nor Democratic challenger Jim Martin earned more than 50 percent of the vote. Official tallies show Chambliss with 49.8 percent and Martin with 46.8 percent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/ga-officials-confirm-us-senate-runoff-necessary.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:47:12 EST A runoff that could help give Democrats a filibuster-proof majority in the U.S. Senate has beleaguered Georgia party members giddy at the prospect of ousting a GOP senator who just a few months ago seemed invincible. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081112/in-georgia-dems-pin-hopes-on-us-senate-runoff.htm Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:38:15 EST Aides who worked in Barack Obama's presidential campaign are heading to Georgia to help Jim Martin in his hotly contested Senate runoff, two Democrats close to Martin's campaign said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/obama-aides-heading-to-georgia-for-senate-runoff.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:22:37 EST An explosion killed two Georgian police officers early Monday near the disputed region of South Ossetia, an official said. EU monitors called the attack an unacceptable breach of the cease-fire that ended the Georgia-Russia war. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081110/explosion-kills-2-georgian-police-near-s-ossetia.htm Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:50:00 EST Georgian officials say about 70 militants from the breakaway province of South Ossetia illegally entered a village in Georgia. Shota Utiashvili, a spokesman for Georgia's Interior Ministry, said Sunday that the armed militants began to enter Perevi, a village of about 1,000 people, on Saturday. It sits on the western border of the breakaway region of South Ossetia. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081110/official-ossetian-militants-enter-georgia-village.htm Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:25:09 EST Thousands of flag-waving protesters brought Tbilisi traffic to a standstill Friday in the first major protest against President Mikhail Saakashvili since Georgia's war with Russia. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/170209-georgia-protest.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081107/georgias-saakashvili-weathering-storm.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081107/georgias-saakashvili-weathering-storm.htm Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:13:04 EST