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| Topic Started: Oct 3 2008, 12:13 AM (38 Views) | |
| Georgia | Oct 3 2008, 12:13 AM Post #1 |
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The story of The Georgian Times Media Holding goes back to November 1993 when it began publishing a tri-lingual newspaper. In 1994, The Georgian Times launched an English-language weekly newspaper, which served as the first printing bridge between the Caucasus and the rest of the world. Today the newspaper is a useful source of information about the Caucasus for the international community. Today the world learns about events unfolding in the Caucasus through this newspaper. A number of media companies expressed a desire to cooperate with this newspaper at the congress of the World Press Association. Close partnerships with foreign colleagues is the best indicator of recognition for The Georgian Times. |
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| Georgia | Oct 7 2008, 01:56 AM Post #2 |
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Share the Joy of the Savior’s Birth On January 7th after the Orthodox Christmas church services to praise the Saviour’s Birth every active Orthodox Church of Tbilisi start the traditional alilo processional. Members of the clergy and their parishes walk down the capital’s streets holding church flags and singing Christmas carols to share the joy of Christ’s birth, knocking at every door and asking for donations to help poor people and disabled children in orphanages. The word alilo is a cognate of ‘alleluia’. So if the soothing melodies of Christmas carols come to your house and believers with special alilo baskets ask you for donations for poor, be so kind as to make a small contribution of sweets, churchkhelas, or something nice. Such charity is traditionally treated as a gift to God in Georgia. The priests who participate in the alilo spray the holy water in the streets and avenues of Tbilisi and will put donations in the refectory of the Theological Academy. Singing Christmas carols helps spread Christmas cheer. Father Constantine blesses our readers and all of Georgia: ‘God bless you. I congratulate the Georgian nation, wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and I wish for Georgia to be born again, much like the birth of the Savior’. Each Church has a certain route and whole city will share the joy of Christmas and the pleasure of making little contributions to this inspired act of charity. Merry Christmas to all of you and alilo!  Edited by Georgia, Oct 7 2008, 02:03 AM.
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| Georgia | Oct 11 2008, 03:40 PM Post #3 |
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Less Pompous but Noisier – Inauguration Celebrations End in Tbilisi Thousands of people took to the streets as two large-scale events took place in Tbilisi on January 20. While the capital hosted the inauguration of re-elected President Mikheil Saakashvili, a large rally was staged by the opposition to contest the election results. Re-elected with 53.47 percent of the vote, Saakashvili invited delegations from around 40 countries to attend the event. Among them were Yulia Tymoshenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine, President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers, President of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus, President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves etc. Although Saakashvili invited Russian President Vladimer Putin to the Georgian capital, the Russian delegation was headed by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. As Saakashvili pledged, the swearing-in ceremony was conducted at Saint Bagrat Church in the western Georgian city of Kutaisi. Saakashvili, accused frequently by critics of having an excessive love for symbols, can now signal to secessionist South Ossetia and Abkhazia that his number one task during his second term in office will be the reintegration of the breakaway regions. The hint is that since Bagrat III was the first king of united Georgia, Saakashvili will try to become the first Georgian President to unite the country. During the election campaign, Saakashvili said on the live talk show Primetime that he will leave a united Georgia for the next President. Symbolism dominated in Saakashvili’s first presidential swearing-in celebration in 2003 as well. Elected with more than 96% of the votes, he came to power on the heels of the Rose Revolution and arranged the inauguration ceremony in Kutaisi’s Gelati Monastery. Gelati, the Monastery of the Virgin, was founded by King David the Builder in 1106. David the Builder is said to be Georgians’ favorite king and thus, by using the church, Saakashvili’s message was that he would try to go down in history as another great builder of the Georgian nation. Back in 2004, the inauguration was more pompous. US Secretary of State Colin Powell attended the ceremony and just after the President's inaugural speech, helicopters flew above the crowds, dropping red rose petals from the sky, symbolic of Georgia's Rose Revolution. The times have since changed. The new president has fewer supporters now but on the other hand, this could be seen as progress for Georgia as a truly democratic state, with the ability to have a competitive election process. Though the opposition questions Georgia’s path as a democratic country, the election results speak of the drastically changed political landscape even having mostly old players in the game. Opposition forces, having failed to schedule a run-off election said prior to the inauguration that they would mark January 20 in their own way – by protesting. Speaking live on Public Broadcaster, leading opposition candidate Levan Gachechiladze even asked the authorities not to be “too pompous” so that they did not upset the demonstrators. However, for the government, it may be a matter of prestige to celebrate the victory: The inauguration ceremony continued in front of the Georgian Parliament in Tbilisi with a parade of the Georgian Armed Forces. Around 2500 military servants were to march along Rustaveli Avenie. “Various military equipments will be represented at the parade. Demonstrated military hardware will include ten ‘БТР-80’, seven artillery pieces ‘DANA’, and six artillery pieces ‘Grad-Lari’. The aircrafts four Iroquoises, four MI-24, three L-39 and six SU-25 will drill for the parade. 10 armored carriers ‘KOBRA’ of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will also march along Rustaveli Avenue,” the report said last week. Saakashvili resigned amid the November upheaval and called a snap presidential election to calm the situation. He passed the 50 percent threshold and avoided a run-off with Gachechiladze. The latter was backed by a nine-party coalition and won 25.69 percent of the ballots. The opposition coalition, which has accused the winner of election fraud called for prolonged protests. They planned to stage a large-scale protest action scheduled to start on January 19 and to end on January 21 close to Parliament building. “We do not recognize Mikheil Saakashvili as the legitimate President of Georgia and will protest against his confirmation,” the leader of Georgia’s Way party, Salome Zurabichvili said. However, the city administration gave no permission that the January 20 events timed to the inauguration of the new president would be held on the nearby territory. So the United Opposition was allowed to rally in Saburtalo on the inauguration day to show that they are against the election results. Edited by Georgia, Oct 11 2008, 03:41 PM.
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