Georgia has asked China to use its influence to push for a resolution to a territorial flare-up with Russia. Georgian troops have pulled out of the breakaway province of South Ossetia after being overwhelmed by Russian forces. Daniel Schearf reports...
Georgia says it has ordered its troops in the breakaway region of South Ossetia to cease fire, after withdrawing its troops from South Ossetia's capital. There was no direct response from Russia to Georgia's offer to negotiate an end to three days o...
Tensions remain high between Russia and Georgia, especially over the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and Georgia's bid to become part of NATO. In this report from Washington, Senior Correspondent Andr de Nesnera looks at why...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Russia has come under increasing international pressure in the week since it attacked Georgia. That followed a Georgian attempt to take control of the capital of South Ossetia, a pro-Russian area. Russian...
By Andre de Nesnera Washington 20 May 2008 Tensions remain high between Russia and Georgia over the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. In this report from Washington, VOA Senior Correspondent Andr de Nesnera describes recent de...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 21 March 2008 The Pentagon says U.S. support for efforts by Georgia and Ukraine to join NATO does not necessarily mean the countries will join the alliance anytime soon. But a spokesman says Defense Secretary Robert Gates agrees...
By Peter Fedynsky Tbilisi 06 January 2008 Georgia's snap presidential election on Saturday included a non-binding referendum on whether the country should join NATO. An overwhelming majority voted in favor of such membership. VOA Correspondent Peter...
By VOA News 05 January 2008 Voters in Georgia cast ballots Saturday to determine whether former President Mikhail Saakashvili will return to office. Early exit polls show thatMr. Saakashvili is poised to win a narrow margin. He needs to get 50 percen...
By David Gollust Washington 10 November 2007 The United States is sending a senior diplomat to Georgia to press for an immediate end to the state of emergency imposed this week by President Mikhail Saakashvili. U.S. envoy Matthew Bryza will meet with...
By Andre de Nesnera Washington 08 November 2007 Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, who is mired in a deep political crisis, Thursday agreed to call early presidential elections and said he would lift the state of emergency. In this background re...