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Issue no: 831
• APRIL 1 - 4, 2016
• PUBLISHED PU TWICE WEEKLY
PRICE: GEL 2.50
UK Foreign Secretary In this week’s issue... Calls Russia First Georgian National Receives Honorary Member of Main Threat to the Order of the British Empire International Peace NEWS PAGE 2
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Spy Chief Says Fewer Georgian Citizens Joining ISIS
ON GEORGIA’S EUROPEAN FUTURE UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond demands that Moscow begin cooperating with the West and playing a more constructive and responsible role in the world
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EPP President Comes under Fire for Dampening Hopes for Visa Liberalization BY TAMAR SVANIDZE
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he President of the European People’s Party (EPP) Joseph Daul this week visited Georgia’s capital Tbilisi. On arrival he met with members of the United National Movement (UNM) opposition party, which has been a member of the ENP since 2008, and later held meetings with Speaker of Parliament, David Usupashvili and leaders of the Free Democrats opposition party. Members of the Left Alliance opposition party held a rally at the airport in protest of Daul’s statement in which he said that the EPP would only support Georgia’s visa free regime with the European Union if Georgia holds fair and independent parliamentary elections in October. Continued on page 2
POLITICS PAGE 6
Georgia’s Healthcare and Medical Staff Need Continuous Development SOCIETY PAGE 14
Manana Menabde, an Organic Artist Serving Multiple Muses CULTURE PAGE 17
Chilly Start for Georgia’s Weiss in More Ways than One SPORTS PAGE 19