1/30/2006 Telephone conversation between President Saakashvili and Secretary Rice On January 29, late in the evening, a telephone conversation took place between the President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili and the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. President Saakashvili and Secretary Rice focused on Georgia's energy security issu... 1/25/2006 President Saakashvili opens free canteen President Mikheil Saakashvili opened one more canteen for the poor on 11 Leonidze street today, which will serve over 500 poor people every day.At the opening ceremony President Saakashvili commented on the blown up gas pipeline, demanded involvement of G... 1/23/2006 President Saakashvili visits orphanage in Avlabari Today President Mikheil Saakashvili visited orphanage in Avlabari to check if they had heating problems.President Saakashvili dined with the children there and promised his help. Communications Officeof the President of Georgia... 1/22/2006 President Saakashvili promises help to orphanage Due to an explosion on the gas pipeline President Saakashvili on January 22 visited an orphanage in Gldani district.Administration of the orphanage said that the building had been heated by means of natural gas and after the supply was cut off they would ... 1/22/2006 Statement by the Office of the President of Georgia on gas interruption The president of Georgia deplores the acts of sabotage that took place earlier today on the territory of the Russian federation, simultaneously interrupting gas and electricity supplies to Georgia.While the acts remain under investigation, several circums... 1/19/2006 President Saakashvili calls emergency energy council meeting On January 19 President Mikheil Saakvishvili called an emergency energy council meeting to discuss the country's energy policy. Minister of Energy Nika Gilauri reported to the President on existing situation in the Georgian energy system.President Saakash... 1/17/2006 President Saakashvili attends opening ceremony of theatre On January 17 President Mikheil Saakashvili attended an opening ceremony of Vaso Abashidze State Theatre of Music and Drama and with the vulnerable elderly people and children from orphanages listened to the premier of the performance La Cambiale di Matri... 1/14/2006 President Saakashvili talks on bird flu preventive measures On January 14, at the State Chancellery, President Mikheil Saakashvili with the Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli and the Minister of Labor, Health and Social Affairs Lado Chipashvili discussed preventive measures taken against bird flu in Georgia.According... 1/10/2006 President Saakashvili visits Kazakhstan On January 10 President Mikheil Saakashvili met with the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev in Astana. After face-to-face talks President Saakashvili said that soon Kazakhstan will become Georgia's number one investor.President Saakashvili state... 1/9/2006 President Saakashvili meets with football team’s new coach Today President Mikheil Saakashvili met with the new German coach of the Georgian football team, Klaus Toppmoller, at the State Chancellery. President Saakashvili said that he was glad Mr. Toppmoller accepted the offer and symbolically presented him with ... 1/9/2006 The Path To Energy Security By Mikheil Saakashvili Last week Russia announced that it would halt and then - not long after - that it was restarting natural gas shipments to Ukraine. It was a momentary crisis that should have wide-ranging ramifications for the economic security of Eu...

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