In this edition: the consequences of Ireland's "yes" to the Lisbon treaty; Greece swings to the left but faces a growing challenge from illegal immigration; and both Russia and Georgia make the most of a report on last summer's war.
Georgia started last year's five-day war with Russia by attacking rebel South Ossetia, an investigating team compiling an EU-ordered report has concluded. The report also blamed Russia for violating international law.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has officially recognised the Georgian breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent, during a visit to Russia. Georgia has dismissed the declaration as irrelevant.
The leader of the pro-Moscow breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia told the Russian Interfax news agency he had ordered Abkhazia’s military to destroy any Georgian ship violating its de-facto territorial waters.
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili replaced Defence Minister David Sikharulidze with his 28-year-old deputy Bacho Akhalaia, blaming unsatisfactory results from Sikharulidze, tasked with rebuilding the former Soviet republic's armed forces.
Georgia has become the first country to quit the Moscow-dominated Commonwealth of Independant States (CIS), underscoring its wish to break away from Russia's sphere of influence.
One year after Georgia and Russia went to war over the breakaway province of South Ossetia, the wounds of the conflict are still wide open in the Georgian city of Gori – and the fear of a new outbreak of violence is palpable.
On a surprise visit to the breakaway Georgian province of Abkhazia, Russian PM Vladimir Putin pledged 500 million dollars to build bases and defend Abkhazia as tensions with Georgia appear to grow.
In this edition: One year after the war between Russia and Georgia, Saakashvili is still ruling the country; an ongoing border dispute between Slovenia and Croatia; London's famous black cabs are looking like an endangered species.
