Georgians took to the streets of Tbilisi on Sunday to show their support for French-Georgian billionaire tycoon Bidzina Ivanishvili – the country’s richest man – who launched his bid to oust President Mikheil Saakashvili this week.
The French press sheds a tear for Apple's co-founder Steve Jobs, showing some of the design flair the deceased American icon may have appreciated. There's also a piece by Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and a look at Sunday's pioneering Socialist primary vote. That's the focus for this French press review, Friday 7th October 2011.
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.
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.
South Ossetia commemorated the Russia-Georgia war with a candle-light vigil on empty artillery shells in Tskhinvali. The rebel province also opened a war museum on Saturday to mark the conflict's first anniversary.
Exactly a year after a devastating conflict between Russia and Georgia over the breakaway province of South Ossetia, tensions have flared between the two neighbours, with each accusing the other of warmongering.
Georgia has dismissed Russian claims that it is rearming, a year after its offensive in the breakaway region of South Ossetia. But tensions along the border with the separatist enclave remain high on the eve of the anniversary of the August 2008 war.
Tensions have flared on the eve of the first anniversary of Russia’s war with Georgia. In an interview with FRANCE 24, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili says Moscow’s mission to unseat him is not over.
Ahead of the first anniversary of the 2008 Georgian-Russian conflict, tensions are again running high. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili tells FRANCE 24 that Russia has not finished its mission in Georgia.
