17 October, 2013
The torch of Sochi Olympic Games had to stay in the hands of Russian “hero” Ivan Nechayev only for five minutes or so but it was enough to provoke a large wave of protests among Georgians. No wonder, if we consider that the Russian pilot Nechayev was bombing the Georgian territory during the August war of 2008.
16 October, 2013
One hundred and fifty-five service members of the 42nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade returned to Georgia on October 16 after serving in the ISAF mission in Afghanistan for six months.
15 October, 2013
YouTube user Georgian ArmedForces uploaded a video featuring a Georgian service member of the Kosovo peacekeeping mission
10 October, 2013
Fifty service members of the 42nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade, returned to Georgia on October 10 after spending six months in frames of the ISAF mission in Afghanistan.
28 September, 2013
Service members of the 31st Battalion, 3rd Infantry Brigade, visited Juma Mosque in Tbilisi to meet All-Georgia Muslim Union Sheikh Vagiph Akberov and hear a lecture on Islamic customs and restrictions in Afghanistan
26 September, 2013
Irakli Alasania, Georgia’s Defence Minister, break almost sensational news when he states that units of Georgian army would be a part of the rapid response forces of NATO from 2015.
19 September, 2013
PM Bidzina Ivanishvili reprimanded President Saakashvili for purchasing two French-made Superpuma helicopters for 55 Euros. The President’s team in its part claims that the Government seeks to weaken Georgian aviation by selling these Superpumas.
17 September, 2013
Zakro Kukhashvili, a Georgian service member of the ISAF mission in Afghanistan, has a spouse and three kids waiting for his return to Georgia.
12 September, 2013
The delegation of Georgia’s Defense Ministry paying an official visit to the United States has been meeting and holding talks with American militaries and politicians. Then they held an official meeting in the UN Headquarters where the Deputy Chief of UN Peacekeeping Edmond Mulet and Georgia’s Defense Minister Irakli Alasania examined the possibility of involving Georgian soldiers in future peacekeeping operations run by the UN around the planet.
10 September, 2013
The military airstrip of Aviation Factory No. 31 in Tbilisi hosted the first air show in Georgia on September 9 to mark anniversary of the birth of the famous Georgian aviation engineer Alexander Kartveli.