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Ankvab promises compromise on high-rise construction in Sukhum

Last Friday, President Alexander Ankvab addressed the protests that erupted in December (as covered by ApsnyPress and EkhoKavkaza) over the construction of a 14-storey mixed-use building in the Sinop neighbourhood of Sukhum, along the Kodor highway. Opponents of the plan, led by publicist Nadezhda Venediktova, pointed out that a previous …

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Saakashvili says Georgia will really be like Dubai in seven years time

In President Saakashvili's own words, on Monday the 21st:

"It is said about me that I love exaggerating."

Quite right. For example, Saakashvili has frequently predicted rose-coloured futures for Georgia's economy. And so he went again last Monday:

"I have recently been in Dubai and I want to tell you …

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