Mikheil Saakashvili Attends 47-Nation Nuclear Security Working Dinner at Washington Conference Centre Leaders of 47 states attend working dinner at Washington conference centre. Barack Obama is hosting the working dinner for the Nuclear Security Summit participant presidents and Prime Ministers. President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili is in the Conference Hall.

Facts Suggest Imedi Video Was Intentionally Confusing As the panic about Imedi’s spoof video is fading and anxiety is subsiding it is proper to look beyond the news and analyze what happened on Saturday night. Giorgi Arveladze, General Director of Imedi TV, said the aim of the video was to show Georgia’s external threats at their face value. Arveladze added that the channel did not intend to scare the population or cause panic. “As it turned out it was a miscalculation [on the part of Imedi TV] to think that the society would have perceived the broadcast adequately," Giorgi Arveladze said.

Selecting a CEC Chair: Why Am I Not Surprised? The holidays and a move to a new workplace have kept me offline these last few weeks, but I'm confident you all have have been keeping up with the lively (if anonymous) English-language commentary and reporting at the opposition Georgian International Media Centre.