"The European Union is like a large umbrella that protects all people under it". This was the statement of a participant at the EU Day event organised by the...

In order to mark EU Day, EUMM’s Field Office in Gori launched a contest aimed at schools in Didi Khurvaleti, Plavi, and Kelktseuli. School children were offered to send...

On 20 May the Fourth School of the Gori Municipality invited EUMM Field Office Gori to attend an “open class” on European Affairs. The class took...

A delegation of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs visited EUMM on 15 May. They stopped by the Mission’s headquarters in Tbilisi and accompanied monitors from EUMMs Field Office in...

The EU Monitoring Mission welcomes the release of two Georgian citizens on 16 May, who had been held in Tskhinvali for crossing the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL). The release...

On 10 and 13 May Field Office Zugdidi of EUMM continued with events marking EU Day, this time together with civil communities of Chale and Mujava, two villages near the...

On 11 May the Gori municipality and its Cultural-Educational Centre of Youth and Pupils hosted an event to mark EU Day and show appreciation for EUMM’s contribution to stability...

On 9 May Field Office Zugdidi of EUMM, together with the local municipality and civil society marked EU Day in Zugdidi. To bring audience in, a volleyball tournament was...

On 6 May, the EU Monitoring Mission received a high-level delegation from the Swedish Agency for Government Employers, the Folke Bernadotte Academy and other organisations for Swedish employers and...

The President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, visited EUMMs information desk at the EU Open Day in Brussels on 04 May. President Van...

On 30 April a delegation of members of the Danish Parliament visited the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia. They were welcomed at the Headquarters in Tbilisi by Ambassador Andrzej...

On 21 and 22 April a delegation from the Police Academy Nordrhein-Westfalen visited EUMM’s Field Office in Mtskheta. The 20 participants were accompanied by Joachim Riegger, the Deputy...

On 25 April a delegation of Belgian, Luxembourgish and Dutch diplomats visited EUMM. “You can rest assured that you have the full support of our capitals,” said...

A British delegation visited Field Office Mtskheta of EUMM on 25 April 2013. Mr Colin Roberts, Director from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Mr David Moran, Charge dAffaires...

On 18 April EUMM’s Field Office in Zugdidi hosted the 29th Information Sharing Meeting with 18 NGOs and civil society organisations. Ambassador Andrzej Tyszkiewicz, the Head of EUMM, welcomed...

On 13 April the telephone Hotline was activated in response to events unfolding in Gugudiantkari, where unknown people had reportedly been demolishing a privately owned garden.  The EU Monitoring...

Senior diplomats from the United States and the eight Nordic-Baltic States, namely Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden visited EUMM’s headquarters in Tbilisi on 11 April....

Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Katarzyna Pelczynska-Nalecz met with Head of EUMM Andrzej Tyszkiewicz on 11 April. Minister Pelczynska-Nalecz showed great interest in freedom of movement issues along...

Miroslav Lajčák, the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, paid a visit to EUMM on 09 April.   He...

Damon Wilson, the Executive Vice-President of the Atlantic Council paid a visit to EUMM on 09 April. Almost five years after the August 2008 conflict, he stressed the importance...

On 8 April Petra Hofirkova and Jana Cechlovska, from the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, visited EUMM’s Field Office in Gori to gain a comprehensive understanding of the Mission...

On  2 April Viola von Cramon, Member of the German Bundestag, visited the EUMM Field Offices in Gori and Zugdidi. MP von Cramon was accompanied by Dr Guido Müntel, Head...

On 28 March the Human Security Team of EUMM’s Field Office Zugdidi attended the monthly NGO information-sharing meeting (or ISM) chaired by the Georgian Young Lawyers Association...

The participants of the Geneva International Discussions have just completed their twenty-third round. In Working Group I, the participants reviewed the security situation on the ground and...

  The Spokespersons of Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, and Štefan Füle, Commissioner for...

On 21 March Nancy Iris, the Deputy Director of the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration went on patrol to the Administrative Boundary Line with EUMM’s Field Office in...

On 19 March Chris Perkins, the Deputy Deployments Manager of the Stabilisation Unit in the UK Government visited EUMM to gain a thorough understanding of the Mission and its...

On 19 March, a delegation from the Council of Europe Secretariat, comprised of Mr. Daniil Khochabo and Ms. Tania Van Dijk, Deputy Head of the Council of Europe’s Office...

On 14-15 March RELEX, the Foreign Relations Counsellors Working Group of the European Commission visited the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia. EUMM is the first CSDP Mission RELEX has...

EUMM Field Office Gori has recently received a number of high level visits. On 11 March Charlotte Lundqvist and Ms. Nettelvik from the Swedish Embassy to Georgia; on 15...

Hiroki Tokunaga, Chargé d’Affaires at the Japanese Embassy in Georgia has visited the Headquarters and Field Office Zugdidi of the EU Monitoring Mission. At the HQ the visitor was...

On 7 March EUMM Field Office Zugdidi hosted the 28th Information Sharing Meeting with representatives from more than 20 NGOs and international organisations. EUMM informed about the recent activities...

Over the last week, the three Field Offices of the EU Monitoring Mission have organised a range of activities and events to mark International Women’s Day. ...

"No matter what career you choose, you should love your profession from the very beginning", said one of the students who participated in an International Womens Day event organised...

On 6 and 7 March, Marko Mäntylä, a diplomat at the Finnish Embassy to Georgia and Medea Turashvili from International Crisis Group visited EUMM Field Office Gori. Hans...

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, EUMM joined a nationwide campaign by Consent and Care International, about gender aspects related to property rights in Georgia. On 5...

On 4 March Ambassador Heidi Grau, the Head of the OSCE Task Force at the Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, accompanied by Swiss Ambassador Geunther Baechler and Tobias...

On 4 March EUMM Field Office Gori organised a round table discussion in the context of International Womens Day. The event called “Inspiration and wisdom by and about women”...

Following EUMM facilitated communication over the Hotline, multilateral meetings on livelihood issues took place in the villages of Gugutiantkari and Dvani on 1 March. Both villages are...

On 1 March Gerard A. Fischer, the Acting Head of the EU Monitoring Mission had meetings with the Ambassador of Croatia, Dr Ivan Velimir Starčević, then with the Ambassador...

On 27 February EUMM Field Office Zugdidi received a visit from Charlotte Hunter, Political Officer from the British Embassy in Tbilisi and Stephen Leach, a visiting consultant from Northern...

On 22 February the Human Security Team of EUMM Field Office Zugdidi gave a presentation about the Mission, its mandate, recent achievements and challenges.  The event organized by the...

On 21 February Colonel Maximilian Eder, NATO Military Liaison Officer in Tbilisi, visited Field Office Mtskheta. Mat Whatley, the Field Office Chief gave a comprehensive briefing on the EUMM...

On 20 February, the Head of the European Union Monitoring Mission Ambassador Andrzej Tyszkiewicz met Georgian First Deputy Foreign Minister Davit Zalkaliani, who is also the newly appointed Head...

On 21 February Joshua Fischel, Regional Refugee Coordinator at the US Embassy in Georgia, visited Field Office Mtskheta. He received a comprehensive briefing from the Field Office Chief, Mat...

On 19 February Field Office Zugdidi of the EU Monitoring Mission marked its 10,000th patrol. It was performed by the Human Security Team that visited a kindergarten under renovation...

On 18 February Ambassador Andrzej Tyszkiewicz, Head of The European Union Monitoring Mission met Ambassador Antti Turunen, the United Nations Representative to the Geneva International Discussions and Chair of...

On 19 February Mr. Shu Uchida, Political Attaché at the Embassy of Japan in Georgia, visited EUMM Field Office Gori. Hans Schneider, the Field Office Chief gave a general...

On 13 February the new Chief of EUMM Field Office Zugdidi, Gabriel von Horn, together with members of the Human Security Team met Edisher Toloraia the acting Mayor (Gamgebeli...

On 14 February Mr Chris Kendall, Senior Political Adviser for relations with Georgia in the European External Action Service, visited EUMM Field Office Gori. Florentin Dicu, the Deputy...

On 13 February EUMM hosted representatives of Embassies of EU Member States accredited in Tbilisi. At the round table discussion participants assessed the current security situation in the region...

On 7 February the Human Security Team of EUMM Field Office Zugdidi met Irakli Kochua, the newly appointed Head of regional office of the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons...

On 5 February, Ambassador Andrzej Tyszkiewicz, the Head of the European Union Monitoring Mission, together with representatives of the EUMM Field Offices and Mission management, had a meeting with...

On January 31 Chargé d’Affaires at the British Embassy in Tbilisi, Mr David Moran joined a patrol by EUMM Field Office Zugdidi to the Rukhi Bridge, the only official...

On 28 January Rear Admiral Emmanuele Bottazzi, the Italian Defence Attaché visited the EU Monitoring Mission HQ. He was accompanied by Mr Eugenio Carlucci, the Deputy Head of the...

On January 24 EUMM Field Office Zugdidi hosted another information sharing meeting for NGOs and international organisations operating in the Samagrelo- Zemo Svaneti region. Such meetings regularly take place...

During the past days EUMM has been monitoring electricity works being carried out on the Rukhi Bridge. Due to its position on the Administrative Boundary Line, prior to the works...

On 24 January Ambassador David Moran who has assumed the role of Chargé d’Affaires at the British Embassy in Tbilisi visited the EU Monitoring Mission headquarters. Ambassador Moran has...

On 21 January the EU Monitoring Mission, together with UN Women, EUSR, OSCE and UNRGID, organised a meeting to inform civil society actors on the functioning, developments and issues...

On 9 January, Ten Broeke, the Chairman of the Defence Committee of the Dutch Parliament, visited EUMM. He was welcomed at HQ by the Head of Mission, Ambassador Tyszkiewicz, and given...