Ireland will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union during the first half of 2013, starting from 1 January. This will be the seventh occasion on which...

As real winter has arrived to Georgia, the EU Monitoring Mission continues to monitor whether conflict affected communities have the necessary resources for heating. Special patrols have been conducted...

"It is very important to see how the EUMM works on the ground", said Peter Booms, the Deputy Head of the Belgian Embassy to Georgia, when he joined a...

On 12 December, within the UN Secretary General’s Campaign UNiTE to End Violence against Women, the EU Monitoring Mission participated in an awareness raising rugby match. It was organised...

On 12 December a delegation from Lithuania visited EUMM Field Office Mtskheta. The members of the delegation were Mr.Zilvinas Tomkus, Director of the International Relations Department of the Lithuanian...

On 10 December, on the occasion of the International Human Rights Day and at the end of the 2012 “Say NO to Violence against Women and Girls" campaign, EUMM...

On the occasion of International Human Rights Day on 10 December, EUMM Field Office Gori held a conference on Minority Rights. The conference took place at the Gori State...

As part of the 16 Days of Activism for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, EUMM Field Office Gori challenged local team FC Dila Gori Old Boys for an...

 Today, on 10 December, we celebrate Human Rights Day. Standing up for Human Rights, democracy and the rule of law is the silver thread that runs through EU...

The European Union Monitoring Mission took part in the annual charity Christmas Expo organised by the International Women’s Association in Tbilisi on December 10.  Among many local arts and...

On 7 December, the Head of the EUMM, Ambassador Tyszkiewicz, met the newly appointed Chief of the Joint Staff of the Georgian Armed Forces, Colonel Irakli Dzneladze, in Telavi....

On 7 December François Delahousse, Deputy Director of the Caucasus and Central Asia, Continental Europe Branch of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs visited the EU Monitoring Mission Headquarters....

Richard Norland, the US Ambassador to Georgia, visited the EU Monitoring Mission Headquarters on 5 December. He was welcomed by the Head of Mission Ambassador Andrzej Tyszkiewicz and his...

Human rights lawyer Elena Fileeva has given an interview for the EUMM Radio Show to support the 16 Days of Activism campaign against gender based violence. Ms Fileeva is...

On 2 December, a delegation from Poland joined a patrol from EUMM Field Office Mtskheta to the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL). The members of the delegation were Ms Joanna...

On 2 December Justin Friedman, the Director for Caucasus Affairs and Regional Conflicts at the U.S. Department of State and a participant in the Geneva International Discussions visited EUMM...

On 25 November staff from Field Office Zugdidi of the EU Monitoring Mission attended the National Food Festival in Khurcha, close to the Administrative Boundary Line. The festival was...

EUMM Field Office Zugdidi is producing a new, Georgian language monthly television programme on Odishi TV. The ten episodes are going to introduce the Mission, explain its mandate and...

On 27 November Field Office Zugdidi of EUMM gave a presentation about the Mission and about the 16 Days of Activism - Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls....

On the 25th November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the ensuing 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence are commemorated every year around...

On 26 November UN Women and the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) organised a forum on the implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace,...

During her visit to Georgia on 26 November, Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the Commission took the opportunity to...

Violence and abuse affect women from all kinds of backgrounds every day. As many as seven in ten women around the world report having experienced physical violence at...

On 22 November, the Rt Hon David Lidington MP, Minister for Europe in the UK Government, accompanied by the British Ambassador to Georgia , Judith Gough, visited the HQ...

On 22 November Ambassador Andrzej Tyszkiewicz, the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission met Ms Antje Leendertse, the Special Envoy for Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia of the...

On 20 November Ambassador Tyszkiewicz, the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission met Mr Kakha Kaladze, Vice Premier and Minister for Energy and Natural Resources of Georgia. ...

Remarks by President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy following his meeting with President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili...

The Human Security Team of EUMM Field Office Zugdidi presented an overview of the EUMM structure, mandate and its activities to the participants of the study visit ‘Youth Work...

Remarks by President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy and Statement by President Barroso following their meetings with Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili...

On 9 November Ambassador Tyszkiewicz, the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission visited the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) where he was received by the newly appointed Minister,...

On Tuesday 6th November the  United States Ambassador- at- large for Global Women’s Issues, Melanne Verveer visited the EUMM Field Office in Gori. She was accompanied by the Ambassador...

On 6 November Ambassador Tyszkiewicz, the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission paid his first official visit to the new Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Maia Panjikidze. ...

On 5 November Ambassador Tyszkiewicz, the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission met David Darakhevlidze, the Minister of...

Ensuring the local population, especially those close to the Administrative Boundary Lines (ABL) have the necessary resources to deal with the winter months, is a key part of EUMM’s...

On 2 November, the Head of EUMM, Ambassador Tyszkiewicz had an introductory meeting with the Georgian Defence Minister, Irakli Alasania. The Head of Mission reiterated the close co-operation the...

On 2 November, following its great success in Tbilisi, Mtskheta and Gori in recent weeks, the EUMM photo exhibition “Life along the Line- portraits of the ABL” opened at...

On 1 November Ambassador Tyszkiewicz, the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission, had an introductory meeting with Paata Zakareishvili, the State Minister for Reintegration. The...

On 30 October Eirik Øwre Thorshaug, the Norwegian Deputy Minister of Defence and his delegation paid a visit to the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia. The visitors were welcomed...

On 19th October the EUMM Photo Exhibition “Life along the line – portraits from the ABL” opened in a newly renovated venue in the reconstructed Old City of Gori....

One of the key issues EUMM is monitoring under the Normalisation pillar of its mandate is the ability of farmers to cultivate their lands in the vicinity of the...

To follow up EUMM activities on monitoring the freedom of movement of schoolchildren , Ambassador Andrzej Tyszkiewicz, the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission as part of a...

On 19 October Helga Schmid, Deputy Secretary General and Political Director of the European External Action Service visited Field Office Mtskheta of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia. Ms...

Within its mandate of stabilisation, normalisation, confidence building and reporting to EU policy makers, the EU Monitoring Mission has always sought to facilitate freedom of movement of the conflict...

"The EU Monitoring Mission is doing a valuable job on the ground to maintain stability in the region", British Ambassador Judith Gough said whilst visiting Field Office Mtskheta on...

The EUMM Photo Exhibition - "Life along the Line - Portraits from the ABL" culminated at the Mtskhetoba festival on 14 October 2012, when hundreds of visitors from all...

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2012 is to be awarded to the European Union (EU). The union and its...

After the successful premiere in Tbilisi, the EUMM photo exhibition ‘Life along the Line – portraits from the ABL’ opened for visitors in Mtskheta on 5 October. The...

EUMM Field Office Gori patrols time to time around Oni, the most remote part of the field offices’ area of responsibility. Oni is the main town of the mountainous...

The Head of the EU Monitoring Mission Ambassador Andrzej Tyszkiewicz opened the first EUMM photo exhibition “Life along the line- portraits from the ABL” in Tbilisi on 21 September. ...

The Foreign Ministers from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Latvia and Lithuania, who were on a trip to Georgia with their colleague, the Romanian Foreign Minister, visited the HQ of...

The Council of the European Union  on the 13th of September 2012 extended the EU monitoring mission in Georgia (EUMM Georgia) for one more year, until 14 September 2013....

On 6th September staff at EUMM Field Office Zugdidi met with a Georgian NGO. The Human Security team of monitors met with Ms Tea Maisuradze...

On 5 September Mr Carl Bildt, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden and Mr Radosław Sikorski, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland visited the...

On 29 August three officials of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Georgia visited the EUMM Field Office in Gori. The group joined a patrol to the Administrative...

“Today, as the world marks the International Day of the Disappeared, our thoughts are with the family members of the missing and the disappeared. At numerous Incident Prevention...

The focal point press and public information officer of EUMM Field Office Zugdidi has given a presentation about the Mission’s mandate and activities for a group of students in...

The EUMM Field Office in Gori has welcomed two trainers from the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) from Sweden. After a general briefing about the current security situation along the...

On 1 August the EU Monitoring Mission visited the State Military Scientific Technical Centre in Tbilisi. The team was led by Ambassador Andrzej Tyszkiewicz, the Head of Mission. ...

On 31 July Ambassador Andrzej Tyszkiewicz, the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia met Dali Khomeriki, the Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation...

A group of high level US Embassy staff visited EUMM Field Office Gori on 27 July. Manfred Meyer, the Field Office Chief gave a detailed briefing about the general...

A delegation from the Danish Foreign Ministry’s Peace and Stability Response visited the EU Monitoring Mission between 23-27 July. The delegation received a briefing on the role and work...

On 20 July H.E. Sandro De Bernardin, the Director General for Political and Security Affairs of the Italian Ministry of Foreing Affairs paid a visit to the EU Monitoring...

On 18 July 2012, the EUMM Field Office Gori hosted a visit from the British Embassies to Georgia and to the Russian Federation. The guests joined a patrol to...

On 10 July a delegation of representatives to the UN visited the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia. The Director of the General Assembly Secretariat of the UN, together with...

On 4 July, His Excellency Mr Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, visited the Mtskheta Field Office of the EU Monitoring Mission. He was accompanied by Ambassador...

Delegates from EU Member States represented at the Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management, (CivCom) based in Brussels, together with a representative from the European Commission, visited the...

On 27 June, the Polish Senate Marshal, Mr Bogdan Borusewicz, accompanied by the Polish Ambassador to Georgia and six other representatives from the Senate, visited the EUMM Field Office in...

On 19 June the Head of the EUMM, Ambassador Tyszkiewicz, welcomed representatives from NATO’s Civil Protection Group and the Euro- Atlantic Disaster Response Co-ordination Centre (EADRCC) in Brussels to...

The EU Monotoring Mission has received a delegation from Finland.  On 13 June members of the Finnish Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Crisis Management Centre were welcomed by...

The EUMM Field Office Gori has delivered a presentation about children’s rights to pupils of a school in Zerti, a village close to the South Ossetian Administrative Boundary Line...

The Human Security Team of the EU Monitoring Mission Field Office Zugdidi delivered a presentation on Tuesday, June 12, at the IDP School No. 21 in Poti in front...

Once a year, on the seventh week after Easter people from both sides of the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) gather to celebrate Lomisoba, at the Lomisi Monastery near the...

On 10 June, a delegation of Italian lawmakers from the Senate Committee, responsible for EU Policy visited the EU Monitoring Mission Field Office in Mtskheta. “The European...

On June 1st, as part of his official visit to Georgia, Mr Dirk Niebel, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, visited the EU Monitoring Mission’s Field...

On 31 May, U.S. Senator Richard Durbin, accompanied by the U.S. Ambassador to Georgia, John Bass, visited the HQ of the EU Monitoring Mission in Tbilisi. Senator Durbin, the second-highest...

On 30 May Field Office Gori of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia received a delegation from the United Kingdom Royal College of Defence Studies consisting of twenty representatives...

The EU Monitoring Mission welcomes the release in recent days by the de facto South Ossetian authorities of four people. The release took place one day after the parties...

On 23 May the EU Monitoring Mission was visited by Klaas van der Tempel, Special Representative for Eastern Partnership and Eastern Neighbouring Countries of the Netherlands and Dutch deputy...

On May 23 the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia received a Latvian delegation consisting of Brigadier-General Andis Dilans, Chief of the Joint Staff of the Latvian National Armed forces;...

On May 24 the Defence Attaché of the Czech Republic Lt. Colonel Ivan Trnka has visited the EUMM Field office Gori for a courtesy visit. Lt. Colonel Trnka will...

On 14 May ambassador Ian C. Kelly, the United States Representative to the OSCE visited the EU Monitoring Mission headquarters in Tbilisi. The ambassador was welcomed by Gerard A....

On Saturday, 12th of May, staff from the press office of the EU Monitoring Mission to Georgia (EUMM) represented the Mission at the annual exhibition in the centre of Brussels...

As part of the Europe Day celebrations, on 10 May, Field Office Gori organised a reception, including a presentation, for international and local counterparts on the theme of the...

Representatives of Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) visited Field Office Gori of the EU Monitoring Mission on 8 May. GPPAC is an  umbrella organization based...

As part of the EU day celebrations in Georgia, the EU Monitoring Mission supported a conference organised by the NGO Youth Vision Georgia at the National Parliamentary Library on...

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The European Union Monitoring Mission has supported the initiative of the NGO Youth Vision Georgia to organise a public lecture and a debate competition for university students in Tbilisi...

A high level Polish delegation visited the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia on 26 April. Members of the delegation, led by General Stanislaw Koziej, Head of the Polish National...

On Tuesday April 24 a delegation from the German Police Academy and senior police staff, and a group of international students from the Dutch University of Groningen were welcomed...

Participants of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism in the South Ossetian theatre have come together to address security challenges the local population faces in terms of agricultural works...

On 11-14 April the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia hosted human rights and gender experts from the European External Action Service, Ms. Catharina Wale Grunditz and Mr. Aymeric Dupont....

United Nations diplomats from eight African countries visited the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia on 5 April. The ambassadors were briefed about the Mission, its mandate the current security...

Mr. Maciej Popowski, the Deputy Secretary General for Inter-institutional Affairs of the European External Action Service visited EUMM Georgia on 26 March. The Deputy Secretary General was...

On 23 March the EU Monitoring Mission participated in the thirty-fifth meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) in Gali, chaired by the United Nations. Within...

On Thursday 22 March, a delegation from the Latvian Foreign Ministry, led by State Secretary, Mr Andris Teikmanis, and accompanied by the Latvian Ambassador to Georgia, Ms Elita...

On Thursday 15 March, the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission, Ambassador Tyszkiewicz, welcomed to the Mission HQ in Tbilisi a delegation of French Senators and a French journalist...

The EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia marks International Women’s Day to recognize that peace and development require active participation and equality for both women and men, and to acknowledge...

In celebration of International Women’s Day, Mtskheta Field Office (FOM) of the EU Monitoring Mission set up a meeting between female representatives of the Georgian Police and Army on...

On 29 February the EU Monitoring Mission participated in the 34th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) meeting chaired by the United Nations in Gali. The meeting took place...

International Women’s Day, 8 March is commemorated across the European Union and is designated in many countries, like in Georgia, as a national holiday. International Women’s...

Ambassador Pádraig Murphy, the new Special Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office for the South Caucasus and his staff recently visited the Mtskheta Field Office of the European Union...

Despite the harsh weather and challenging road conditions in recent weeks, the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia has continued to patrol the areas adjacent to the Administrative Boundary Lines...

On 31 January the thirty third meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Gali. The discussion was chaired by the United Nations and was...