The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said when asked if the findings of the EU-commissioned report on the August war would influence on Georgia’s aspiration to join the alliance, that the report “will not have any impact on the decisions already made in NATO .”

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, Presidential elections will be held in breakaway Abkhazia on December 12, Apsnypress news agency reported.

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, after holding talks with the Georgian leadership in Tbilisi on October 5, Danish Foreign Minister, Per Stig Moeller, visited Sokhumi, capital of breakaway Abkhazia, on October 6.

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, in his speech to lawmakers on October 6, President Saakashvili presented Act on Economic Freedom, which, he said, would now constitutionally guarantee already existing Georgia’s commitment to liberal economy.

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, Alexander Vershbow, the U.S. assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, will visit Georgia later this month, the Georgian officials said.