The church said it is taking its time in formulating a response to the schism, while senior ecclesiastical officials have come out on both sides of the conflict.
Russian military officials renewed their scare campaign about a U.S. research lab in Georgia, this time bringing Azerbaijan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan into it, as well.
The German leader failed to endorse NATO membership for Georgia and was reluctant to use the term “occupation” to describe the situation in the breakaway territories.
The women said they entered the contest to try to show Georgians more about their region, which in recent years has been stereotyped as a hotbed of Islamist radicalism.
