Brussels - European Union chief foreign policy adviser Javier Solana spoke Thursday with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili Thursday about the worsening situation in South Ossetia in Georgia.

In a statement issued by Solana Thursday evening in Brussels, he said he had expressed his "serious concern" about the situation. He urged the president to do everything in his power to quickly end the violence and open peaceful discussion between the conflicting parties.

Moscow/Gali, Georgia - Georgia's rebel region of Abkhazia on Friday rejected as "unacceptable" an international peace plan for calming escalating tensions in the region.

Moscow, Tbilisi, Georgia - US Secretary of State Condole

Moscow/Tbilisi - Georgia

Tbilisi  - The often stunning Caucasian nation Georgia is a swirling mosaic of cultural influences and apparel trends - and that certainly goes for a woman's footwear.

Washington  - The United States said late Saturday that it was "dismayed" by Russia's announcement that it planned to send more military forces into the Georgian region of Abkhazia without the cons