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	Borjomi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Borjomi is a town and a resort in Kartli province of Eastern Georgia.
		It is situated in the western part of the province, in the picturusque Borjomi Gorge on the eastern edge of the Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park.
		Borjomi mineral water is famous in the countries, which were part of the USSR, and the bottling of mineral water is a major source of income for the area.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Borjomi (200 words)

	Borjomi ››› Borjomi classic ››› Medical qualities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The label "medical - potable water" written on each Borjomi bottle means that it is possible to drink Borjomi both to satisfy thirst and for medical purposes, as a complement in preventive medicine.
		Borjomi baths treatments are primarily used for the treatment cardiovascular system diseases, and nervous system and metabolism dysfunctions.
		Borjomi baths are also an excellent way to improve someone's appearance.
	www.borjomi.ru /en/products/classic/properties.html (299 words)

	Extreme Oil . The Journey \| PBS
		The Borjomi region is famous for its pristine wilderness, and its spas have drawn visitors since they were first developed under the patronage of 19th-century Russian czars.
		Borjomi water is a major source of revenue both locally and within the greater Georgian economy, where it makes up as much as ten percent of Georgia's total export trade.
		The choice to run the BTC pipeline near the pristine Borjomi region drew considerable ire from environmental groups who alleged that a leak could prove disastrous to the wider Borjomi ecosystem.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/extremeoil/journey/georgia.html (299 words)

	Scotsman.com News - International - Oil and water don't mix in BP plan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Borjomi mineral water is famed across the former Soviet Union for its unique taste and health-giving properties.
		Borjomi water, which accounts for 10 per cent of the country’s exports, is a legend in Georgia, where every child learns the tale of its discovery.
		The water quickly became known as a panacea and Borjomi was developed under the Tsars as a mineral-water park and a mud-cure facility.
	news.scotsman.com /international.cfm?id=76662003 (935 words)

	Action Alert on repression of Borjomi protest against BTC pipeline
		Although all possible alternatives to the Borjomi valley were not studied in the BTC environmental and social impact assessment, and despite BTC's own expert opinions on the risks of taking this route, we are now told that it is impossible to consider alternatives to the Borjomi valley route."
		The very presence of an oil pipeline here is likely to be catastrophic in PR terms for the internationally renowned Borjomi mineral water company, at present one of Georgia's leading companies and a key local employer.
		Not long after the far from satisfactory 'multi-stakeholder' meeting in Borjomi held by the IFC and the EBRD as part of their pre-funding consultation process, members of the Tbilisi-based environmental NGO Lobo held a peaceful rally in Borjomi on September 17, upholding their democratic right to voice opposition to the BTC pipeline.
	www.bankwatch.org /active/archive/2003/borjomi.html (884 words)

	LivingWithCaucasians
		Borjomi is a huge national park, full of hills and paths and home to the spring that produces this sulphery healing water, famous all over the former Soviet Union.
		The road to Borjomi is good, but after that it is of course filled with potholes.
		We went on our way, stopping in Borjomi to drink the source of Borjomi water, served by a tiny old woman who spends all day in a sunken square area, filling cups at the spring under a plastic bubble.
	livingwithcaucasians.blogspot.com /2004_05_01_livingwithcaucasians_archive.html (2308 words)

	Environment News Service ENS Latest Environmental Information Education Current Issues RSS
		BORJOMI, Georgia, July 2, 2003 (ENS) - The official party was dwarfed by the pine trees that rose up 20 meters (65 feet) before breaking out into branches at the crown.
		Borjomi, best known outside Georgia for its mineral water, has been waiting for this for nearly nine years.
		It was in 1994 that WWF, the conservation organization, launched its project to rehabilitate the Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park, one of the largest nature reserves in the Caucasus.
	www.ens-newswire.com /ens/jul2003/2003-07-02-01.asp (899 words)

	Online Magazine - Civil Georgia
		Borjomi – a small dusty town surrounded by mountains and split by a river Mtkvari.
		The word “Borjomi” is generally associated with an icy bottle, full of sparkling mineral water.
		Now locals in Borjomi favor the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, for, first of all it gives a hope to find a job again with stable and high salary – the biggest deficit in the country, and secondly – the pipeline is a hope for a new big inflow of money.
	www.civil.ge /eng/article.php?id=4661 (1511 words)

	VOA News Report
		The main issue surrounding Borjomi is it's an area of world-wide recognized mineral and spring water so, clearly you'd like to avoid such a resource if it were possible.
		Zhorzholiani also was confident that British Petroleum would fulfill the promises it made before the deal was approved, including its promise to use thicker than ordinary pipes and to increase the number of block valves to reduce the amount of oil that would be released in the event of a spill.
		But one life-long resident of Borjomi told V-O-A the only thing he is interested in is ensuring that construction projects like the B-T-C pipeline will never be allowed on park land in Georgia again.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2003/02/mil-030205-3f1839c1.htm (962 words)

	Georgia, Ukraine push for new alliance - Boston.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Leaders of Ukraine and Georgia on Friday called for the setting up a new regional alliance that would champion freedom and democracy in the former Soviet lands _ a move likely to anger Moscow that is concerned about losing its clout on what it sees as its own backyard.
		BORJOMI, Georgia --Leaders of Ukraine and Georgia on Friday called for an alliance that would champion democracy in the former Soviet lands -- a move likely to anger Russian officials concerned about losing clout in the region.
		They said the new alliance would be inaugurated at a summit in Ukraine this fall and invited the United States, the European Union and Russia to attend it as observers.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2005/08/12/georgia_ukraine_push_for_new_alliance (458 words)

	Bank Information Center USA: Second International Fact-Finding Mission to Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline: Initial Summary ...
		There is deep concern with the pipeline's route through the Borjomi region and possible devastating impacts for the mineral water industry in the region.
		The town and region of Borjomi are renowned as a spa and resort area in the Caucasus, and tourism is seen as a high potential area for growth and investment in Georgia generally, and Borjomi particularly.
		Workers at the GGMWC bottling factories stressed the lack of alternative employment in the region, and stated that a collapse of the Borjomi brand would mean unemployment, and would force them to move out of the region, presumably to Tbilisi or to Russia in search of jobs.
	www.bicusa.org /bicusa/issues/misc_resources/447.php (2325 words)

	Saakashvili-Yushchenko "Borjomi declaration": Europe from the Atlantic to the Caspian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In his remarks at the signing ceremony, Saakashvili noted that the Borjomi spa resort had in its time been frequented by members of Russia's imperial family and later by leading figures in the Soviet hierarchy.
		The Borjomi Declaration notes that the Baltic-Black Sea-Caspian area, "which belongs in Europe," has a unique potential to offer to Europe in terms of human resources, energy supplies, and access from Europe to Asia.
		Rather than hosting a Yalta-demise summit in Crimea, therefore, Yushchenko announced in Borjomi that he would soon be hosting a Soviet-nostalgia event with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Crimea to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Soviet "pioneers" camp in Artek (Imedi TV, August 12).
	www.moldova.org /editoriale/eng/50 (544 words)

	Is The BTC Oil Pipeline Part Of A Political Game? - Eurasia Daily Monitor
		Borjomi valley is the source of Georgia's famous "Borjomi" mineral water, which is widely exported throughout the post-Soviet region.
		Borjomi is considered a Georgian national treasure, an opinion that BTC opponents frequently attempt to invoke.
		Although, the Minister of Environment at the time, Nino Chkhobadze, was categorically against the Borjomi route, sources say Shevardnadze forced her to sign the agreement.
	www.jamestown.org /edm/article.php?article_id=2368340 (1303 words)

	CBC Oil: The World Over a Barrel - The Oil Curse
		The Borjomi mineral water is reputed to have curative qualities.
		Instead the pipeline was routed through the Borjomi Valley, one of Georgia's most beautiful and treasured national parks.
		The Borjomi Valley is geographically unstable and prone to landslides and seismic activity.
	www.cbc.ca /documentaries/oil/pipeline_georgia.html (783 words)

	Itinerary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Borjomi park is located on the South Caucasian plateau.
		The relief of Borjomi Park is very complicated and is represented in 15 canyons.
		The way from Borjomi to Bakuriani passes through a picturesque mountain ravine completely timbered with coniferous and deciduous forests.
	www.tsmu.edu /assa/e9-iti.htm (1379 words)

	The Battles of Borjomi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Opponents of the Borjomi route claim that the risk of a catastrophe in the region is far greater than elsewhere along the route.
		In addition, the pipeline passes close to Borjomi National Park, something that activists claim violates Georgian environmental legislation.
		Jacques Fleury, CEO of the Georgian Glass and Mineral Water Co, contended that the government blocked the study of alternate routes "due to unclear reasons." He added that the pipeline stands to do irreparable harm to Borjomi’s economic prospects.
	www.tol.cz /look/wire/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=10&NrIssue=758&NrSection=1&NrArticle=10711&ST1=body&ST_T1=cer&ST_AS1=0&ST_LS1=0&ST_max=1 (1165 words)

	Leading Georgian household brand expands with EBRD loan [EBRD - Press Release]
		The household name of Georgia's "Borjomi" mineral water is to make a comeback.
		In addition to reviving the former traditional markets of the "Borjomi" brand, such as Moscow, St Petersburg and Kiev, GGMW also intends to launch the brand in new ones.
		Total production of 0.5 litre bottles of Borjomi mineral water is expected to increase from 25 million in 1996 to 100 million by the year 2000.
	www.ebrd.com /new/pressrel/1997/48jun25x.htm (408 words)

	:: dbu.dk ::
		Surprise frontrunners FC Sioni Bolnisi and FC Borjomi continued their blistering starts to the Georgian season, extending their winning streaks to six games to remain within a point of each other at the summit.
		Lokomotivi are ominously poised in third place, a point behind Borjomi after a sturdy start to the campaign that has seen their goalkeeper breeched on just two occasions.
		But traditional rivals and defending champions FC Dinamo Tbilisi are enduring a difficult period, a 2-1 loss to Borjomi on 24 September leaving them eighth, nine points adrift of the leaders.
	www.dbu.dk /news/newsShow.aspx?id=37621 (395 words)

	village voice > news > Path of a Pipeline by Raffi Khatchadourian
		The sharp-tasting mineral water extracted from Borjomi's springs is so beloved throughout the former Soviet Union that émigrés have insisted on bringing it with them.
		Borjomi water makes up 10 percent of all Georgian exports, the single largest outgoing commodity.
		News that the pipeline would run a million barrels of oil daily near Borjomi's aquifer and around the national park has triggered dissent.
	www.villagevoice.com /issues/0317/khatchadourian.php (2521 words)

	U.S. places large bet on pipeline \| EnergyBulletin.net \| Peak Oil News Clearinghouse
		Every year, thousands of summer revelers descend on Borjomi for a dip in the western Georgian mountain town's steaming hot mineral water springs.
		Though the handful of rustic sanatoriums and refurbished 19th century hotels are not exactly four-star establishments, Borjomi is one of Georgia's biggest tourism engines.
		Once known as the Aspen of imperial Russia, Borjomi is home to one of Eastern Europe's most widely distributed brands of mineral water.
	www.energybulletin.net /6123.html (2878 words)

	Friends of the Earth: Press Releases: : BAKU-CEYHAN PIPELINE STOPPED AS BP CAUGHT VIOLATING GEORGIAN LAW
		The region contains the Borjomi national park, an area of outstanding natural beauty and mineral water springs whose bisection by the BTC pipeline has long been the subject of fierce opposition by environmentalists.
		Besides the national park, the Borjomi region also contains the Kodiana Mountains, an area of geological complexity and extreme vulnerability to landslides and earthquakes.
		Georgian Environment Minister Tamar Lebanidze was reported as saying that she would not have approved the route through Borjomi selected by BP in November 2002, because of the risk of catastrophic environmental damage in the event of pipeline rupture.
	www.foe.co.uk /resource/press_releases/bakuceyhan_pipeline_stoppe_27072004.html (542 words)

	Baku-Ceyhan: the geopolitics of oil Chris Smith - openDemocracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		It's early morning in Georgia's Borjomi valley, and the fog is unforgiving, a pure, grey veil over the rocky hills.
		The pipeline runs through the outskirts of the only national park in the Caucasus and within sixteen kilometres of the Borjomi springs, a major aquifer and source of Borjomi mineral water, the Evian of the former Soviet imperium and one of Georgia's single largest exports.
		Georgian Glass and Mineral Water Co., the maker of Borjomi mineral water, is the biggest employer in this down-at-heels region of thick forests and rundown spa towns.
	www.opendemocracy.net /debates/article.jsp?id=3&debateId=118&articleId=2763 (2515 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » UNHCR/WFP Joint Assessment Missions in relation to recent relocation of ...
		In response to the recent movement of women and children from South Ossetia to various regions in Georgia as a result of increased tension and violence in South Ossetia, UNHCR and WFP undertook a three assessment missions to areas of relocation to determine any immediate needs by the population.
		The team traveled to Borjomi town and met with the municipal authorities who informed UNHCR that local authorities had enough funds to assist the displaced for a one to two-week period but would need outside assistance should the displaced stay for a longer period.
		They then traveled to a sanatorium in Borjomi town and to the village of Tsemi to meet with the relocated and assess the situation.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/JMAN-647K6Z?OpenDocument&rc=3&cc=geo (3120 words)

	Embassy of Georgia
		I can say confidently that the parties involved have reached the best possible decision which fully ensures the safety of the unique resources of the Borjomi Gorge and the ecological safety of the gorge itself on one hand, and which does not hamper the implementation of the project in the agreed time-span on the other.
		However, the global significance of the project does not imply that we intended or anyone demanded from us to endanger one of Georgia's jewels which the Borjomi Gorge is. The foreign investors agreed to take safety measures which are nearly unprecedented in the world practice.
		On the whole, we all must comprehend that we are an independent country and that we have gained a serious mission and function within the large geopolitical system.
	www.georgiaemb.org /DisplayMedia.asp?id=74 (2603 words)

	Hetq Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		And that was one of the reasons why I went to the Borjomi region, to look at the place where the pipeline would come and the environmental impact of that.
		I spoke with many representatives of NGOs in Borjomi, and my impression is that the government of Georgia, the BTC Consortium, and the NGOs are making very good progress in finding good measures to prevent negative environmental consequences.
		And I have got a good impression of the progress that has been made, but there are still a number of questions outstanding.
	www.hetq.am /eng/society/h-0603-btc.html (615 words)

	EurasiaNet Environment - Environmental Protests Linger After Pipeline’s Approval
		Azerbaijan and BP — which deems the Borjomi route the most economic one possible — had earlier warned Georgia that if Tbilisi failed to approve the project by the end of November, the construction schedule might stall for at least 18 months.
		It is likely that this statement triggered fears that outweighed concern for the Borjomi gorge and its national park.
		Shevardnadze said on national radio that guarantees of ecological safety for the construction of BTC "have been doubled and tripled." Other forms of security are also receiving upgrades: National Security Council chief Tedo Japaridze told a Georgian news agency on December 15 that "commandos" trained by American officers might protect the pipeline from terrorists.
	www.eurasianet.org /departments/environment/eav121702.shtml (1179 words)

	International Finance Corporation - Navigation3
		GGMW, a joint venture between the TBC Group of Georgia as well as Dutch and French investors, produces and distributes the famous Borjomi mineral water which comes from springs in Georgia's Borjomi Valley.
		The Republic of Georgia is known throughout the Former Soviet Union for its mineral water resources which are located mainly in the Borjomi Valley.
		As recently as the mid-1980s, over 300 million 0.5 litre bottles of Borjomi water were sold annually throughout the CIS.
	www.ifc.org /ifcext/mediahub.nsf/Content/SelectedPR?OpenDocument&UNID=A3EF89079035036F85256976005F37E6 (331 words)

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