Brussels, 27/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - As we suggested in newsletter 9947, the Council decided formally, on Monday 27 July, to extend the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM) for a further year, until 14 September 2010. In conclusions adopted on Monday, ministers applaud what has been achieved by the Mission in its first six months. “The deployment of EU monitors (after the conflict between Russia and Georgia) has contributed to creating the necessary conditions for the implementation...