With 50 votes against 17, the UN General Assembly has adopted the resolution initiated by Georgia, which recognizes the right of the refugees and the internally displaced persons from Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region and their descendants, regardless of their ethnicity, to return to their homes, said...
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce Juan Verde will open the U.S.-Georgia Business Summit scheduled for September 8-9 in Tbilisi. GHN was informed about this in Georgia by the Embassy of USA. He will lead the U.S. Delegation that includes representatives from the U.S. Department of Commerce,...
(BBC)Afghan protesters in Kabul on 6 September 2010 Protesters burned an effigy of Pastor Terry Jones The top US commander in Afghanistan has warned that troops' lives will be in danger if an American church sticks to its plan to burn copies of the Koran. Gen David Petraeus said the action...
Christian Democratic Movement proposes a new project, which aims at holding intensive meetings with Tbilisi population in order to learn all problems that the residents of the capital face. The members of the faction Christian Democrats in Tbilisi Assembly held the presentation of the outside the...
President Saakashvili viewed the reconstruction works carried out on the surrounding territory of the Svetitskhoveli Temple today. Saakashvili walked in the streets of Mtskheta, the ancient capital of Georgia, where a hundred buildings and seven streets have been renewed, roadways arranged. The governor...
Constitutional Security Department of the Ministry of Interior has arrested the director of the Hermes LTD, Vake Cemetery. According to the investigation, Dimitri Popov extorted 4,000 dollars from a citizen for a place of a grave, when its official price was 92 GEL. The detainee may face 5-year sentence. The...
Foreign Minister of Georgia, Grigol Vashadze discussed partnership and cooperation issued between Georgia and Estonia at the meeting with the Estonian Foreign Minister, Urmas Paet today. After the closed-door meeting, the minister briefed for media. Georgian minister said they discussed all issues...
(BBC) The European Commission President, Jose Manuel Barroso, has said unemployment is "still much too high" in the EU, in his first "state of the union" speech. He is using the format, made famous by US presidents, to outline the 27-nation EU's priorities. The high-profile...
Fire fighters have resumed operation in the Racha mountains, where the disaster has destructed about 15 hectares of woods in the vicinities of the village Tchiora. Defence Ministry helicopters and rescue crews are mbilized to extinguish all spots of fire in the woods, because the landscape made the...
Football funs will have an interesting evening on Tuesday - Boris Paitchadze National Stadium will host two games - Georgia`s junior national team will host Armenian rivals and it will be the last game in the European Championship qualifying round. The game will start at 19:00. Another game of European...
Two blocks of apartments, with 14 apartments each, has been constructed in the city of Gori. The houses are intended for the internally displaced people from the occupied territories of Georgia and the vulnerable families. The so-called social houses are the property of Gori municipal government and...
Georgian governmental delegation leaves for the Hague, Netherlands, today to attend the hearing of the lawsuit of Georgia against Russia. The hearings will be held on September 13-17 at the International Criminal Court. The delegation consists of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Nino...
Sixty-fourth session of the United Nations Organization will vote the resolution initiated by Georgia. The draft resolution implies determination of the status of the IDPs and refugees from Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali Region. Georgian Foreign Ministry authorities expect Russia to oppose to the adoption...
The ambassadorial organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia has started in the Hotel Radisson at 09:30 on Tuesday. The event is annual and it aims at summoning Georgian ambassadors from all countries to listen to the reports regarding the state strategy and foreign policy. Foreign...
(BBC) Tony Windsor, Bob Katter and Rob Oakeshott at Parliament House in Canberra. 6 Sept 2010 Tony Windsor, Bob Katter and Rob Oakeshott held long talks with both sides Julia Gillard will stay as Australia's prime minister after winning the backing of two key independent MPs. Tony Windsor...
