On August 24, 10:00 A.M., at the headquarters of the Tbilisi City Hall Emergency Situations Service, the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program of the U.S. Embassy will donate personal radiation detection devices, worth more than 382,000 GEL, to the government of Georgia. The Embassy...
Yet another fact of human kidnapping has been reported from the occupied Abkhazia, Georgia. Reportedly, the gang of five gunmen assaulted the family of Goneli Kvirvelia, beat and robbed them. The attackers took Goneli Kvirvelia hostage. In a few hours, they contacted the family from the hostage`s mobile...
Georgian parliament has joined the the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism. August 23 is the European commemoration day in memory of the victims of the totalitarian ideologies of Stalinism and National Socialism. It was designated by the European Parliament on April 2, 2009....
Georgian citizens who reside abroad will be able to take new biometric passports online. The novelty has been announced by the public register agency today. The citizens will register online on the web site (www.cra.gov.ge, passport.gov.ge), fill in relevant blank and take passports with the help of...
CNN. The Israeli prime minister said Sunday that talks with Palestinians will only lead to a lasting peace deal if the latter guarantees security and recognizes that Israel is the nation state of the Jewish people. Benjamin Netanyahu's comments came two days after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary...
School year will begin on September 15 every year - Minister of Education and Science, Dimitri Shashkini announced at the briefing today. Minister said the schools will no longer be authorized to set the date of school year beginning anymore. `From 2010 school year in public schools will begin on September...
`Georgia will not begin relations with Russia from a new page - Parliament Speaker Davit Bakradze announced in the interview with the Russian online newspaper Vremia Novostey. Davit Bakradze said Georgia was prepared to solve the problems in relations with Russia via dialogue; however, the negotiations...
A.A. Turkey's transportation minister attended a ceremony in Istanbul to welcome Balkan Express which returned to Turkey after visiting Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia and Greece initiated jointly by Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT)...
CNN. The first polls closed Saturday in Australia's tightly contested federal election to decide the next leader of the country. Polls closed at 6 p.m. (4 a.m. ET) in the east, but voting was still taking place in western Australia. Voting is mandatory for adults in Australia, and more than...
CNN. Iran began fueling its first nuclear energy plant in the southern city of Bushehr on Saturday, the nation's state media reported. The effort will help the country create nuclear-generated electricity, Press TV said. The transfer of nuclear fuel was being watched by the International...
Residents of the village Tchakvinji, Zugdidi district, Samegrelo Region, are asking help against the wolves that have intruded into the village late last night. Earlier, locals from other villages of the Zugdidi district have also complained about numerous attacks of the beasts on the cattle....
Movement For Fair Georgia objects to the growth of price on bread. Petre Mamradze of the party held a briefing in this regard today and called upon the government to take into consideration the problems of the vulnerable. Mamradze said added 0.10-0.15 GEL to the previous price of bread would a serious...
CNN. Israel and the Palestinian Authority have agreed to hold direct peace talks beginning September 2 in Washington -- the first such talks since 2008. The talks, also involving other regional and international players, are intended to resolve all "final status" issues for a Middle East...
After the Russian and Georgian war in August of 2008 two years have passed. What has changed during this time, what is the extent of Georgia's support from the side of international community? What is the Georgia's historical datum at present and what are the perspectives. These and other issues...
Obligatory military drafting begins in Georgia. Under the order of the president, the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure will coordinate the process of drafting. The central drafting commission held its first session today. The representatives of the ministries of interior, defence,...
