Minister of Corrections and Legal Assistance of Georgia Sozar Subari has confirmed that former ministers of defense and interior Irakli Okruashvili and Bacho Akhalaia had insulted each other in N9 prison of Tbilisi two days ago. Minister says no incident took place in prison; therefore, no special measures...
Irakli Alasania, Minister of Defence of Georgia has presented two more deputies - Zaza Broladze and Tamar Karosanidze. Zaza Broladze will be in charge of procurement field at the Ministry. According to Alasania, Broladze has a big experience. During years he chaired Department of Statistics, was USAID...
Officers of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Regional Main Division of Georgia's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) have detained two drug dealers. As a result of searching activities conducted in the suspects' apartment 280 grams of marijuana were detected. Investigation into the case is underway....
Zurab Abashidze the Special Representative of the prime minister for Russian Issues held a press conference at the State Chancellery today. Abashidze responded to Lavrov's statement and talked about the planned meeting with the representatives of Russia government. "Moscow will meet...
Secret phone surveillance service will be closed at the military police of the ministry of defense of Georgia. According to the minister, the appropriate technical devices will be handed over to the ministry of internal affairs soon. `We have a very bad experience in recent years of using these means...
A court trial into case of Irakli Okruashvili, Georgia's ex-Defense Minister is being held at Tbilisi City Court for the time being. The former Defense Minister is accused of violation of 223-e article of criminal code, creation of illegal armed formation and it carries a 6-9-year prison sentence....
"Moscow will meet with the Georgian prime minister`s special representative in the near future" -Sergei Lavrov, Russia's Foreign Minister said at a meeting with Vladimir Putin. "We will respond to a proposal of Zurab Abashidze, which he has sent to us in a capacity of special representative...
The Ukraine`s judiciary will mull over the issue of extradition of Oleg Melnikov, former senior official of the Constitutional Security Department, in a few days. Melnikov was arrested in Ukraine a few days ago as he was wanted by Interpol under the request of the Georgian side. Melnikov`s lawyer...
A member of the US Special Forces has been killed during a mission in Afghanistan to free a doctor kidnapped by the Taliban. Although the service member died, the operation to rescue Dr. Dilip Joseph was successful. Joseph who is an American citizen had been abducted on Wednesday in the Sarobi district...
Georgia is waiting for concrete steps in the process of restoring relations with the neighbor - this is how the Georgian authorities have commented on the recent statement by the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who said on Sunday that Moscow would host a meeting with the Georgian prime minister`s...
Severe weather conditions with heavy snowfalls and freezing temperatures have hit central Europe. Serbia and Croatia have reported several deaths and at one point more than 600 people had to be rescued from their snow bound cars. One woman gave birth in a heated lorry after being transferred there from...
Germany's opposition Social Democrats have nominated Peer Steinbrueck to take on Angela Merkel for the chancellorship in next September's election. In what some see as an uphill struggle against the popular Merkel, the former finance minister has vowed to return to traditional values. "There...
The surprise announcement that Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti intends to resign early has caused a wave of concern across Europe. His vow to quit after the approval of next year's budget has raised the prospect of an election in February instead of April and heightened uncertainty over...
Ucha Nanuashvili will be Georgia's new Public Defender for the next 5 years. The parliament approved his candidacy with 82 votes for and 18 against. Nanuashvili, 38, has been working as human rights watch for 15 years. He is the founder and director of the non-governmental organization Human Rights...
A closed-door meeting is being held with participation of Bidzina Ivanishvili, Georgia's Prime Minister and MPs of the majority. Foreign policy, reforms and 2013 state budget are the main topics for discussions. Ivanishvili said before the meeting that strict discipline and coordinated work is...
