The Tbilisi International Film Festival paid tribute to the world-famous Italian actor, dubber and director Giancarlo Giannini by awarding him the Prometheus prize for his extraordinary career. The ceremony started with the screening of the documentary film "Giancarlo Giannini - Il gioco dell'attore",...
U.S. Embassy has released a special statement regarding the agreement of the Georgia`s defense minister and President on a new Chief of the Joint Staff of the Georgian Armed Forces. `At a time of internal political tension, we are encouraged that the Georgian Government and President were able to...
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on the press conference after NATO-Russia council meeting, that the rhetoric of the new government of Georgia doesn't match the desire to restore relations without any preconditions. "Our Georgian neighbors say that they want normalization...
Amateur video has emerged purportedly showing rocket fire directed at Damascus from a military airport on the outskirts of the city. Syrian forces have been mounting a sustained counter-attack on rebel positions trying to stem their recent gains. Fighting around Damascus has led foreign airlines...
The Georgian parliament is due to approve the draft-project regarding political prisoners on December 5. There are 70 new applications submitted to the commission. Eka Beselia, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee of Human Rights Protection and Civil Integration will introduce the document to...
The Tbilisi City Court will make the final verdict into cases of five Georgians suspected of Robbery of Century theft in Ordu town of Turkey today. The robbery took place in March, 2012. Cigarette butts left in the 8-meter-long underground tunnel dug by the thieves led police in both Turkey...
A court trial into case of Irakli Okruashvili, Georgia's ex-Defense Minister begins at Tbilisi City Court. Introduction speeches of defense and accusatory sides will be heard. The former Minister is accused of formation of illegal armed group.
NATO foreign ministers have agreed to send Patriot missiles to Turkey to defend the country against possible attack from its neighbour Syria. The alliance also echoed the United States in voicing grave concerns that the Damascus regime might use chemical weapons, saying doing so would prompt an immediate...
U.S. Ambassador Richard Norland will formally inaugurate the Center for Civic Engagement in Sagarejo at 240 Giorgadze Street, on Wednesday, December 5 at 3:00 p.m. The public and the media are invited to attend. The Center is one of ten U.S. Government-funded centers that operate in cities throughout...
A second round of negotiations was held with representatives of Inter Rao UES Company regarding lowering of electricity tariff at Georgia's Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources. An exact figure is not named yet. Kakha Kaladze, Minister of Energy said that the agreement is not yet reached....
President Obama called on Russia on Monday to renew a two-decade-old nuclear disarmament program that Moscow has threatened to cancel as the two sides try to figure out the future of a rocky relationship now that elections in both countries are behind them. Russia declared this fall that it would...
Archil Kbilashvili, Georgia's Chief Prosecutor's Office held a press conference this afternoon. Kbilashvili claimed that similar working meetings with journalists would become traditional due to the increasing interest of the public regarding the latest arrests and various developments in...
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has flown to the Czech Republic to lobby for American know-how to be used in a major nuclear project. It's the country's biggest ever public energy tender. The US is vying with Russia to clinch the multi billion euro deal as the Czech government seeks to...
They may be backing opposite sides in the continuing violence in Syria but neither Russian President Vladimir Putin nor Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan were going to let that upset their deepening trade and energy relations. A flying visit by Putin to Istanbul ended with them agreeing...
7 people died in a road accident that took place in Imereti Region in Western Georgia at 20:00 p.m. on Monday (December 03). As reported, the crash was caused by a metal helix, which fell down from a truck moving from Kutaisi to Tbilisi and fell on a microbus driving on the highway. 6 passengers were...
