Georgian Justice Minister Ms. Tea Tsulukiani has commented on the questioning of ex-Prime and Interior Minister Ivane Merabishvili regarding allegations over using a fake passport and attempting to cross the state border. Ms. Tea Tsulukiani said it was a right decision not to detain Ivane Merabishvili,...
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and his cabinet. The president asked them to stay on in an interim capacity. A number of cabinet members were re-elected in October and therefore expected to resign their posts. Azarov has...
Israeli Embassy to Georgia has made an official response on the decision of Georgia, the delegation of which supported the UN General Assembly resolution on granting status of an observer state to Palestine. Ambassador of Israel to Georgia Yuval Fuchs has disapproved the decision of Georgian representatives,...
Office of the Public Defender of Georgia has released a special statement regarding the incident that occurred in the village of Tsintskaro a few days ago. The office of the PD calls on the prosecutor`s office to carry out adequate and timely measures for protecting the rights of the Muslim population...
Fugitive minister of security of Shevardnadze`s government, wanted N1 terrorist Igor Giorgadze has addressed the prosecutor`s office of Georgia to lift the status of wanted to him and give him an opportunity to return to Georgia. Igor Giorgadze spoke about his plans during a video conference held at...
Former prime minister of Georgia Zurab Noghaideli has reviewed current political situation in Georgia after the parliamentary elections and said that he completely shared the visions of the new government. Noghaideli has also commented on the intention of the government to release political prisoners...
Back in 1992 on December 3 the first SMS was sent as a simple Christmas greeting. Twenty years later and the technology has spawned its own spellings and acronyms and we are sending around eight trillion texts each year. Although it took a while to get going it has become the most common way for friends...
Working on a draft-project on Amnesty continues at the bureau of Georgian Parliament. The document was discussed at the Georgian Parliamentary Committee of Human Rights. The MPs will discuss the issue of political prisoners as well. The names will become known for the public on December 5 when...
Trial of the former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili will be held today. The former Defense Minister is accused of violation of 223-e article of criminal code, creation of illegal armed formation and it carries 6-9-year prison sentence. Okruashvili returned to Georgia on 20 November. He was...
Four persons have been detained in suspicion of the armed assault which occurred in the village of Abano, Kareli district, on Sunday - ministry of internal affairs of Georgia has reported following the armed assault on two locals, which luckily, ended with no casualties. Georgian side has already...
Two locals were assaulted by gunmen in the South Ossetia conflict zone - father and son Sebiskveradzes say that two gunmen dressed in Russian military uniforms, who had arguably from the Russian controlled territory of the occupied Tskhinvali Region, halted their vehicle loaded with tangerines; the gunmen...
Former head of the general inspection of the Georgian Interior Ministry Tengiz Gunava has been released from prison under Gel 10,000 bail according to the ruling of the Tbilisi City Court. The prosecution demanded prison sentence as preventive punishment. A pre-trial will be held at 12:00 p.m. on...
A country-house of Goga Khachidze, Minority MP and former minister of Environment Protection was searched in Surami village. Chachidze reported in that regard through his Facebook page. ‘Police searched my parents' house at 06:30 AM in Surami. They found and seized old armored vest,'...
Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili has met with Jose Manuel Barroso, the President of the European Commission, during his visit to Armenia. According to the President's Administration, the sides discussed issues of Georgia's European and Euro-Atlantic integration and deepening of...
Two people were killed in a road accident in Varketili district of Tbilisi. "Mercedes" and "Alfa-Romeo" cars collided. Both cars went into flames as a result of the crash. One person was burnt, the other died of inflicted traumas. The third passenger was hospitalized. Doctors...
