President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili attended a dinner together with the representatives of the European institutions in Brussels on Tuesday. Mikheil Saakashvili delivered a speech about the democratic reforms in Georgia and the meaning of Georgia`s integration into Euro-Atlantic structures. He...
Anders Fogh Rasmussen to discuss NATO-Georgia relations after the change of the government in the country. One of the key issues discussed by the sides is expected to be the postponed visit of the NATO military committee to Georgia. The visit was postponed due to the detention of the chief of staffs...
NATO Secretary General has commented on recent developments in Georgia in his speech delivered at the Parliamentary Assembly of the NATO held in Prague today. `I command elections and transfer of power, but I will not hide it - I am extremely concerned by what is happening now, especially the arrest...
NATO Secretary General has commented on recent developments in Georgia in his speech delivered at the Parliamentary Assembly of the NATO held in Prague today. `I command elections and transfer of power, but I will not hide it - I am extremely concerned by what is happening now, especially the arrest...
Minister of Justice of Georgia Tea Tsulukiani spoke about her approach to the cases of former defense minister Bacho Akhalaia and the former chief of staff of armed forces, Giorgi Kalandadze in the interview with the weekly analytical program Courier P.S. on Rustavi 2 yesterday. Former minister remains...
Family of former defense minister, Bacho Akhalaia, who has been arrested with the charges of misusing authority, has released a statement, in which they say the charges against Akhalaia were groundless and the court should have released him from the hall. `The campaign against our family and Bacho`s...
President of Georgia plans to hold meeting with the NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen within the visit to Prague, which is hosting the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Georgia is represented at the assembly with the status of the aspirant state along with Montenegro, Macedonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Mikheil...
in Venice at the moment it is difficult to tell the difference between streets and canals. The italian city is languishing under 1.5 metres of flood water after a weekend of heavy rain. Experts say there have only been six floods of this depth since 1872. And the weather forecast does not look good....
An estimated 20,000 people took to the streets of the Belgian city of Genk, to protest against the closure of the local Ford car plant. The shutdown, planned for 2014, would result in 4,500 direct job losses and 5,000 more in the local supply chain. The 50-year-old factory makes the Mondeo and...
Politicians in Greece have approved the national budget for 2013 which includes a fresh round of spending cuts. It cleared comfortably by 167 votes to 128. Approval was a pre-condition for Athens to be granted a further 31.5bn euro EU/IMF loan needed to avoid bankruptcy. "Greece has done...
Mayor of Tbilisi has introduced his initiative to the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Economics, offering to make the Tbilisi Transport Company subordinate to the Ministry. Gigi Ugulava says if the company is taken in the possession of the government, the government of the capital will have no...
Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili pays an official visit to Brussels. On November 12-13 meetings will be held with the president of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, the European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule, the President of the European...
The Spanish airline Iberia is to cut four and a half thousand jobs - a quarter of its workforce. Its parent company, International Airlines Group, says the aim is to save the company which is "struggling for survival". A deadline has been fixed for the end of January to agree a restructuring...
The officers of Criminal Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs detained a member of a criminal network Valeri Janashia, nicknamed Valteri. On October 26, 2012 police was informed that Valeri Janashia entered Georgia from the occupied territory of Abkhazia, who resided in Russian Federation...
Over 1, 300 drivers of municipal buses are still on strike demanding 100% growth of their salaries. The drivers went to on strike yesterday causing transportation problems to the residents of the capital. They presented a list of 16 demands to the government of Tbilisi on 15 of which the agreement has...
