Chief prosecutor of Georgia has introduced one more episode to media today; according to which former minister of defense Bacho Akhalaia will face more charges. Archil Kbilashvili held a special briefing today. The incident refers to an illegal detention of a person, whose identity remains confidential...
Mayor of Tbilisi was not allowed to attend the session of the government today under the decision of Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili. Gigi Ugulava announced his decision to attend the session of the government in his interview with Rustavi 2 yesterday. He wanted to introduce his plan of solving the...
The prospect of a unified Syrian opposition based inside the country is moving closer. Talks overseen by the Arab League have been taking place in Qatar. The idea is to bring together the main Syrian National Council with other opposition groups to form a new 60-member leadership united against President...
Petrol rationing is being expanded in parts of the northeastern USA devastated by Superstorm Sandy. The region has now been hit by winter snowstorms sending temperatures plummeting and cutting power in up to 300,000 homes and businesses. Long queues are forming as motorists attempt to buy fuel not just...
The 23rd Battalion of the II Infantry Brigade of GAF has completed the ISAF mission in Afghanistan. The last flow, 246 servicemen of the 23rd Battalion have returned to Georgia yesterday. Defence Minister of Georgia Irakli Alasania and First Deputy Chief of Joint Staff Brigadier General Vakhtang Kapanadze...
A power struggle is erupting in Syria's remote northern Kurdish region that's threatening to spark a messy new front in an already complex civil war. Daily life appears normal, apart from long lines of people waiting for cooking gas. With little of the bloodshed seen elsewhere in the revolt...
Minister of Justice of Georgia has voiced several initiatives - one includes reduction of the authority of the Supreme Court chairperson and the other - change of the rule on collection of sentences by law court. The Ministry has already launched to work on the two initiatives. Minister of Justice...
Two days after the US election, it is the turn of China to choose a new leader. But the political process could not be more different. More than 2000 hand-picked delegates have gathered at Beijing's Great Hall of the People for the start of the week-long meeting in the one-party state. The...
Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia Irakli Gharibashvili has downplayed the concerns of opponents, who fear the detention of senior military authorities would affect Georgia`s positions prior to the NATO Summit. Irakli Gharibashvili says such speculations are only a part of propaganda, asserting...
All three opposition factions of the United National Movement have boycotted the sessions of the parliament and returned fro Kutaisi to Tbilisi. The members of the minority say that they are now moving on the state of reaction. They have other reasons for boycott as well, including the detention of former...
The relatives of Zurab Shamatava, former commander of the fourth brigade of Georgian armed forces, have commented on his detention. A close relative Nona Kartvelishvili says the law enforcers entered their house asserting they were there for interrogation, but they presented the order of house search,...
Chief prosecutor of Georgia Archil Kbilashvili has made definitions on why the detention of Bacho Akhalaia took place now and not earlier or later. Prosecutor says the privates, who are the complainant side in this case, were going to make information public, which could become an obstruction for the...
Over 1,300 drivers of the municipal buses have gone on strike causing serious problems of transportation to the residents of Tbilisi today. The drivers are demanding growth of their salaries with 50% and improvement of working terms. The drivers prepared a note of protest of 17 points and sent to the...
Georgian law enforcers detained Giorgi Kalandadze, Head of the United Headquarters. Kalandadze was detained this morning at Defense Ministry. Tea Tsulukiani, Minister of Justice attended the detention operation. Zurab Shamatava, Head of the Fourth Brigade was also detained this morning. An emergency...
Five years passed after November 7, 2007 violent events in Tbilisi. The riot police dispersed the rally organized by oppositional parties outside parliament building at Rustaveli Avenue with tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets. Tens of people including politicians, journalists and civilians...
