Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili spoke about the reduction of the president`s reserve funds today. Prime Minister says the funds were misappropriated unreasonably and the decision to reduce these funds was not political. `You should see how many palaces the president has, how much money has been...
Minister of Defense of Georgia Irakli Alasania has made his firs comments regarding the detention of former minister of defense Bacho Akhalaia and two other senior officials of the same ministry. Irakli Alasania said it was a very sorrowful fact, adding the charges, which the there former officials would...
Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili has ruled out political motives in the detention of the former minister of defense, Bachana Akhalaia, former chief of staffs of Georgian armed forces Giorgi Kalandadze and the commander of the 4th brigade Zurab Shamatava. Bidzina Ivanishvili says it was not...
Former South African President Nelson Mandela is now the smiling face of the country's freshly minted banknotes. The 94-year-old is the first black person to be featured. His face will appear on all notes issued from Tuesday. The Governor of the South African Reserve Bank Gill Marcus was...
Normally they are on the other side of the barricades. But hundreds of police officers have gathered in Lisbon to call for the Prime Minister to resign and to condemn next year's budget, which includes the biggest tax hikes in modern Portuguese history. Income and property are being hit hard, with...
After the detention of the former minister of defense and interior Bacho Akhalaia, Minister of Justice of Georgia and the Chief Prosecutor announced about the detention of the chief of staff of armed forces Giorgi Kalandadze and the commander of the fourth brigade Zurab Shamatava. The decision on their...
The British Council has always supported the exchange of creative ideas with the countries in which we operate and which of course include Georgia. As recognition of Georgia's importance to the UK and to the British Council, we are delighted to announce, for the first time, the upcoming visit...
Barack Obama re-elected, with this second term extended his historic feat of 2008, as America's first mixed race president. He was born in Hawaii, of a Kenyan father - an economist - one of the country's first foreign African students, and a white mother, from Wichita, Kansas. That was in...
Former minister of internal affairs and defense of Georgia Bacho Akhalaia has been arrested with the charges of misuse of authority. The prosecutor`s office of Georgia took a decision to arrest him after a four-hour long interrogation last night. The investigation against the former minister is underway...
On November 6-7 U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer will visit Georgia. Amabssador Verveer will meet with government officials and civil society activists to discuss the major challenges facing women in the Caucasus and how the United States can help to support women's...
Former minister of internal affairs of Georgia, who resigned after the prison scandal prior to the parliamentary elections, has posted an address to Georgian people on his Facebook page. Akhalaia says he is responsible for every act and decision taken adding he did not flee Georgia, but went abroad for...
The Human Rights Parliamentary Committee will discuss the incident of Nigvziani today. MPs will meet the sides. Eka Beselia, the head of the Committee says that the problem should be resolved through dialogue and civilized way. Disagreement between native residents of the village and the eco-migrants...
Two "Opel" mark of a cars speeding along the Aghmashenebeli Lane crashed onto each other late last night. The driver one of the cars was injured in the accident. He was taken to hospital for immediate treatment.
The representatives of Nongovernmental Organizations are demanding transparency in the process of releasing prisoners. According to them, the process should not be spontaneous and public should know criteria according to which the prisoners' charges are becoming easy or according to which criteria...
Minister of Corrections and Legal Assistance of Georgia, Sozar Subari held a special briefing dedicated to the problems in several prisons of Georgia. The situation has been very tense outside the N16 prison of Ksani during past three days. Several prisoners sewed their lips in protest, while their relatives...
