Georgia will have a new Prosecutor General Archil Kbilashvili starting next week. It is already known that not a single deputy will retain their positions. Kbilashvili plans to start the process of revision of various high profile cases interesting to the public.
Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili suspects that the latest intensified intrusion of IDPs into various state buildings is being organized by the former government. ‘I have a doubt, though I can't exactly say anything about it yet. It seems the previous government made some promises and now...
Today is the first official working day for new ministers, who were approved by Parliament of Georgia on October 25. Maia Panjikidze, Foreign Minister will meet with Grigol Vashadze, former minister and will introduce herself to the employees. Davit Darakhvelidze, Minister of Refugees and...
Clinch Ohio and the US presidency is won - with election statistics showing that could well be the case Republican challenger Mitt Romney targeted the state casting himself as the candidate of change. Ohio is perhaps the most crucial of eight or nine must-win states as the November 6 election looks...
Hotfooting it from his eight-state tour in two days, Obama matched his rival's enthusiasm and was obviously prepared to woo Ohio voters. His strategy is to conduct a multi-pronged attack for the battleground state. Delivering targeted messages to different areas backed up by TV and radio advertising...
A score of people are officially dead but more casualties are expected as Hurricane Sandy continues to leave a trail of destruction in its wake. Crossing the Caribbean the category two storm has pummelled, Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba and now the Bahamas. With winds up to 177 Kph locals have been hoarding...
A conference on "The Civil Society and the Education on Human Rights as a tool for promoting religious tolerance" was held on September 27th in New York as a side-event to the LXVII UNGA. Co-chaired by the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata and the Minister...
The parliament will vote for new Cabinet of Ministers during a plenary session today. Reportedly the Parliamentary Opposition will not support and will not participate in the vote. Bidzina Ivanishvili, Prime Minister Candidate and Leader of Georgian Dream coalition will deliver a speech at...
More money for Greece. The finance ministers of the eurozone are said to be ready to approve a new loan of between EUR 16 billion and EUR 20 billion. German newspaper Handelsblatt says that high-placed sources think the eurozone's second EUR 130 billion bailout package for Athens is not enough. This...
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he won't run again for the top job. The 76-year-old has ended months of speculation about his future, saying he would only stay in politics in an advisory capacity. There had been rumours that he would lead the People of Freedom (PDL) party...
The delegation of EU held meetings with the Minister candidates: Maia Panjikidze, Irakli Alasania and Nodar Khaduri. The main issue discussed at the meeting was the Georgia's integration into EU and the agreement on free trade relations. Sides discussed the several other issues. Among them:...
Members of the parliamentary majority are sure that the new cabinet will get the full mandate of trust from parliament and the process of power transition will be finally over. The members of the Georgian Dream coalition say the implementation of the GD program and fulfillment of promises given in the...
Cuba has begun to feel the force of Hurricane Sandy, as strong winds and heavy rain batter the capital, Havana. A hurricane warning has been issued for the caribbean island, with Sandy expected to make landfall as a category one storm. Sandy had earlier battered Jamaica with ferocious winds and...
Two weeks ahead of the US election, the presidential candidates are continuing their whirlwind tour of nine potentially decisive swing states. Republican Mitt Romney told voters in Nevada he is counting on their support: "So the Obama campaign is slipping and shrinking. The President can't...
On October 22-23, 2012 the European School of Oncology (ESO) of Milan, Italy, held two-day training on selected issues of breast cancer screening and diagnoses in Tbilisi. The training was organized by the National Screening Centre for practicing radiologists and radiographers involved in the Breast...
