Murman Dumbadze will assume the office of the parliament vice-speaker. The decision regarding the majoitarian MP candidate of the Georgian Dream coalition was taken at the consultations at Ivanishvili`s business center today. The consultations aimed at selecting a person, who would chair the Adjara Supreme...
There is feverish speculation ahead of today's announcement of the 2012 Nobel prize for Literature. The safe bets are on Japanese author Haruki Murakami. But there are whispers that long time contenders Philip Roth or Don Delillo could take the prize this year. The winner will be revealed later on...
Georgian Foreign Minister, Mr. Grigol Vashadze, paid a working visit to Latvia and Estonia, during which he held bilateral meetings with his Latvian and Estonian counterparts, Mr. Edgars Rinkēvičs ana Mr. Urmas Paet. Discussions focused upon the recent parliamentary elections held in Georgia...
Argentina's double-digit inflation has brought thousands onto the streets to call for an increase in wages for government workers. This is the third anti-government protest in less than a month. Unions are demanding a cut in income tax and an increase in welfare benefits for families.
Repeat polls will be held in three different precincts as the Central Election Commission has nullified the results of elections there due to the violations and irregularities revealed on October 1, 2012. The CEC has already ruled that the repeat elections will be held on October 14 in one precinct in...
Unemployment compensation will be imposed in Georgia - Amiran Gamkrelidze, the candidate of the minister of health, labour and social care announced after visiting the future office yesterday, where he met the current administration. Other candidates are also holding meetings with the current administrations...
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has accepted the letter of resignation from the country's government. The presidential website says that the current Cabinet will be fulfilling its duties until the new government is formed and presented to the new parliament within the terms set by the country's...
Chelsea left-back Ashley Cole will be available to play for England against San Marino on Friday after apologising to English Football Association chairman David Bernstein for a Twitter insult he aimed at the governing body last week. The former Gunner used his Twitter account to respond to the publication...
Turkey will respond with even greater force if further shelling from Syria takes place. The announcement came from the country's military chief of staff, General Necdet Özel, who is visiting the border town of Akçakale where last week five Turkish nationals were killed by an attack by...
(AzerTAc). An international congress titled "1402 Battle of Ankara" was held together with the world's leading scientists, scholars, politicians and historians in Ankara on October 9-12. Addressing the congress, Speaker of the Turkey Grand National Assembly (Turkish Parliament) Cemil...
(AzerTAc). On 12 October, the Holiday Inn Moscow Sokolniki will host an opening of the forum of the Azerbaijani Youth Organization of Russia (AYOR). The opening of the conference will be attended by the head of AYOR, Vice President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, founder of international campaign...
French police say they have discovered weapons and bomb-making equipment while hunting suspected Islamic terrorists. The material was found overnight during searches of lockup garages near Paris after a dozen suspects were arrested across the country on Saturday. Paris prosecutor Francois Molins...
The United States military has secretly sent a task force of more than 150 planners and other specialists to Jordan to help the armed forces there handle a flood of Syrian refugees, prepare for the possibility that Syria will lose control of its chemical weapons and be positioned should the turmoil in...
The question if the session of the new parliament will be held in the new building of the parliament in Kutaisi is still topical, after the Georgian Dream coalition sent its representatives to Kutaisi to inspect the situation inside the building. They said the major part of the building is over, the...
Tamaz Tamazashvili has been released from prison this morning - the chamber of criminal cases of the supreme court of Georgia has approved the procedural agreement between the prosecutor and the convict yesterday. The lawyers of the father-in-law of the future minister of internal affairs, Irakli...
