The international observers monitoring the parliamentary elections in Georgia will present their preliminary post-election statement at a news conference on Tuesday, 2 October, in Tbilisi. The mission is a joint undertaking of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR),...
Today, on 28 September, in Portugal, Lisbon the General Assembly of European Alliance of News Agencies elected News Agency GHN (Georgia) as the full member of the Alliance. In secret ballot, there where participating the representatives of News Agencies from 26 countries. In accordance with the results...
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has openly slammed Russia over its stance on the Syrian conflict. Erdogan has been one of the strongest opponents to the regime and spoke out in an interview on Turkish TV. "Russia stands by the massacre in Syria, it's hardly raising its voice. I've...
Jondi Bagaturia, leader of oppositional party "Qartuli Dasi" held a press conference today. He said that after consultation with representatives of "Renewed Georgia" decided to remove party's majoritarian candidacies in 72 election districts out of 73. "Qartuli Dasi"...
The Georgian Commission on verification of the united Voters' Lists starts conducting monitoring of the desk voters' lists. The goal of the monitoring is to avoid the inaccuracy between the list handed to CEC by the Commission and desk voters' lists. The verification of the united...
Majoritarian (single mandate) MP candidates of the parliamentary oppositional Christian-Democratic Movement (CDM) Party keep on election campaigning. Nodar Sarjveladze, CDM's Majoritarian MP Candidate in Saburtalo district of Tbilisi visited war veteran Davit Kiknadze and introduced him with the...
The 67th session of the UN General Assembly continues in New York. At the second day of the session the leaders of Iran, Palestine, Greece, China, Libya, and Iraq addressed representatives of the UN General Assembly. The main issue discussed during the session was the Iran's nuclear program. Iran...
Traffic movement will be restricted in Tbilisi today with regards to the of the Georgia's United National Movement party. From 15:00 traffic will be restricted across Tsereteli, Tsabadze and Didube Street. Some restrictions will be imposed to the direction of Tamar Mepe and Left Riverbank of Mtkvari. The...
The man linked to an anti-Islam film, which has sparked riots across the Muslim world has been jailed. A federal judge ruled that Nakoula Basseley Nakoula had violated the terms of his probation for banking fraud in 2011. Under the terms Nakoula was barred from accessing the Internet or using...
Three days ahead the parliamentary elections Central Election Commission (CEC) continues preparing for the forthcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for October 1 in Georgia. The printing of ballots is underway. Seven printing houses are working in 24 hours regime. The ballots will be ready for...
Foreign monitors are arriving in Georgia to observe the upcoming parliamentary elections. The part of the representatives of international organizations and parliamentary delegations of various countries has already arrived in Tbilisi. The representatives of the US National-Democratic Institute...
The parliament of Spain's heavily indebted region of Catalonia has voted in favour of a referendum on the region's independence from Madrid. The vote was held after Spain's deputy prime minister said the region could not hold a referendum on independence without consulting with the rest...
The Five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany have met in New York to discuss Iran's nuclear programme. The increased activity comes at a time of rising tension between Israel and Iran and the need to find a solution to the decade-long dispute. The US believes...
The president of "EU - Georgian, Abkhazian and Ossetian International Movement - for peace, democracy and development" (EUGAO), Professor Nestan Kirtadze, participated in high-level meeting organized by Security and Defense Agenda in the European Parliament in Brussels, the capital of the...
Syrian rebels have launched a major attack across Aleppo in an attempt to drive the forces of President Basher al-Assad out of the city. Heavy fighting is being reported in 14 districts. The British based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says hundreds of insurgents are taking part in battles...
