(BTA). Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev Monday spoke at the High-level Meeting of the 67th Session of the EU General Assembly on the Rule of Law at the National and International Levels, Plevneliev's press secretariat said. Plevneliev is paying a working visit to the United States to take part...
(AzerTAc). Scientists from Archaeology and Ethnography Institute of ANAS together with the Turkish anthropologists have already started to conduct joint researches in Goranboy region of Azerbaijan. Head of the expedition, PhD in history Bakhtiyar Jalilov said that 10-day research work will be conducted...
(AzerTAc). The trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Russia amounted to $ 2.8 billion, in 2011, up 47% from 2010, Azerbaijani Minister of Economic Development Shahin Mustafayev said at a meeting with Governor of the Volgograd region of the Russian Federation Sergey Bozhenov. "Today, Azerbaijan...
The situation in Syria is "extremely bad and getting worse", UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has said, - BBC reported. He spoke after briefing the Security Council about his first trip to Syria since taking the post on 1 September. Mr Brahimi said he would return soon, but admitted he...
The representatives of some media sources are assembled in front of the office of Central Election Commission for the time being. They are protesting over the regulations adopted by CEC, which envisage imposing certain restrictions on photo-video shooting during the election process. They say that...
The Belarus parliamentary election dominated by candidates loyal to President Alexander Lukashenko was not a free, impartial election, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said on Monday, - Reuters reported. "This election was not competitive from the start,"...
Taiwanese fishermen and coastguard vessels came under attack with water cannon from the Japanese on Tuesday when they attempted to enter disputed territorial waters around what Japan calls the Senkaku islands. Around 40 fishing vessels and eight coastguard launches were turned away, and Tokyo now...
Nestan Kirtadze is going to Brussels by official invitation The president of the "EU-Georgian, Abkhazian and Ossetian International Movement", professor Nestan (Elisabeth) Kirtadze is going to Brussels by official invitation. She will hold meetings with high political and diplomatic representatives...
The 67th session of the UN General Assembly officially opens in New York today. The session will be opened by the debates. General political discussion will be held within the frames of the session with participation of world leaders. Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili will deliver a...
Public Defender Office has addressed the Chief Prosecutor's Office with a proposal to launch an investigation immediately into the facts described in the explanatory note of convict Goderdzi Kiknadze who is held in the Rustavi Penal Establishment No. 6. The representative of the Public Defender...
Facebook has said claims that private messages have appeared on public timelines are false. Some users, mostly in France, say that posts sent between 2007 and 2009 were suddenly going public. The French government has asked for a full explanation.
The session in Georgian Central Election Commission lasted till late night yesterday. At the meeting with 11 votes against 2 was adopted regulation of decree on photo-video shooting during the election process. The final version of regulations are as following: during the whole voting process...
Police in the Czech Republic say charges are being brought against two people suspected of being responsible for a wave of alcohol poisoning which has claimed at least 25 lives. Officers believe 15 000 litres of alcohol were diluted with methanol and sold for profit.
It is his last official visit to the UN General Assembly before his second and final mandate as President runs out in 2013. And Mahmoud Ahmedinejad is giving all the signs of ignoring diplomats' warnings to avoid incendiary rhetoric during his address to the General Assembly on Wednesday. At...
The Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili held meeting with Giorgi Tughushi, the new minister of Penitentiary, Probation and Legal Assistance. Tughushi provided the president with the information about current situation in prisons. Tughushi says that the situation is calm in all facilities for...
