Aung San Suu Kyi has lent her support to the easing of US sanctions against Myanmar as part of a broader partnership with the United States. The Nobel Laureate, who spent 15 years under house arrest before her release in late 2010, leads the Myanmar opposition and wants to rebuild her nation as a...
U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation Michael McFaul says that Georgia is still the country on which the United States has differences with Russia. American ambassador said in an interview with Interfax that the United States would never accept that Russia was determining the borders of Georgia....
An international conference about how to make museums modern, innovative and creative spaces and institutions will be opened at National Museum on September 19. The joint conference will be held with participation of representatives of Goethe Institute, National Museum and Berlin State Museum,...
The so-called Syrian free army on behalf of all the armed rebels has promised to pay $25 million for "the head" of President Bashar al-Assad. According to one of the rebel commanders Colonel Ahmed Hijazi, "Syrian businessmen inside the country and beyond its borders" guarantee the...
Ioseb Bortsvadze, Majoritarian (single mandate) MP Candidate of the New Rightists Party in Gori town of Shida Kartli region met with students at Gori University. Bortsvadze inquired about problems that youngsters are facing and introduced them with the party's election program. The meeting...
More Japanese firms shut their operations in China on Tuesday over a territorial dispute that has soured ties between Asia's two largest economies. Japan's claim last week to have nationalised the uninhabited islands in the East China Sea has sparked anti-Japanese protests, some of them violent. A...
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived at the Rajewski polygon in Krasnodar Territory, where Caucasus-2012 trainings are taking place, RIA Novosti reports. The polygon of the 7th Airborne Division "Rajewski" is located 22 kilometers from the city of Novorossiysk. The head of state...
More than 130 inmates escaped through a tunnel from a prison in northern Mexico on Monday, setting off a massive search by police and soldiers in an area close to the US border. Authorities in Coahuila state said the 132 inmates fled the prison in Piedras Negras, a city across the border from Eagle...
Vano Merabishvili, Georgia's Prime Minister visited several villages of Ambrolauri district in Racha-Lechkhumi region to inspect the completed gasification works. Merabishvili then arrived in Kvartskhumi village and met with owners of the hailstorm-hit damaged vineyards.
Representatives of the parliamentary ruling United National Movement (UNM) Party continue carrying out of pre-election campaign. Vakhtand Lemonjava, Majoritarian (single mandate) MP Candidate of the party running in Chkhorotsku, Samegrelo region, met with locals of Lesizhane village. He introduced...
Aslan Turava, 30, was killed in a car accident at Kheta village, Khobi district of Zugdidi-Tbilisi Central highway. An "Opel" mark of a car hit the man. The driver escaped and left the car at the crime scene. The corpse is taken to Kutaisi city for medical autopsy. A criminal case is opened...
The Hill's Congress Blog published an open letter of US Congressmen regarding the forthcoming 2012 parliamentary elections to be held on October 1 in Georgia. The letter reads as follows: "Together, we have seen the country of Georgia come a very long way since the 2003 Rose Revolution under...
The second round of political debates with participation of first persons on party lists will be held on the air of First Channel of the Georgian Public Broadcasting (GPB) in connection with the pre-election period today. Candidates of qualified political parties will answer various important questions...
A suicide bomber has attacked a mini-bus carrying foreign and local workers close to Kabul airport in Afghanistan. Reports suggest at least ten people have been killed in the blast. Eight of the victims worked for an international courier company. The other was an Afghan translator. The...
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney went in search of the Hispanic vote to boost his flagging campaign. He chose to address the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles and pointed out that Hispanic unemployment is running at 10 per cent, while the national average is 8.1. Romney...
