/MOLDPRES/. Moldova and Russia will sign an agreement on energy cooperation. The Moldovan cabinet today made a decision on the launch of talks on a draft agreement on the matter. Deputy Premier, Economics Minister Valeriu Lazar said at the cabinet's meeting that the agreement provides for supplies...
euronews/ Somalia has voted in political newcomer Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as president in the first free and fair elections for decades. Mohamud unexpectedly defeated incumbent President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed who has long been criticised for corruption. Mohamud is a moderate Islamist academic as...
It has been a bumper August for raising re-election campaign funds for Barack Obama and the Democrats. The president's war chest has been boosted by more than $114 million, taking the total raised to just under $740 million for this campaign season. That is compared to the $630 million raised...
Eleven years after the September 11 attacks, Americans will once again mark the anniversary with the usual ritual reading of the names of nearly 3,000 people killed that day. But this year as ground zero once again becomes the focus, close by a new World Trade Centre to replace the destroyed twin...
Spanish Premier Mariano Rajoy has said he expects reasonable conditions to be set by the European Union should the country request a bailout. In his first television interview since winning power nine months ago, Rajoy added no decision over further financial help had yet been made but went on to...
On the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Al Qaeda has confirmed for the first time the death of its deputy leader Abu Yahya al-Libi. US officials said in June that they had killed Al Qaeda's second-in-command in a drone strike in north-west Pakistan. Al Qaeda leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri,...
Majoritarian (single mandate) MP Candidates of "Georgian Dream" political coalition continue holding of regular pre-election meetings with voters. Zurab Abashidze, MP Candidate of the coalition running in Samgori district of Tbilisi met with locals of Alekseevka settlement. He introduced...
Leaders of the Georgian parliamentary oppositional Christian-Democratic Movement (CDM) Party continue holding of regular pre-election meetings with voters. Leaders of CDM held a meeting at Europe Square in Batumi seaside city of Adjara region. A concerr in support of the party was also held. Party...
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Thomas Melia, who arrived in Georgia on September 10, continues holding of meetings. Melia met with Zurab Kharatishvili, Chairman of the Georgian Central Election Commission (CEC) this morning. Melia's visit...
For the first time this year, textbooks will be sold at 400 schools across Georgia starting today. The highest price per book will be 10 GEL. They will be available at book-stores and other trade centers. Pupils will have the opportunity to buy books through Georgian Post electronically. They will...
Congressman Mike Rogers made the following remarks on the 11th anniversary of the deadly terrorist attacks across our country on September 11, 2001. "Every single American was affected by those heinous acts of terror on American soil. So many lives were lost, and families were torn apart. Our...
A Justice House was opened in Marneuli town of Kvemo Kartli region on September 10. It will provide 300 services to locals of the town and nearby villages within one space. The services will include issuance of ID Cards and Passports, property confirmation documents, registration of businesses, etc. The...
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reacted on September 10 on the statement made by NATO's Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, during his visit to Georgia on September 6. In Tbilisi, Rasmussen reiterated NATO's ‘unwavering support for Georgia's territorial integrity and...
euronews/ Employees of an Italian alumunium plant threatened with closure have protested in Rome. US owners Alcoa will shut the factory in Sardinia at the end of the year. The company has been trying to sell the facility for months. One Swiss industrial group is said to be interested, according...
/UKRINFORM/. Natural gas transit via Ukraine's territory made up 54 billion cu m since the beginning of 2012. Therefore, Ukraine cut gas transit by 22.9% against the same period of 2011 (70.943 billion cu m). The press service of Ukrtransgas informs. "At the same time, all bids of consumer...
