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  • New Public Service Hall opened in Marneuli town

    New Public Service Hall opened in Marneuli town

    ew Public Service Hall was opened in the city of Marneuli today. Residents of the Kvemo Kartli region will be provided with all registration and public services in one building. The building of the Service Hall was projected by an Italian architect Michele De Lucchi. The house is divided into three different...

    10 September 2012, 18:05
  • Russia irked with Rasmussen`s statement

    Russia irked with Rasmussen`s statement

    Russia has been irked voicing yet another message of warning towards Georgia after the NATO Secretary General`s visit and statements made in Georgia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia has commented on the words of Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who said in Tbilisi that the place of Georgia in the future...

    10 September 2012, 18:05
  • Bomb squad at UK house of French Alps shooting victims

    Bomb squad at UK house of French Alps shooting victims

    What have been described as "potentially explosive substances" have been found in the Surrey home of the victims of the French Alps shootings. UK police have been searching the home of the British-Iraqi al-Hilli family, whose members were gunned down in a village close to Lake Annecy last...

    10 September 2012, 18:03
  • Iraqis react to Hashemi death sentence

    Iraqis react to Hashemi death sentence

    Iraqis have been reacting to yesterday's death sentence handed to the country's fugitive vice president, Tareq al-Hashemi, for running death squads. He was once the most senior Sunni Muslim in the Shia-dominated Iraqi government. In Shia neighbourhoods of Baghdad, while locals welcomed...

    10 September 2012, 16:52
  • Bulgaria Reports Trade Deficit with EU for January-June 2012 Period

    Bulgaria Reports Trade Deficit with EU for January-June 2012 Period

    (BTA). Bulgaria's foreign trade balance with third countries in January - June 2012 was in a deficit of 2,938.1 million leva (export FOB - import CIF), the National Statistical Institute said. At FOB/FOB prices (after elimination of freight and insurance costs on imports), the trade balance was also...

    10 September 2012, 16:17
  • Bulgaria-Russia Forum Suggests to Introduce Russia as Optional Subject at School

    Bulgaria-Russia Forum Suggests to Introduce Russia as Optional Subject at School

    (BTA). "By the year's end, we will propose to the Education Ministry to make Russian an optional subject at schools," Svetlana Sharenkova, Chair of the Bulgaria-Russia Forum, said on Monday. She was addressing the Second Bulgarian-Russian Public Forum held here.  

    10 September 2012, 16:15
  • Georgian Football Team to play against Spain

    Georgian Football Team to play against Spain

    Georgian National Football Team will hold the next match against the world and European champions Spain. The members of the national Football team of Spain arrived in Tbilisi yesterday. About 300 Georgian fans met the football players at the Tbilisi International Airport. The coach of the national...

    10 September 2012, 16:12
  • Traditional briefing held at Georgia’s Foreign Ministry

    Traditional briefing held at Georgia’s Foreign Ministry

    Major international political events were discussed at the traditional briefing in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today. Nino Kalandadze, Deputy Foreign Minister of Georgia talked about the important international visits.

    10 September 2012, 14:56
  • Shalva Natelashvili departed for US

    Shalva Natelashvili departed for US

    Leader of the Labor Party Shalva Natelashvili departed for the United States today. Shalva Natelashvili will hold working meetings at the U.S. political and strategic centers in Washington, DC. He says that he will talk about the details of the visit after return. The visit of labor party leader...

    10 September 2012, 14:54
  • Trial of Georgians suspected of Robbery of Century resumed

    Trial of Georgians suspected of Robbery of Century resumed

    The court trial of three Georgians suspected of Robbery of Century theft in Ordu town of Turkey will be resumed at 13:00 today. The court has already questioned several witnesses. Six persons are charged in the case, out of which three of them are still wanted by police. The robbery took place...

    10 September 2012, 14:50
  • Ikalto Tunnel opened

    Ikalto Tunnel opened

    A new Ikalto Tunnel connecting Saburtalo and Vake districts has been already opened. The length of the tunnel is 204 meters and it was built in line with international standards. The tunnel aims at lessening the traffic movement in the city center.

    10 September 2012, 13:02
  • Millions of Cubans left in the dark after power cut

    Millions of Cubans left in the dark after power cut

    Five million people have been left in the dark after a huge power failure in western Cuba. The outage affected a 40-kilometre stretch around the capital, Havana, which is home to 2.2 million people. The city of Pinar del Rio and tourist hotspot Varadero have also been cut off. State media...

    10 September 2012, 12:53
  • Georgian National Basketball team returned to Georgia

    Georgian National Basketball team returned to Georgia

    The Georgian National Basketball team returned to Georgia from Latvia last night. Fans met the basketball players at the Tbilisi International Airport. The team of Igor Kokoshkov held the 7th match as part of the selection stage for Euro Basket 2013 against Latvia on September 8 and defeated the opponent...

    10 September 2012, 12:35
  • Merabishvili, Natelashvili, Targamadze in TV Debates, Snubbed by Ivanishvili

    Merabishvili, Natelashvili, Targamadze in TV Debates, Snubbed by Ivanishvili

    /civil.ge/Standing at a rostrum in public broadcaster's studio during live televised debates on Sunday, PM Vano Merabishvili expressed regret that major rival of the ruling UNM party in the October 1 parliamentary elections Bidzina Ivanishvili was absent, adding that the event would have been "much...

    10 September 2012, 11:24
  • More deaths and destruction in Aleppo

    More deaths and destruction in Aleppo

    The bloodshed has continued in the northern city of Aleppo with both sides involved. Syrian state run television showed the aftermath of two bombs which exploded simultaneously targeting what's said to have been makeshift army barracks and a military police headquarters. Dozens were killed and...

    10 September 2012, 11:08