Georgian Young Lawyers Association has presented the results of the monitoring of political process prior to the 2012 parliamentary elections. The survey covered monitoring of legislative amendments, budget programs and the monitoring of financial activities of political parties conducted by the Chamber...
On April 4, 2012, the Civil Registry Agency of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia issued its decision on application No. 1000272601, filed January 5, 2012, by Mr. Bidzina Ivanishvili requesting Georgian citizenship. Georgian legislation provides two separate procedures for individuals seeking to obtain...
Powerful gas explosion injured four in Batumi - the accident occurred at one of the living blocks on Lermontov Street this morning. Reportedly, natural gas collected in the apartment of the Morchiladzes family caused the blast. The apartment has been completely destructed - the apartments of the neighbors...
The expertise of the bodies of Manana Zubiashvili and Nikoloz Makhashvili, who were found killed with gun fire on Tuesday, reaffirms the version of murder and suicide. Reportedly, the husband killed his wife and then killed himself, arguably, on the grounds of jealously. The final conclusion of the expertise...
A 27 year-old man killed his wife on the grounds of jealousy. Zaira Gulieva, 23, was found strangled and bound to a bed. Zaira Gulieva lived with her husband and two children in the village of Hussein Kench in Dmanisi. Reportedly, the husband often beat his wife; however, his relatives now deny the information. Relatives...
U.S. Ambassador to Georgia John Bass spoke about the electoral environment in Georgia with mass media representatives in Georgia's seaside city Batumi, Adjara region. "There are rumors as if U.S. changed its attitude towards Georgia and the U.S. has a desired candidate. I reiterate that the...
The Georgian delegation members are in Malaysia to continue negotiations into cases of Babutsa Gordadze, 26, and Darejan Kokhtashvili -- two Georgian women detained in Malaysia who were averted death penalty. The Georgian side will thank the Malaysian authorities for cooperation and will further attempt...
Tamaz Mekvabishvili, 69, was found wounded at #72 Paliashvili Street in Vake district of Tbilisi in his own apartment late last night. The man is inflicted multiple wounds with a gun in his head and chest areas. According to the preliminary findings, the man had attempted to commit suicide. The...
The local councils of the State Parole Commission assembled today to discuss several tens of cases of convicts and took a decision to release 39 prisoners before the expiration of their sentence terms. Four of the releases convicts are women, but there are no minors among them. The three councils...
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced at the joint press conference held after the meeting with Mikheil Saakashvili today that Georgia is a model country in relations with the alliance. Georgia-NATO relation was the main topic of the news conference held after the meeting. Secretary...
The police of the Netherlands on March 24, arrested 60-year-old employee of the Ministry of foreign Affairs, who is suspected of bribery and the transfer of secret information of Russian spies. As reported on the website of the Prosecutor's office of the country, on March 30, he was sentenced to...
What is billed to become Europe's tallest building has been burning for several hours in the Russian capital, Moscow. Russia media say helicopters scooped up water from the Moscow River to douse the blaze on several upper floors of the Federation Tower, which is still under construction and not...
Georgia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement regarding the plane crash at Tyumen airport in Russia. "The Georgian Foreign Ministry wishes to express its regret over the deaths caused by the plane crash at Tyumen airport on 2 April 2012 and conveys its condolences to the families...
A session of the NATO-Georgia Commission will be held in Brussels, Belgium, today. Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili will participate in the sitting. Georgia's President will meet with Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General of the North-Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the two will...
Finland's Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja arrived in Georgia with an official visit earlier today. According to Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze, the minister will hold official meetings with Georgia's Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze and the Reintegration Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili. Meetings...
