Free Democrats opposition party calls on the government to annul the decision of the city hall on combining electricity tax with the municipal tax of cleaning and separate the two taxes from each other by restoring the previous system of payment. Zurab Abashidze of the party briefed in this regards...
A US soldier suspected of killing civilians in Afghanistan will be charged with 17 counts of murder, US officials have told the BBC. Staff Sgt Robert Bales is accused of attacking the villagers in their homes in Kandahar province on 11 March. Most victims were women and children. Sgt Bales, 38,...
Christian Democratic Movement of Georgia calls on the government to revise the municipal collection tax of cleaning after NDI published the results of the recent social survey conducted in Georgia. Based on the survey, the opposition party members say most of the respondents answered that combining cleaning...
`The Kremlin is trying to make an illusion of democracy in breakaway South Ossetia` - this is how Georgian politicians have assessed the upcoming `election of president` in the occupied Tskhinvali Region of Georgia scheduled for March 25th. Politicians say the Moscow cannot legitimate any election in...
The deputy Secretary of the National Security Council will present the concept of the cyber security strategy to the NATO military attaches today. The document is focused on the public and private sector cooperation and effective exchange of information. The main priorities of the document are...
Social Service Agency of the Ministry of Health and Social Care has a new chief - new minister Zurab Chiaberashvili appointed Ramaz Sulamanidze on the post today. Ramaz Sulamanidze had worked as the governor of the Didube-Chughureti district of Tbilisi for past eight years. The previous chief...
Georgian Prime Minister Nika Gilauri paid an official visit to Lebanon. He has already held meetings with the chairperson of the Lebanon`s parliament and the Prime Minister of the Country. At the meetings, the sides agreed to form an inter-governmental council, which will work on the cooperation issues,...
Tbilisi is hosting the first EU-Eastern Partnership forum - the event, which has been organized by the staff of the State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration and the Poland`s Eastern Research Institute, is underway at the Hotel Radisson since the morning today. Vice Prime Minister...
Vakhtang Makhniashvili, father of the Georgian girl, who died in yet unclear conditions in Canada three years ago, will not be freed from prison to attend the funerals of his daughter. Makhniashvili`s wife Lela Tabidze has confirmed the report. The decision was taken on the grounds of Makhniashvili's...
Georgian national, who was detained in Syria, has been freed. According to the consulate of Georgia, he has already crossed the Syria-Turkey border and is in Georgia for the time being. The information about the identity of that person has not been released yet. Georgian embassy authorities in the...
Member of the Tbilisi City Hall, one of the leaders of the Republican Party of Georgia, Tinatin Khidasheli has briefed today to comment on the statement made by one of the American Senators regarding Georgia and the upcoming parliamentary elections. The opposition leader said American lawmaker showed...
A police siege in the French city of Toulouse has ended with a man suspected of killing seven people now dead, the French interior minister has said. Police stormed the flat where Mohammed Merah was holed up at 09:30 GMT, after a siege that had lasted 32 hours. Merah fired at officers and was...
Rescue brigades have evacuated inhabitants of the building situated on N14 Rustaveli Avenue - arguably, the fire broke out from a workshop on the ground floor and spread it in other rooms afterwards. Fire brigades have already localized the fire and they are now working to extinguish it completely. Fifteen...
Newly appointed Minister of Health, Social Care and Labour of Georgia, Zurab Chiaberashvili made his first visit as the minister to the Imereti Region of Georgia today. Chiaberashvili viewed the new multi-profile medical centre in Samtredia town, which has ultra-modern equipments and qualified personnel....
Taking a low dose of aspirin every day can prevent and possibly even treat cancer, fresh evidence suggests. The three new studies published by The Lancet add to mounting evidence of the drug's anti-cancer effects. Many people already take daily aspirin as a heart drug. But experts warn...
