Georgia has a new minister of health and social care - Zurab Chiaberashvili has replaced Andria Urushadze. Prime Minister Nika Gilauri announced the decision at the session of the government today. Chiaberashvili is the sixth minister of health and social care since the Rose Revolution in 2003. Prime...
The Belgian authorities are preparing to fly home the bodies of 22 children and six adults killed in a coach crash in Switzerland, - BBC reported. Two C-130 Hercules military planes are on standby. The Belgian cabinet is due to hold an urgent meeting shortly. The coach, carrying 52 people back...
President of Georgia has expressed his deepest condolence regarding the road accident that occurred in Switzerland. A tour bus carrying schoolchildren home from a class trip slammed head-on into a tunnel wall in the Swiss Alps, killing 22 Belgian students and six adults. Mikheil Saakashvili has expressed...
Defense Secretary of the United States of America Leon Panetta visited the Georgian troops serving in Afghanistan. The Pentagon Chief met with the Georgian servicemen of the 31st light infantry battalion at the combat outpost "Shukvani" in Helmand Province. Leon Panetta expressed appreciation...
Davit Bakradze, Georgia's Parliamentary Speaker continues paying 3-day official visit to Israel. Parliamentary Speaker is holding talks over the issue of Cross Monastery. He will meet with the Jerusalem Patriarch and visit the Monastery today. Bakradze has already held various meetings...
Law on State Secrecy of Georgia will be amended - the plans of the government of Georgia in regards with the occupied territories will become confidential. According to the draft bill, reports on possible threats and the ways of their evasion is included among the state secrets. The plans of the government...
New evidence has linked the environment in the womb with increased body weight in later life. Scientists found changes around the DNA at birth which may result from a mother's diet or exposure to pollution or stress. They then linked these changes to a higher Body Mass Index (BMI) in children...
Georgians were detained by Turkey`s police for stealing 170,000 EURO. According to the Turkish media, two suspects assaulted a local businessman trying to rob him after he left a bank office. The robbers pursued him, damaging the tire of his vehicle. The suspects took away his money as the man parked...
Two Georgian nationals, detained by the Constitutional Security Department for high-profile robbery committed in Turkey, will face their charges today. Afterwards, court will send them to custody under pre-trial imprisonment. Vakhtang Iremadze and Merab Lashkarashvili were arrested by the CSD during...
Foreign Minister of Germany Guido Westerwelle will arrive in Georgia within the Caucasian tour today. Visits to Armenia and Azerbaijan are also on the agenda. German Minister will hold meetings with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Grigol Vashadze....
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake has struck off the northeastern coast of Japan this afternoon. The national meteorological agency has issued a tsunami advisory. Later it was canceled. The quake happened at a depth of some 10 km. Kyodo news agency says the earthquake has reportedly left Japan's nuclear...
The premiere of a play directed by Dimitri Khvtisiashvili based on a play "I will return" after Azerbaijani Dramatist Huseinbala Miralamaov was held at Marjanishvili Theater in Tbilisi last evening. The play is about a story of one Georgian IDP family from separatist region of Abkhazia....
Players of the Georgian National Rugby Team "Borjghalosnebi" will play against Russia on March 17 in Tbilisi. The match will be held at Mikheil Meskhi stadium as part of Nations Cup. Georgian rugby players gained 13 victories out of 15 matches ever held against Russia. Members of Milton...
Giorgi Targamadze, Leader of the Georgian parliamentary oppositional Christian-Democratic Party (CDM) and other members of CDM continue holding of meetings in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. Christian-Democrats will be meeting with their European colleagues during 2 days. Talks...
Inclement weather conditions continue hitting Georgia's regions. Heavy snowfall caused problems in Akhaltsikhe district. The snow cover reaches 2 meters in villages. Special vehicles are mobilized to clean the roads connecting the villages with the regional center. Locals are supplied with food...
