Conservative US Republican Rick Santorum has won his party's primary elections in the southern states of Alabama and Mississippi - BBC reports. But it was a tight race in both states. In Alabama, Mr Santorum was on 35%, with Newt Gingrich in second place and Mitt Romney trailing in third. Addressing...
Navid Nou Bahar Delam, an Iranian citizen, who was arrested by Georgian law enforcers for killing an Iranian Businessman Maksud Bedustan in Tbilisi, will be charged on March 15 for premeditated murder. He already pleaded guilty and will serve his prison term in Georgia. The suspect of the crime was...
At least 28 people - including 22 children - have been killed in a coach crash in a tunnel in Switzerland. Another 24 children were injured in the crash near Sierre, in the canton of Valais, close to the border with Italy. The coach, carrying 52 people back to Belgium, hit a wall in the tunnel...
Patriarch of All Georgia, Ilia II has sent a letter to Vladimir Putin congratulating on the victory in the president`s elections. `Please accept my congratulations on your election as president. I think that your vast experience will contribute to peace and prosperity in your state. Russian and Georgians...
Nodar Rumbad, 50, a Georgian citizen was wounded in his leg with a knife in Turkey on March 13. Local media reports that the wounded was noticed by passers-by in a street. The eyewitnesses claim that the man was under influence of alcohol. Rumbad is taken to the hospital. The Turkish media writes...
Davit Bakradze, Georgia's Parliamentary Speaker continues paying 3-day official visit to Israel. Bakradze will meet with his Israeli counterpart today to discuss enhancement of economic ties between the two countries, facilitation of visa formalities and entrance of Israeli air companies onto...
A memorial service is being planned for Mariam Makhniashvili, possibly for the weekend, the girl's mother told CityNews. Lela Tabidze, who says the service could be on Saturday, says she's grieving again. "I am going through a second cycle of grieving right now," she said. Mariam's...
Aleksei Navalni, the Russian blogger who runs the site RosPil, has been summoned to the police, though he does not attend to show up. Navalni wrote on his blog that all the employees of the anti-corruption project Rospil had received letters from the center of fighting with extremism of the Russian...
The U.S. government now considered necessary to maintain a contract with Russia for the purchase of helicopters for Afghanistan, after a group of senators asked cancel due to tension with Moscow about Syria. The State Department spokesman, Victoria Nuland, defended a contract by the U.S. plans to...
Iranian citizen, Navid Nou Bahar Deilmma will face his charges for premeditated murder today; tomorrow he will be sent to custody under preliminary imprisonment. Deilamma will serve his sentence in Georgia. He was detained a few hours after killing an Iranian businessman, Maksud Bedustan. The murder...
Empowering Georgian Companies with the Skills Needed to Pursue Business Opportunities in the U.S. Market Charge d'Affaires Bridget Brink will open the U.S. Department of Commerce two-day program on business development and franchising for Georgian business representatives March 14-15 at the...
An imam has been killed in a fire at a Shia mosque in the Brussels suburb of Anderlecht, in what is believed to have been a deliberate attack. The mayor of Anderlecht was quoted by local media as saying the suspect had thrown a petrol bomb at the mosque on Monday evening. Initial reports say...
A diet high in red meat can shorten life expectancy, according to researchers at Harvard Medical School. The study of more than 120,000 people suggested red meat increased the risk of death from cancer and heart problems. Substituting red meat with fish, chicken or nuts lowered the risks, the...
A 37-year-old man died of HIV/AIDS in Tbilisi. According to Tbilisi AIDS and Immunology Center, the parliament had acute indigestion added to the virus. Based on statistical data, 101 new cases of HIV/AIDS were detected in Georgia this year. The 17 patients died of the virus.
Inclement weather conditions that continue hitting Georgia created problems for locals in the regions. Several villages in western Imereti region remain cut off electricity supply. Limitations are imposed across the roads. Traffic movement at Rikoti Pass is allowed only for light vehicles. Jeep...
