Changes to be made into the Law on Pensions will be discussed during today's parliamentary plenary session. The pension for beneficiaries under age of 67 will be 110 GEL, while 125 GEL for those above 67 starting autumn of 2012. At the same time, the pensioners above 67 will receive 15-GEL...
Georgian lawmakers will listen to Eka Tkeshelashvili, State Minister for Reintegration Affairs, who will arrive in the parliament at the sitting of the interim commission on restoration of Georgia's territorial integrity this afternoon. Tkeshelashvili will talk about the activities, which the...
Moscow regrets Tbilisi's unwillingness to restore formal diplomatic relations, the Russian Foreign Ministry's Deputy Information Director Maria Zakharova said on Monday. "In answer to our proposal to restore diplomatic relations, the Georgian side again presented preconditions, namely...
Debates will be held in European Parliament regarding the March 4 presidential elections in Russia. The European Parliament is to call for urgent political and economic reform in Russia in a resolution to be debated at a plenary session on March 15, in the wake of Russia's disputed presidential...
The US does not recognize the so-called parliamentary elections held on March 10 in Georgia's one of two occupied regions of Abkhazia as legitimate. Marc Toner, Press Speaker of State Department made a statement in that regard. Toner underlined that the US supports Georgia's territorial integrity...
The international community does not recognize the so-called parliamentary elections held on March 10 in Georgia's one of two occupied regions of Abkhazia. "Moambe" news program of First Channel received a written answer in that regard from the press service of North-Atlantic Treaty...
Snow hit the regions of Georgia. Heavy snowfall continues hitting highly-elevated areas of Georgia's Adjara region. Heavy snowfall causes landslides in the region. Traffic is banned for all kinds of vehicles at Sachkhere-Chiatura-Zestaponi section of the road. Heavy technique is mobilized on the...
Investigators in Turkey are trying to find out what caused a fired near Istanbul the killed up to 14 people, - Euronews reported. The victims were workers at a construction site of a suspermarket in an eastern suburb of Istanbul. They died when fire swept through their dormitory tent as they slept. A...
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Nino Kalandadze commented on the visit of the European Commission mission to Georgia. The mission arrives in Georgia on a two-day visit today and it will consist of experts, who will discuss the implementation of the negotiations on visa-liberalization agreement...
Road accident was reported to have occurred on the right riverbank of the Mtkvari River. "Niva" mark of a car crashed into a tree. Fortunately the incident has left no casualties. Two persons received injures. An Ambulance arrived at the incident and transferred them to the hospital. ...
US troops in Afghanistan have been placed on alert following the killings of 16 Afghan civilians by a US soldier. US officials warned of reprisals after the soldier went on a rampage in villages near a base in Kandahar. Nine children were among those killed. President Barack Obama phoned his...
Lizi Ramishvili will represent Georgia at the Eurovision Classical Music Competition 2012 in Vienna,Austria. 6 talented performers took part in the Georgian National final. The concert wrapped up the Georgian National Competition for Eurovision Young Musicians 2012 in Tbilisi Music Center on March...
The corpse of Mariam Makhniashvili whether be repatriated to Georgia or not is still unknown. The mother of the dead girl says that there are several versions of the case, though she refrains from disclosure due to the interests of the investigation. The corpse of Mariam Makhniashvili, a Georgian...
Speaking before thousands of supporters at a campaign rally in Villepinte north of Paris President Nicolas Sarkozy talked about Georgia as well. In a speech which covered the highlights of his five-year term as president he stressed on his role in resolution of Georgia, Libya conflicts. President...
The Mother of a Georgian teenager killed in Greece, demands punishment of the the accused persons of the crime. After 6 years mother of a 11-years-old Alex Meskhishvili demands the renovation of the investigation and arresting murders. Greece police have already completed investiogation into...
