Traffic movement is allowed for all kind of transport across central highways in Georgia. Brigades of Georgia's Roads Department continue working in emergency regime. The traffic movement is limited across certain section of roads due to heavy snowfall and strong wind throughout Georgia. Traffic...
The real name and birthplace of legendary silent-film star Charlie Chaplin is shrouded in mystery, Britain's domestic spy agency concluded after a probe into U.S. claims he was a communist sympathiser, documents released on Friday revealed. British MI5 agents were asked in 1952 to investigate...
On February 17th, Christian Wulff, President of Germany announced his resignation from the post of the President of Germany. The 52-year-old Wullf commented on his decision by saying that he felt «the lack of trust from the necessary majority of the population», Deutsche Welle writes with...
A 59-year-old man was intoxicated with CO in Tbilisi last evening. Doctors of the First Medical Aid brigade found the man being in an unconscious condition. The patient was taken to Ingorokva Clinic. His health condition is already stable. The First Medical Aid received 41 calls regarding CO intoxication...
"Convergence," Ensemble held a concert at Small Concert Hall of Vano Sarajishvili State Conservatoire in Tbilisi last evening as part of the Contemporary Music Festival. Musicians from Switzerland and Armenia arrived in Tbilisi to take part in the festival. The Festival has been held for...
The dead body of Andria Lagvilava, 14, who has been missing in Georgia's western Samegrelo region for 2 days, was found in the Rukhi River this afternoon. Experts of the Criminal Police confirmed that the corpse belongs to the teenager. The boy had epilepsy. He left home on February 14 to buy...
His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia the Second departed for Israel on February 16. During his visit in Israel His Holiness will meet the Patriarch of Jerusalem Orthodox Church, Theopile II and visit Holy Christian sites. While in Israeli, the Patriarch will have a...
Severe frosts that have been in the Czech Republic since the end of January have claimed 23 lives, mainly of the homeless, according to available information. The highest death toll was reported in Prague where seven people died of cold in the past two weeks. Heavy frosts have complicated the rail...
Twenty-five people got various injuries from falling on ice last night. A total of 800 addressed the Referral Hospital with traumas and frost-bite this winter season. Mamuka Katsarava, Head of the Municipality Social Service visited the patients this afternoon. At the initiative of Tbilisi City Hall,...
Frankfurt Airport, Europe's third busiest, is expecting widespread delays and flight cancellations when ground workers walk off the job in a dispute over pay and working conditions. The GdF union, which represents air traffic control employees, has called for workers overseeing operations on the...
A day after Tbilisi-based election observer non-governmental organization, New Generation-New Initiative (nGnI), stirred debate on election date by announcing intention to appeal Constitutional Court to move parliamentary polls from October to spring, said it was no longer planning to file a lawsuit. nGnI...
Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II has left for Jerusalem with 1-week visit. Church officials saw off Ilia II from the Tbilisi International Airport. Georgia's Patriarch received an invitation from Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III and Israeli Foreign...
Nika Gilauri, Georgia's Prime Minister continues his visit to Hungary. On February 16, Gilauri met with Pal Schmitt, President of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, Hungarian Prime Minister and Chairman of Hungarian Parliament Laslo Kover. An agreement was signed in Budapest on evasion of dual taxation. Gilauri...
The Georgian MPs will discuss several issues as part of today's sitting. Amendments will be made into Law against struggle of drug crimes. The term of the obligatory military service will be increased up to 15 months. The lawmakers will vote for the changes into Administrative Code that envisage...
The family of the late singer Whitney Houston have agreed to let her funeral be broadcast online this weekend. A single video camera will be placed inside the church on Saturday to record the service at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey. Footage will be made available to media...
