New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid, who twice won the Pulitzer Prize, has died on assignment in Syria. The 43-year-old is believed to have suffered an asthma attack triggered by an allergic reaction. An American of Lebanese descent, Mr Shadid covered the US invasion of Iraq and its aftermath...
Representatives of the Abkhazian puppet regime deny the allegations about beating up a Georgian teenager, Mamuka Pipia. In the interview with the Ekho Kavkaza radio station, Russian soldier said such a person does not exist at all. Reportedly, Russian soldiers beat up the boy brutally after they found...
Four Georgian sailors captured on the board of the Panama-flagged ship stuck in Sokhumi have been supplied with food and things of primary use under the demand of Georgian side - Georgian consul in Turkey Zurab Pataradze told Rustavi2. He said Georgian authorities were doing their best to release...
Andria Lagvilava, 14, has been missing in Georgia's western Samegrelo region for 2 days. Searching works have resumed in the Rukhi River since morning. The boy has epilepsy. He left home on February 14 and his trace gets lost at the river.
Inclement weather conditions will keep on hitting Georgia until February 20. The weather will turn to the worse starting this evening. Frost will become milder and the air temperature will be 7 degrees by Celsius scale in west Georgia during daytime, while 6 in east Georgia. Strong wind will be blowing....
Merab Kiknadze, a 48-year-old man has been missing in Tbilisi for already the 9th day. The man left the territory near Restaurant "Kope" on February 8 and disappeared. Kiknadze worked as a night guard at the restaurant. His colleagues claim that he went to buy cigarettes in being under influence...
Russia opposes a draft resolution on Syria at the U.N. General Assembly, saying it focuses entirely on Bashar Assad's regime and fails to address the armed opposition, a top Russian diplomat said Thursday. Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said the new document differs little from a draft...
Native English-Speaking Teachers continue to arrive to Georgia as participants of the educational program "Teach and Learn with Georgia." Today, a new group of teachers arrived from different counties around the world. Native English-speaking teachers from the USA, Great Britain, Canada,...
Family has been searching for a 14 year-old Andria Lagvialava since yesterday. The child, who suffers from epilepsy from t him village of Rukhi, Zugdidi Region, went to a farm that is a kilometer away from his house to buy milk and did not return any more. The parents began to search for the boy an hour...
NATO says a former U.S. assistant secretary of defense has taken over as the alliance's deputy secretary-general, - AP reported. Alexander Vershbow replace Claudio Bisogniero of Italy whose term expired this year. Vershbow, who previously served as a U.S. ambassador to NATO, Russia and South...
The procedures for issuing a driving license will be simplified in Georgia. Vano Merabishvili, Georgia's Minister of Internal Affairs said during a briefing held at Rustavi service center today. The decision, whether the driver has passed the practice exam, will take computer instead of human....
Ministers of Economy of Turkey and Azerbaijan are paying a visit to Tbilisi. They will take part at the Georgian-Azerbaijanian- Turkish business forum. The Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel in Tbilisi will be the venue of the business forum. About 200 businessmen will attend the meeting. Vera Kobalia, Georgia's...
Iran has staged an elaborate ceremony to unveil new developments in its nuclear programme, - BBC reoported. Tehran says it has used domestically-made nuclear fuel in a reactor for the first time, and also unveiled more efficient enrichment centrifuges. State TV showed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
Gen. Nikolai Makarov, head of the general staff of Russian Armed Forces does not rule out the use of nuclear weapon if necessary. Makarov gave interview to a Russian radio station Ekho Moskvy. Russian general said there are countries among the Russian neighbors, where the use of nuclear weapons is not...
A road accident that occurred in the village of Naokhrebi, Akhaltsikhe Region, left the Muardiani family homeless. The driver of a trailer with Iran state VINs failed to control the wheel as the road was covered with an ice layer; the trailer slipped on the ice and crashed into the house of the Muraniani...
