Locals in the town of Lagodekhi found a corpse of a man in the river of Areshi today. The police said the man was 47 year-old Zaza Butiashvili, who was missing during past few days. The relatives say he had visited his uncle in the village of Giorgeti and since then did not return to his village of...
Four Georgian, who have been captured on a ship in Sokhumi, breakaway Abkhazia, sailors ask for help. Giorgi Sapanadze, Manuchar Bolkvadze, Sulkhan Tsetskhladze and Aziz Varshanidze joined the crew of the Panama-flagged ship owned by a Starlet Shipping Company on February 21, 2011. The relatives of...
Two Georgian sailors, whose identity remains unknown so far, have contacted their relatives asking for help. The vessel they worked on, stuck in the Sea of Azov due to the lack of fuel. Turk, Azeri and Ukrainian sailors are in the crew along with Georgians. Currently, the rescue operation is underway....
Georgia`s membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance is a decided issue - NATO Special Representative to South Caucasus and Central Asia, James Appathurai has announced. James Appathurai paid official visit to Armenia, where he gave interview to local First Channel Television. Appathurai said...
Alla Jioeva, the winner candidate of the so-called presidential elections of Georgia`s occupied South Ossetia region, may soon defect from politics - she told journalists about his intention at the hospital, where she undergoes treatment after suffering from stroke. Jioeva was hospitalized last week...
The main topic of the traditional briefing held by the President`s press speaker Manana Manjgaladze was the problems caused by bad weather conditions in Georgia during past two weeks and the work of the government in this direction. Manjgladze said the government did its best to avoid any problems on...
All members of one family, three of which are children, have been transferred to hospital with CO intoxication today. The accident occurred in Vazisubani District of the capital early on Tuesday morning. The children were transferred to the Iashvili Children`s Clinic. Their health state was satisfactory...
Sunny weather is expected today but it will continue snowing both in east and west Georgia starting February 15. Frost will become milder and the air temperature will be 10-15 degrees by Celsius scale in west Georgia during daytime, while 3-8 in east Georgia. The temperature in Tbilisi will be...
According to data released by the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), trade between Italy and Georgia in the first ten months of 2011 increased by 72.9% compared to January-October 2011, establishing the new record of more than 183 million Euros on a yearly base. In particular,...
A 65-year-old man is placed at the Tbilisi Burns Center with 2% frost-bite over his body. At the initiative of the Tbilisi City Hall, shelters have been opened at free canteens operating in Tbilisi. Such shelters are opened at #19 Tsagareli Street in Vake-Saburtalo district, at #4 Vani Street in Didube...
The first plenary meeting of the spring session will be opened with the national anthem at the Georgian parliament today. The pension draft-package is planned to be initiated. As Davit Bakradze, Parliamentary Speaker noted at the bureau session, the Chairwoman of the Committee of Procedural Issues...
Whitney Houston's body has been flown from California to her home state of New Jersey, ahead of a funeral expected later this week. A gold hearse took her body from Teterboro airport to a funeral home in her hometown of Newark, reports said. The 48-year-old singer was found underwater and...
Nika Makhviladze, a 19-year-old youth was wounded with a gun in Vake district of Tbilisi late last night. The youth was taken to Ingorokva Medical center by the brigade of First Medical Aid. He will be operated on. Investigation into the criminal case is ongoing.
Israeli officials say their diplomats in India and Georgia have been targeted in apparent bomb attacks. An explosion hit an embassy car in Delhi, injuring one diplomat. Police said there had been an "incident" but could not confirm an attack. Israeli officials said there had also been...
The Arab League has called on the UN Security Council to create a joint peacekeeping force for Syria and has urged Arab states to sever all diplomatic contact with President Bashar al-Assad's government, - Al jazeera reported. Syria immediately rejected the moves, spelled out in a resolution adopted...
