Moscow is ready to restore diplomatic relations with Tbilisi except for one person - President Saakashvili, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said at the meeting with journalism students from Moscow State University on Wednesday. "We are absolutely ready to restore the diplomatic ties, it was...
Police officers detained a man in vicinities of Darcheli village police station - district Zugdidi, from whom an explosive material was seized. Explosive material was presumably carried to Georgian controlled territory from Abkhazia, currently under Russian occupation and military control. Additional...
Four days left before the scheduled meeting between Georgian and US Presidents Mikheil Saakashvili and Barack Obama. Mikheil Saakashvili will stay in a high-ranking guest's residence Blair House, stands across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House. Meeting between Georgian and US Presidents...
The Moscow authorities have allowed a protest by the Russian opposition on February 4, which will pose a new challenge to Vladimir Putin a month ahead of presidential polls, officials said Thursday,- AFP reported. The city hall has sanctioned a protest march south of the Moscow river mustering up...
Debates on Russian parliamentary elections will be held at the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) today. Despite attempts of the Russian delegation to disrupt the debates the majority of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly decided to hold debates on Russian polls held on December...
Libya's defence minister has arrived in Bani Walid, a former stronghold of the Gaddafi regime, after four people were killed in fighting there on Monday. Osama al-Juwali wants to negotiate with militiamen who drove those loyal to the National Transitional Council into the surrounding desert, officials...
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia addressed the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) today. In his speech, Grigol Vashadze touched upon several issues significant to Georgia as well as the European Union. The minister emphasized significance of Georgia for the European security;...
World's best five-star air company Qatar Airways is already in Georgia. From February 1st Qatar Airways is starting its regular Tbilisi-Doha flights from Tbilisi international airport. The 5-hour flights will be performed daily with Airbus 320 liners, the cost starting from 300 EUR. Qatar Airways...
Eating fried food may not be bad for the heart, as long as you use olive or sunflower oil to make it, experts say. They found no heightened risk of heart disease or premature death linked to food that had been cooked in this way. But the investigators stress that their findings, from studying...
World economic Forum`s Annual Meeting opens in Davos today. World leaders and business-elite arrived in the winter resort of Switzerland to discuss the euro zone crisis, its global impact and the ways for its solution. German Chancellor, Angela Merkel will deliver an opening speech at the forum. Davit...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has elected new Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner. Armenpress Armenian News Agency reports that at the winter sitting of the PACE the majority of the parliamentarians backed Latvia's representative Nils Muiznieks. The latter will pass...
Assumptions that defense cooperation between Washington and Tbilisi has been downscaled in recent years are "almost completely made up" and "erroneous", Giga Bokeria, secretary of Georgia's National Security Council, said. He said in an interview with the Georgian weekly magazine,...
US President Barack Obama has attacked income inequality as he set the tone for his re-election bid in his third State of the Union speech. Mr Obama emphasised the importance of an economy that works for everyone, in the nationally televised address to Congress. The speech saw a renewed call...
A 16 year old boy was found suffocated in the bathroom by the family members in Tbilisi last night. Reportedly, the boy died of CO intoxication which leaked in the bathroom from a faulty gas water heater. The family called the medical emergency, but the doctors failed to save the boy. The accident...
The coffin of the Georgian sailor Beka Urushadze, who died in the explosion on the Edirne tanker in the Adriatic Sea, has been transferred from turkey to Georgia this morning. The relatives were waiting for the coffin in the Tbilisi international airport, from where the sailor`s body was taken to his...
