Israel has carried out an air strike on northern Gaza, Israeli defence sources say. Initial reports speak of two deaths but this is unconfirmed. Palestinian sources said the raid happened in an area east of the northern town of Beit Hanoun. An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed the strike...
Traffic movement is still blocked for all kind of transport across Mleta-Gudauri and Stepantsminda-Larsi section of central highway in Georgia. Transportation is allowed across all roads in east Georgia. Brigades of Georgia's Roads Department continue working in emergency regime. Heavy vehicles...
The Chairman of the Civil Movement "Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-Ossetian House", Mrs. Nestan Kirtadze by the invitation of British diplomats held the meeting in the Embassy of the UK in Georgia. At the meeting, Nestan Kirtadze made the presentation of the "Georgian-Abkhazian and...
Georgia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs will begin bilateral political consultations with Ireland. Ireland has taken over as Chair of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) as of January 2012. Restoration of OSCE mandate across Georgia's invaded territories and de-occupation...
Salvage work is expected to begin soon on the Costa Concordia, as hopes fade that any more survivors will be found on the stricken cruise ship. The search for the 24 missing people was suspended after the vessel shifted, with no word on when work might resume. Eleven bodies have been recovered...
Wikipedia has taken its English-language site offline as part of protests against proposed anti-piracy laws in the US. Users attempting to access the site see a black screen and a political statement: "Imagine a world without free knowledge." The user-generated news site Reddit and...
Silent movie The Artist leads this year's Baftas with 12 nominations, including best film and best director. Its two stars, Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo, are in the running for best actor and actress. British Cold War-era spy movie Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is close behind The Artist,...
A Georgian citizen aged 60 died at Ukraine-Moldova state border on January 17. The Moldovan TV Chanel TV-7 reports in that regard. Reportedly, the man was talking to border guards when he fell unexpectedly. Doctors, who were called at site, found the man already dead. According to the Moldovan TV,...
Three people have been hospitalized with CO intoxication in Tbilisi late last night. Man, his pregnant wife and an 11 year-old child were provided all necessary treatment, after which their health state was regulated. Doctors say their health state is satisfactory at the moment. Reportedly,...
President Obama will host his Georgian counterpart Mikheil Saakashvili for a meeting in the Oval Office on January 30, the White House said. It noted that 2012 marks 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between U.S. and Georgia the two presidents will discuss further strengthening the U.S.-Georgia...
Police have identified the person suspected of armed assault on Giorgi Vazha Korkotashvili and Giorgi Nadiradze on January 2, 2011. Giorgi Shengelia, 23, is now wanted by police for premeditated murder. Giorgi Nadiradze died a week after the incident as he had lethal injury in his head; as for...
The speed of the rolling-stock on Georgian railways will increase from today on. For the first time in the history of Georgia, the passenger train will move 120 km/h and the Tbilisi-Poti section of the railway will be passed in 4 hours and 45 minutes; while the fast train will arrive from Tbilisi to...
Ekaterine Khvedelidze will soon emerge in Georgian politics as Ekaterina Khvedelidze-Ivanishvili to highlight the surname of Georgian billionaire and politician Bidzina Ivanishvili, who was refused the citizenship of Georgia a while ago and therefore, cannot run in presidential or parliamentary elections....
The ceremony of mass baptizing of infants, the 21th of its kind, will take place on January 19, Epiphany, at Sameba (Holy Trinity) Cathedral in Tbilisi. Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II will baptize more than 500 infants. The patriarch already has 12 000 god-children. The...
It has been reported that two Georgian nationals died on the board of the tanker Edirne in the Adriatic Sea in a shipwreck on January 15th. The tragedy occurred near the coast of the city of Dures. The citizens of Azerbaijan, Turkey, Ukraine and Georgia were on the board of the tanker that drowned. Reportedly,...
