The Cabinet held its first session in 2012 at the government`s chancellery today. The ministers will discuss 19 different issues. However, Prime Minister Nika Gilauri made a traditional statement at the beginning of the session. Gilauri said the top priority of the government in 2012 was the social programs,...
Eugenia Tymoshenko, daughter of former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko says the administration of the Kachanivska women's prison in Kharkov did not allow her to meet with her mother on January 3. "They're not letting me see my mother. Permission has to be given by the investigator...
Director Martin Scorsese is to be honoured with the British Academy fellowship at the Bafta Film Awards ceremony next month. The annual award is Bafta's highest accolade and was bestowed to actor Christopher Lee last year. Bafta chair Tim Corrie called Scorsese "a legend in his lifetime,...
Two George Clooney films have been nominated for the top prize at the Producers Guild of America Awards. Family drama The Descendants and political saga The Ides of March, will vie for the prize, along with silent film The Artist and comedy Bridesmaids. Other nominees in the motion picture category...
January 4 is the birthday of Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II. He has turned 79 today. A concert, dedicated to the Patriarch's jubilee, will be held at the Griboedov Theatre at the initiative of "Iavnana" (lullaby) Charity Foundation. Georgian and...
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has narrowly won the first vote by US Republican party supporters in the process to choose a presidential candidate for this year's election. He finished just eight votes ahead of former senator Rick Santorum in the Midwest state of Iowa. Ron Paul...
The 8-month primer marathon in Iowa State in US revealed three Republican rivals to US President Barack Obama. The 99% of votes in primer voting are counted. Ron Paul is at 20%, Mitt Romney at 19%, and Rick Santorum at 18%. Rounding out the field are Newt Gingrich at 14%, Rick Perry at 10%, Michele...
Storms have battered parts of Britain with winds of over 90mph, bringing with them heavy rains. Severe weather warnings were issued by the Met Office on Tuesday, as they indicated flash flooding could affect parts of Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and northern England. Billy Payne, a forecaster...
It has been snowing in Georgia's seaside region of Adjara since yesterday morning. The snow cover in the highly-elevated districts of Khulo and Shuakhevi reaches 25 centimeters, while 70-80 centimeters in villages. Electricity supply was limited to these villages for a while, though electric power...
Women recently diagnosed with breast cancer have higher survival rates than those diagnosed in previous decades, according to the American Cancer Society. However, survivors continue to face health challenges after their treatments end. Previous research reports as many as 50 percent of breast cancer...
Georgia's system for handling administrative offenses is "flawed", which "lacks full due process and fair trial rights" for defendants, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on January 4. Georgia's justice system differentiates between criminal offenses and administrative...
International mediators accompanied Israeli and Palestinian officials as they met for the first time in over a year. The get-together took place in Jordan as the two sides try to revive their stalled peace talks, although neither was optimistic of ending 14 months of deadlock. The main result,...
The threat of Internet censorship has spurred some to seek refuge in space. Hackers at the Chaos Computer Club's Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin this year proposed an initiative called the Hackerspace Global Grid (HGG), which aims to create and freely make available satellite based communication...
Voting in Iowa to choose a Republican presidential candidate turned into a two horse race with the biggest surprise of the evening being the performance of newcomer, social conservative Rick Santorum. He kept pace with the favourite and Republican establishment darling Mitt Romney and with virtually...
The health state of the two young men wounded during the armed assault on Shanidze Street on January 2nd, is still very grave. Doctors say Giorgi Nadiradze and Vazha Korkotashvili are under intensified treatment of doctors after several surgeries, bur Nadiradze is in a very critical state, as one of...
