The Georgian National Football Team beat Slovenian hosts with the score 2:1 on November 17. The first goal was kicked on the 51st minute of the match by Slovenian football player Tsesar. However, Georgians scored twice, on the 67th min Sandro Guruli hit the goal, and on the 68th minute Jano Ananidze...
Fire is raging in the forest of Shilda village, Georgia's eastern Kakheti region. The fire has spread to about 15 hectares. Locals are making efforts to extinguish the flames. Additional forces are expected to arrive at the disaster scene. Negligence of hunters is said to have caused the fire....
A woman aged 57 died and a man in the age of 34 was found unconscious at Petristi Street in Didi Dighomi district of Tbilisi early this morning. Natural gas leak presumably caused the fatal incident. Investigation into the case is underway. The man undergoes treatment at hospital.
The session of the State Pardoning Commission today will discuss cases of those prisoners, who will be pardoned on November 23, St. George Day. The commission will consider 236 prisoners' cases out of which 51 are women and 10 juveniles. It is not yet known how many inmates will receive positive...
The Georgian delegation departed for Lisbon, Portugal, to participate in the NATO Summit to be held on November 19-20. Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili is heading the Georgian delegation. The Georgian side keeps hope that the NATO member states will once again make statements in support...
The US continues to impose pressure upon Russia to force it to fulfill the internationally taken commitments under the 2008 truce agreement, Alexander Vershbow, US Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (ISA) stated in a speech delivered at the John Hopkins University in Washington. Vershbow...
The International Students Day was marked in Tbilisi, Georgia, on November 17. A peaceful action was organized with support of Tbilisi City Hall at the Czech Republic's Embassy. Students lit candles symbolically as part of the activity. On November 17th 1939 students' resistance in the streets...
"The European Union will never reconcile with Russia's occupation of Georgia's territory," José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission claimed after meeting with Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili in Brussels, Belgium. This is the first time when the...
Public Defender of Georgia, George Tughushi held a presentation of the Special Report on the Human Rights Situation of Internally Displaced Persons and Conflict-Affected Individuals in Georgia today. Public Defender presented both Georgian and English versions of the publication to the invited guests...
The Minister of Internal Affairs of Republic of Lithuania Raimundas Palaitis pays a visit to Georgia. The Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs Ivane Merabishvili is meeting his Lithuanian counterpart for the time being. Ministers are discussing perspectives for deepening mutual relationships and...
The consultations between representatives of the Georgian government and opposition over improvement of election environment will resume today. The meeting will start at 15:00 at the Central Electoral Committee. Last week parliamentary meeting made decision to hold weekly meetings every Wednesday. International...
Incident occurred in Varketili district, Tbilisi this morning.. Under aged person, 15-year-old person wounded his classmate on the bases of conflict in the vicinity of #108 public school. The wounded was transported to Hospital, he was inflicted the wounds by a knife in breast area. The health condition...
The Russian Duma is demanding to tighten control of arm export to Georgia. Viktor Zavarzin, chairman of the defence committee of the Russian Duma, made the corresponding statement at the NATO annual parliamentary session in Warsaw. According to Zavarzin, there still exists a danger that Saakashvili's...
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili will deliver a speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 23 November. It is a very rare case when a president of a non-member country delivers a speech at the European Parliament. The decision is a clear proof that Europe views Georgia as a current/future...
Ethnic cleansing and occupation - these are the official terms written in the resolution on Georgia adopted by the NATO Parliamentary Assembly yesterday. The 56th annual NATO Parliamentary Assembly was held in Warsaw, Poland. The resolution welcomes the reforms, which were carried out in Georgia...
