euronews/Chinese police detained four construction workers on Tuesday in connection with a fire that gutted a Shanghai skyscraper, killing at least 53 people and hospitalising more than 70. Officials told state media that the four were welders operating without the correct permit. The...
Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili inspected Sataplia Tourist and Scientific Center in Kutaisi, Imereti region, earlier this afternoon. The reconstructed Sataplia preserve will be opened in the nearest future. New lighting systems are installed in caves. Tourists will see a dinosaur footprint...
The Charitable Foundation Caritas Georgia is celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Health and Social Program. The special celebration event upon the occasion will be held on Wednesday, November 17, at 6 p.m. in the Tbilisi Marriot Hotel Ballroom. We will cover the 15 years of the Caritas Georgia...
euronews /The social networking site Facebook is taking on Google and Yahoo by launching its own messaging system. The new communication platform will unify email, SMS, Instant Messaging and Facebook chat. Monday's launch has been viewed with some anxiety by rivals Google and Yahoo.Their email...
euronews/ An alleged Russian arms dealer has been extradited from Thailand to the US. Reports say Viktor Bout has been flown out of the country after months of legal wrangling. Earlier the Thai Prime Minister said his government had agreed to acknowledge an American extradition request. Bout...
Italian police have seized 1,000 kilograms (2,200 pounds) of pure cocaine worth as much as euro250 million ($340 million) from a shipping container carrying farm equipment from Brazil. Police in the Calabrian port of Gioia Tauro discovered the haul acting on a tip from British officials dealing with...
The Georgian National Football Team will play an international friendly match against Slovenia on November 17. The team departed for Slovenia last night by a charter flight. Temur Ketsbaia, Chief Coach said the amalgamated team has 30 football players in total. Best 18 will be included in the match....
The Georgian Parliamentary Anti-Crisis Council today will discuss problems facing the penitentiary institutions. According to Gia Tortladze, Chairman of the Council, the MPs will consider issues related to prisoners' living conditions and ongoing construction works of new jails together with Khatuna...
The preparations in connection with the forthcoming NATO Summit to be held in Lisbon, Portugal on November 19-20 are already underway. Leaders of NATO member states will take part in the summit. The Georgian side is looking forward to the summit where a number of new initiatives and reforms will be...
The Georgian State Pardoning Commission will begin consideration of prisoners' cases as of today. A total of 236 prisoners' cases are presented to the commission. There are 10 juveniles and 36 women among the prisoners. The session of the State Pardoning Commission will be held on November...
The 56th annual NATO Parliamentary Assembly being held in Warsaw, Poland, will vote for a resolution about Georgia today. The resolution welcomes the reforms, which were carried out in Georgia during the latest years. The NATO parliamentarians backed the resolution after 3-hour-long heated debates...
Russia is failing in meeting commitments taken under the 2008 6-point truce agreement, and continues occupation of Georgia's territories, John McCain, US Republican Senator stated when making a speech in Washington on November 15. McCain criticized Russia for violation of human rights on a daily...
Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State made a statement in support of Georgia’s territorial integrity when giving a press conference together with Audronius Azubalis, Foreign Minister of Lithuania. Clinton said that a progress was noticeable in US-Russian relations, though it did not...
Minister of Education and Science of Georgia, Dimitri Shashkini attended the lesson of the 12th graders in the scope of "Abituri" Hours in the Public School ???????183 and presented the sample of electronic exam test together with the Director of the National Examination Center, Maia Miminoshvili. For...
Four days left before the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The Georgian delegation of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 has arrived in Minsk. The winners of JESC 2008-Georgian Group "Wasps" have arrived to Minsk, as well. During the final Show they will sing their song "Bzzz".This...
