Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki will pay a responding visit to Georgia, where Georgian and Iranian counterparts will sign agreement on visa free regime. Last night, first direct flight was made between the two countries and instead of ten-hour flight, as it took before; it took the plane...
The attempt of NATO to include Russia in a so-called democratic play is impossible in the current circumstances of present Russian government. Levan Vepkhvadze, one of the leaders of the "Christian-Democrats" said in estimation of Andres Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General's...
Mikhail Brodsky, head of the State Committee of the Ukrainian policy of regulation and manufacturing estimates positively the experience of customs legislative reforms in Georgia. He said in the Eastern Europe the biggest success in customs reforms Bulgaria and Georgia achieved. "The first...
Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti Regional Main Police Division and the officers of the Chiatura Department of the Interior Ministry arrested two persons suspected of being members of `criminal world`- Givi Khvedelidze and Andro Megrelishvili nicknamed Qimsa. The latter was convicted several...
Expert of the Forensic Expertise Bureau has been arrested in suspicion of bribery. According to the investigation, expert Merab Gakhokia extorted 600 GEL from a citizen for issuing a counterfeit conclusion of the medical expertise. The Ministry of Justice has released the report regarding the crime. `The...
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is deeply concerned about Georgians detained in Malaysia. Manana Manjgaladze, President's Press Spokeswoman said today during the briefing in connection with this case in Malaysia that Mikheil Saakashvili, believes that it is very important to save a life...
The meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism group has ended in Gali. The issues discussed at today`s meeting were the criminal situation in the occupied region and facts of human rights violation since the previous meeting. The head of the Analytical Department of the Ministry of Interior...
Implementation of the newly approved National Curriculum will be launched on September 15, 2011. At the initial level, new National Curriculum will be introduced at the first level (I-VI forms). Changes will be developed at the second and the third levels from 2012. In line with the development of...
Georgian President believes the negotiations with the opposition about the improvement of elections environment should start without any preconditions and ultimatums. Manana Manjgaladze, President's Press Spokeswomen said today during the briefing. "President welcomes the negotiations on...
The official Tbilisi responds to the de-facto Abkhazian Foreign Ministry accusations. Nino Kalandadze, Deputy Foreign Minister said to GHN that accusations from Abkhazians in disappearance of Abkhazian citizens are groundless; Tbilisi is not responsible in that fact. "In Abkhazia the...
Georgian president`s press speaker Manana Manjgaladze has commented on the recent social surveys carried out by various international organizations in Georgia. Manana Manjgaladze said all recent surveys have proved the high index of confidence of Georgian population to the political course of the government. `We...
Georgian government is waiting for official response from the government of Malaysia, where two Georgian nationals are under arrest and charged with drug smuggling. `We will receive official response later today regarding the detention of our citizens. We put forth the issue to take full information...
Political scientist Ramaz Sakvarelidze believes that the absurd situation is created by the suggestion by opposition parties of improvement of elections environment to the government. "The elections environment is bad because such environment is convenient for someone, probably for the government,...
Armenia and Georgia are interested with deepening of economic relations, - Tigran Sargisian, Armenian PM said, the GHN journalist reports from Yerevan. The journalist said that Armenian PM underlined that Armenia is interested to have a prosperous neighbor - Georgia. "I would like to say that...
The Public Defender applied to international organizations for support of Georgians detained in Malaysia, for Babutsa Gordadze and Daredjan Kokhtashvili. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Asian organization and congress and the Malaysian Human Rights Union - these are...
