As part of the Yalta meeting of the CIS Council of Defense Ministers, Ukrainian and Russian defense ministers Mykhailo Yezhel and Anatoliy Serdyukov have signed a protocol on providing information about the total number of personnel and major weapons of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, temporarily...
An informal reception has been held for the ambassadors of the NATO member states at the restaurant Kalakuri, Tbilisi, last night. Georgian politicians were also invited to the dinner, where the sides discussed future development of Georgia-NATO relations and speeding up the process of the country`s...
An explosion has occurred on the territory of the Borjomi Railway Station, Tbilisi, late last night. Reportedly, no one has been injured in the blast, though it was so strong, that the window glasses of the surrounding buildings broke down. The rescuers presume the explosion might have been caused...
The Tbilisi State Medical University marks its 80th anniversary today. Honorable professors and scientists of the university were handed over special diplomas on this occasion. Andria Urushadze, Minister of Labor, Health and Social Affairs, Dimitri Shashkin, Minister of Education and Science and Davit...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev believes that there is need to overcome prevailing stereotypes among the population of Russia and other countries, opinions about the aggressiveness of NATO and the impossibility of democracy in Russia. Russia is often seen part of the Western world, ordinary people,...
The 3-star hotels will be built for long dates with prisoners at the Rustavi Prisons # 6, #16 and Juvenile Prison # 11. The decision was made by the Khatuna Kalmakhelidze, Georgian Minister of Penitentiary and Probation. A special briefing was held in that regard at the Ministry earlier this...
A new Committee has been established within the framework of the European Union-Georgia cooperation earlier this afternoon. The Committee will work on energy, transport and environment protection issues. The EU delegation members held the first sitting in that regard at the Georgian Ministry of Foreign...
Russia said on Wednesday it had established the causes of the plane tragedy that killed Polish president Lech Kaczynski and 95 others in April but would not publish them until Poland commented. The Interstate Aviation Committee, which is known under its Russian acronym MAK and handles air safety in...
The officers of General Inspection of the Ministry of Internal Affairs detained Paata Kikaleishvili, inspector-investigator of Old Tbilisi police division on the fact of swindling. The detained police officer extorted 800 USD by swindling from a certain citizen for solving criminal case launched against...
"Tbilisoba 2010," celebration for the city, will be kicked off as of today. Various activities including exhibitions, concerts and performances are planned as part of the event. An exhibition "Old Maps of Tbilisi" will be opened at the National Library. The awarding ceremony of...
Officers of the Guria Regional Police Department of Georgia's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) arrested Beka Gorgoshidze in suspicion of having committed a murder. According to investigation, Gorgoshidze has inflicted fatal wounds to 24-years-old Otar Giorgadze on the basis of conflict, it resulted...
Officers of the Investigation Service of Georgia's Finance Ministry arrested Mamuka Abesadze, the manager and founder of the development company "Libo" in suspicion of swindling. According to the investigation, the suspect illegally placed the advertising sign-board at Kavtsaradze Str....
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia assesses the statement, made by the Russian Foreign Ministry, as a continuation of a culpable policy by the occupant country. Ministry of Foreign Ministry released a statement in response to the statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry. Georgian side terms...
A tragic incident is reported to have occurred in Okrokana. A 14-year-old boy, Giorgi Kolelishvili suddenly lost consciousness while he was playing football. The relatives called the First Medical Aid doctors, but the boy died before the hospitalization. The family complains the emergency arrived...
After 26-month occupation the Georgian side fully controls the village of Perevi, Sachkhere district of Georgia's Imereti region (Perevi has remained invaded since the August 2008 Georgian-Russian war), EU monitors are stationed at the checkpoints left by Russian forces. The Russian armed forces...
