Andreas Fog Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General will arrive to Georgia on September 30. Nino Kalandadze, Deputy Foreign Minister declared during the traditional briefing. She said, Rasmussen will meet with Georgian President, PM, Parliamentary Chairperson and Foreign Minister. On October...
Russian president Dmitri Medvedev explained the reason of his decision to sack Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov. The president was questioned about his decision during his visit to China. He said he lost trust to the former mayor and that mistrust was a serious reason for president to dismiss mayor of the...
Constitutional Security Department of the Ministry of Interior has arrested two people suspected of kidnapping money extortion. The investigation reports that Kakha Ghoghoberidze and Zaza Nagervadze abducted businessman Gocha Kakhaberidze and demanded $200,000 ransom from his family. Reportedly, the...
Mamuka Areshidze, expert in Caucasian questions, commenting the speech of Mikhail Saakashvili on UN Assembly General said to GHN that the fact of invitation of Russian leaders by the President denotes consent to negotiations. "I do not believe that the Saakashvili's invitation, Russians...
Bernard Kushner, Foreign Minister of France plans to resign, he said this to TV Company RTL, however according to "Le Figaro", French diplomat said this in informal conversation - "I know that I have to resign". He noted that "for the last 3 month the relations with French President...
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Grigol Vashadze held meeting with his counter parts from various states within the official visit to New York. Vashadze held meetings with Iranian Foreign Minister, Manuchar Motaq, foreign chief of the Kingdom of Jordan Nasr Judeh, Foreign Ministers of Serbia and...
Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, has sacked a powerful political opponent, veteran Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov - the website of the president of Russia has reported today. Luzhkov had ruled Russia's capital since 1992 but he angered Mr Medvedev by criticising his administration and suggesting...
The workers of the Tbilisi cleaning service found a dead infant in the garbage bin placed on Sheshelidze Street today. They called for police and the baby`s corpse has been taken to morgue for examination to find out what caused the death. The police checked up the territory and launched in the investigation....
Traditional Monday briefing was held at the Georgian Foreign Ministry. Deputy Minister Nino Kalandadze commented on the 17th anniversary of fall of Sokhumi in the war in Georgia`s occupied region Abkhazia. She also stressed importance of protecting rights of internally displace people. Ms. Kalandadze...
Representatives of the investigative department of Georgian Finance Ministry have detained individual entrepreneur Jemal Giguashvili on charges of illegal realization of gold items of Gel 12 thousand. As reported, the detainee took Gel 300 from a citizen in advance and handed over large amount of...
Police have detained two people on charges of fraud and extortion. They used to extort money from citizens in returns of promising to provide employment to them. Merab Dudaev, 48, previously sentenced for disorderly conduct and robbery and Zaza Gergishvili, 37, offered citizens jobs in Tbilisi Bus...
Members of the Venezuelan opposition group the Table for Democratic Unity (MUD) celebrate results of parliamentary elections in Caracas on Monday There were broad smiles among members of the opposition MUD as the results were announced The Venezuelan opposition has performed well in elections, overturning...
Building materials at a construction site for a housing project in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel. Photo: 26 September 2010 Settlers across the West Bank are ready to begin building again Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the Palestinians to continue peace talks despite an end...
KYIV, September 27. /UKRINFORM/. Regular railway transportation of cargos from Russia to Reni port (Odesa region, Ukraine's south) with the aim of their following transportation by sea will be renewed, the Transport and Communications Minister Kostiantyn Yefimenko told a meeting in Odesa, the ministry...
KYIV, September 27. /UKRINFORM/. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryshchenko, in the frames of his participation in the general debate of the 65th UN General Assembly session in New York, held a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu. As the press...
