Travel bans and asset freezes have been in place on a number of Russian individuals and their businesses, since the US and the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow because of its support for separatists in eastern Ukraine, reports GHN based on BBC. The sanctions have also hit some UK companies, for whom Russia...
Switzerland votes on Sunday in polls that will determine whether to cut annual immigration by three quarters. It's one of three controversial referendums taking place, reports GHN based on DW. Swiss voters will decide on Sunday whether to introduce severe immigration cuts, in a poll conducted in...
The mother of a victim killed in the Malaysian plane crash in eastern Ukraine has started legal proceedings to sue the Ukrainian authorities in the European Court of Human Rights, demanding about $1 million for pain and suffering, reports GHN based on RT. The mother of "Olga L.", a German...
National Movement doesn't share the recommendations of the President. As the member of National Movement Sergo Ratiani states on plenary session there is no sense of veto of the President if so called black box will remain in MIA, reports GHN. "The main pretension towards the draft of the...
The chairman of GULA Kakha Kojhoridze evaluates the alternative conception concerning so called surveillance and states that overriding veto will be sign for him that someone wants to continue illegal surveillance, reports GHN. "Overriding veto for me will be sign that someone wants to continue illegal...
Moldovans are voting in parliamentary elections widely seen as a referendum on whether to align with Europe or pursue closer ties with Russia. The vote comes amid heightened East-West tensions over the Ukraine crisis, reports GHN based on DW. Polls opened on Sunday in the ex-Soviet state of Moldova...
Between Tbilisi and one of the largest cities of the People's Republic of China Guangzhou was signed the agreement of collaboration. The agreement was signed by the Mayor of Tbilisi Davit Narmania and the Mayor of Guangzhou Chen Dzianhua. As GHN was informed from City Hall due to the agreement the...
Today November 30 at 11:30 there will begin the meeting of the Parliament of Georgia that will discuss recommendations of the President and after this will be held voting, reports GHN. Before the beginning of the meeting at 10:00 there will be held the meeting of the Human Rights Committee where the...
More military equipment is coming to Donbas from Russia, whereas Russian Armed Forces servicemen are being rotated in Ukraine, reports GHN based on Ukrinform. National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Friday. "The...
Ukraine is not controlling a 409.3-kilometer-long section of the state border with Russia, which passes through the territories temporarily controlled by bandit groups. Chairman of the State Border Service of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Viktor Nazarenko, said this at a press conference at Ukrinform...
People in Switzerland are voting in a referendum on measures aimed at severely restricting immigration. The ballot marks the second time this year that the non-EU country has held a referendum on immigration. Last February voters narrowly backed the reintroduction of quotas, effectively opting...
Railway workers on strike of protest. Yesterday late night railway workers gathered to Tbilisi depot. They accuse the administration of pressure and state that they are threatened to leave their positions. The administration denies it, reports GHN. The railway strikers protest new salary system and...
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called on MPs to work effectively so as to be able to submit an application for Ukraine's accession to the European Union in five years, reports GHN based on Ukrinform. He said this in an extraordinary address on Ukraine's domestic and international...
The United States and the European Union, especially Germany, should make a decision on Ukraine, different from the current one, which Russian President Vladimir Putin sees as weakness and continues to commit aggression, reports GHN based on Ukrinform. This is stated in an article published in U.S....
Ukrainian anti-aircraft gunners have shot down a Russian-made drone that attempted to fly over the positions of the anti-terrorist operation forces, the press center for the anti-terrorist operation has reported. "Accurate shooting was demonstrated by the anti-aircraft gunners of the anti-terrorist...
