The Georgian Prime Minister, Mr Irakli Gharibashvili, recently met the European Commissioner for Trade, Ms Cecilia Malmström.The main topic of their meeting was the effective implementation of Georgia's Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) Agreement with the European Union, reports...
During his meeting with the Georgian Prime Minister, Mr Irakli Gharibashvili, the European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Mr Dimitris Avramopoulos, stated that ‘the EU welcomes the successful implementation of the first stage of [Georgia's] visa liberalization action...
On the 17th of November 2014, the Council of Foreign Ministers of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) member countries took a decision to start negotiations on the free trade with Georgia within a timeframe to be agreed upon, reports GHN based on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Georgian...
EU governments and the European Parliament have been unable to reach an agreement on a new budget. While the parliament wants an 8 percent increase, member countries are keen on saving money, reports GHN based on DW. The European Union's governments and parliament failed to reach an agreement on...
The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili to NATO Headquarters on Monday (17 November). After their meeting, the Secretary General thanked Prime Minister Garibashvili for his nation's valuable contributions to the Alliance, saying Georgia, a...
Ukrainian rescuers repeatedly gathered humanitarian aid for residents of Luhansk region, reports GHN. Spokesman of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing. "A truck went from Chernivtsi to Severodonetsk, Luhansk region, with humanitarian aid that includes products....
Dr Martin Salia, a surgeon who contracted the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone, has died at a hospital in Nebraska from the virus, reports GHN based on RT. The 44 year-old was taken to hospital in Omaha on Saturday, but passed away on Monday according to hospital officials.
With the statement of NATO special representative in Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai the implementation of the essential package with Georgia goes as planned and in this direction there is no threat, reports GHN. "Irakli Alasania sent to NATO the plan of implementation of essential...
With the statement of special representative in Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai on the meeting with Premier Irakli Garibashvili NATO secretary general is expecting confirmation the course of Georgia has not changed, reports GHN. "Today we are waiting for clear confirmation that aspiration...
Germany has warned that Russia might try to spread its "sphere of influence" to the Western Balkans, while seeking new ways to make peace on Ukraine, reports GHN based on EUobserver. "Who would have thought it possible that 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the...
Both Moscow and Warsaw have expelled each other's diplomats in a tit-for-tat move. Russia said the Polish diplomats had been involved in espionage, reports GHN based on DW. Russia announced on Monday that it had expelled Polish diplomats suspected of espionage. Media reports indicate that four diplomats...
European Union foreign ministers are discussing new sanctions against Russia a day after pro-Moscow rebels killed at least nine Ukrainians in fresh clashes, reports GHN based on BBC. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said help to reform Ukraine would also be on the agenda. Russia's President...
Russia's president said he believes peace in Ukraine is possible but that neither side is fully holding up a truce struck in September, reports GHN based on Fox News. In an interview with German television broadcast late Sunday, Putin said he was convinced that it was possible to end the deadlock...
Essential measures to contain the highly contagious H5N8 strain of bird flu are set to be adopted by the European Commission. The virus has been detected on a Dutch poultry farm and a British duck breeding facility, reports GHN based on DW. The European Commission is expected to meet on Monday in Brussels...
US President Obama has confirmed the beheading of US aid worker Peter Kassig by Islamic State militants, after a video on social media purported to show his death. The militant group has further threatened to kill other US citizens "on your streets," reports GHN based on RT. "Today we...
