Discussions over the issue of railway restoration amid an ultimatum. Abkhazia demands recognition of its independence from Armenia in exchange for railway restoration. Abkhazian media is reporting in that regard. Possibility of restoration of the Abkhazian section of the railway is an urgent...
The Russian military helicopter violated Georgia's air space at about 11 AM this morning. The helicopter flew over Plavi and Plavismani villages of Gori district and then over Sakorintelo village of Kaspi district. The Analytical Department of Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs has already...
General Paul Selva, Commander of U.S. Transportation Command, visits Georgia July 9 - 11 to hold a series of meetings with senior Georgian government and military officials, including President Margvelashvili, Prime Minister Gharibashvili, and Minister of Defense Alasania. In meetings July 10, he will...
This is the second installation in a series of articles that highlight Bank Republic Société Générale's corporate banking philosophy. Last month I had a chance to sit down and speak with Chief Commercial Officer of Bank Republic Mr. Ramaz Kukuladze and discuss how the...
Israel has carried out more air strikes on the Gaza Strip, following dozens of rockets fired by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas. At least 15 Palestinians, including two women and a child, were reportedly hurt in the strikes. Hamas said it fired rockets to respond to "Zionist aggression",...
Russian deputy minister of foreign affairs Gregory Karasin has made first official comment on the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights, where Georgia won the lawsuit against Russia after seven year long discussions. Gregory Karasin recollected the period, when Georgia filed law suit...
The Appeals Court will announce a decision on whether it has approved the appeal of the lawyers of Gigi Ugulava, suspended ex-mayor of Tbilisi and the chairperson of the Tbilisi election headquarters of the United National Movement. Ugulava has been sent to the pre-trial insulator under the ruling of...
Georgia`s second president, Eduard Shevardnadze will be buried on July 13th, Sunday. The special commission and the family have already agreed that the civil funerals will be held at the Holy Trinity Cathedral since Friday; however, it is still to be decided where the late president will be buried. The...
Georgian ex-President Eduard Shevardnadze dies at 86. As "GHN" was informed by the press secretary of the former president, Eduard Shevardnadze died today on Monday, at 12 a.m Eduard Shevardnadze (25 January 1928 - 7 July 2014) is a former Soviet minister of foreign affairs, and...
The wounded military servicemen will take part in the "Invictus Games" due to be held in London in September. 6 Georgian servicemen selected for the games have been presented in the Cultural-Educational Centre of the Ministry of Defence today. Deputy Minister of Defence Vako Avaliani and Chief...
UNM leader and campaign manager Gigi Ugulava was arrested in Tbilisi airpot this morning before travelling to Kiev for a few hours. Police detained Mr Ugulava citing "urgent need" to interrogate him even though a travel ban sought by prosecution was explicitly rejected by court yesterday...
Before the arrest Ugulava, who is one of the UNM leaders and its election campaign chief, told journalists in the airport that he was on his way to Kiev and planned to return back to Tbilisi later on the same day, July 3, because he was summoned for questioning by the Finance Ministry's investigations...
Within the frames of the programme "Fostering Russia-Georgia Neighborly Relations through Multistakeholder Networking and Expert Dialogue" financially supported by the Government of Switzerland concurrent working meeting was held in Tbilisi on June 29, 2014. The meeting was attended by the...
Over 50 leading scientists from 15 countries have written to Margaret Chan Director-General of the World Health Organization to ask WHO reconsider its intention to classify e-cigarettes the same as regular cigarettes, warning that they risk missing an opportunity to drastically reduce smoking and the...
A group of Italian journalists from major publications in the tourist sector carried out a five day working visit to Georgia. The trip was organized by the Embassy of Georgia in Rome and the Georgian National Tourism Administration. In the framework of the visit, the journalists met with Ambassador of...
