The Georgian Central Election Commission (CEC) held a sitting ad discussed 6 complaints related to summarizing protocols of election precincts. The commission claimed that Tina Bantsuri, election commission chairperson of Dusheti precinct resigned from post based on her application. Warning was...
The European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize for its long-term role in uniting the continent, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Friday, an award seen as morale boost for the bloc as it struggles to resolve its debt crisis. The committee praised the 27-nation EU for rebuilding after World War Two...
The Georgian national football team will hold a third match of the selection stage for the 2014 world Championship against Finland in Helsinki today. Football players of Temur Ketsbaia's team already held training. About 500 Georgian supporters will compassionate for the team at Helsinki Olympic...
President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili has had a telephone conversation with the Secretary General of NATO, Anders Fogh Rasmussen today. Saakashvili and Rasmussen talked about the October 1 parliamentary elections in Georgia. NATO Secretary General has assessed the elections as a historic moment...
A powerful windstorm has inflicted serious damage on Kobuleti town of the Adjara Region this morning. The Aghmashenebeli and Rustaveli streets were affected most of all by the disaster. The windstorm has uprooted trees, unroofed houses and broken down the window glasses. The windstorm was followed by...
21st round if Geneva internationally-mediated peace talks are over - the sides have begun to work on the agreement of non-use of force in Georgia`s occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali. The Georgian delegation says it is a very important document as it will be the guarantee for Georgia that Russia...
Two Georgian citizens were arrested in Italy on robbery charges. The identities of the arrested Georgians are not publicized. One of them tried to steal 300-Euro worth good from a trade center by putting them in a bag but was detained by security guards. The other Georgian aged 37 stole food...
Dozens of Syrians refugees crossed the border into Turkey on Thursday to flee fighting in their hometown of Azmarin. There are now nearly 200,000 Syrian refugees living inside Turkish territory. Tensions are high between the two neighbours after shelling by Syrian troops killed five civilians...
Democrat Joe Biden and Republican congressman Paul Ryan traded barbs in the first and only vice-presidential debate of the 2012 election campaign on Friday. Vice President Biden challenged Mitt Romney's running mate on a number of hot topic issues, such as the economy and foreign policy. "War...
Two armed persons attacked a Lombard at Zhvania Square in Tbilisi. They seized gold and cash money. Eyewitnesses of the incident claim that they were threatened with a knife. Investigation activities are ongoing at the site.
Mindia, Abashidze, Georgian corporal died in Afghanistan while performing his peaceful mission. Georgia's Defense Ministry and Georgia's President expressed condolence to the family of the Georgian soldier. Abashidze has served in armed forces since August 4, 2008. He was head of the third...
(AzerTAc). Azerbaijan`s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has met his Ukrainian counterpart Kostyantyn Hryshchenko in Kiev as part of a meeting of the Council of GUAM Ministers of Foreign Affairs on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the organization. They discussed prospects for bilateral and...
(AzerTAc). Azerbaijani Minister of Defense, Colonel General Safar Abiyev participated in the meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO) in ISAF format. According to Azerbaijan's representation to NATO, S. Abiyev shared views on the current situation of ISAF operations in Afghanistan...
France is to press terrorism charges against seven suspected Islamic militants over a series of attacks on Jewish targets. They were among a dozen people arrested on Saturday following raids across the country. Five will face no further action. After Wednesday's discovery in Paris of a large...
Georgian Dream coalition begins to form an Agency for Free Competitiveness after the new parliament begins to operate. Member of the coalition, Vakhtang Khmaladze announced about the project in his interview with media today. He said the agency would be a kind of an anti-monopoly body, which will monitor...
