CNN. More than 500 fishing boats joined the effort to clean up oil that gushed into a harbor in northeast China when two pipelines exploded Friday, a Chinese state-run news agency reported Monday. The arrival of the boats in Xingang Harbor in Dalian, China, more than doubled the number that were already...
Georgian Labour Party objects to the amendments to the constitution on state arrangement and threatens to hold large-scale rallies in case the parliament adopts the new version of the constitution. Ideological Secretary of the party, Kakha Dzagania voiced the position of the party to media. He...
CNN. British Prime Minister David Cameron has offered to meet with four U.S. senators Tuesday to discuss the 2009 release of a Libyan man convicted of playing a role in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. "The prime minister recognizes the huge strength of feeling on this...
Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili approves the new draft constitution, which is under discussion at parliament and at various levels and said the current composition of the parliament will adopt the document soon. Saakashvili said the speculations of some politicians that this parliament was not...
The chief task of Georgia is a reoccupation of its territories and all efforts must be directed there. I believe all steps of Georgian government in this direction will be met with approval of our citizens. Frankly speaking, the frequent visits of foreign high ranks for the last period of time raised...
UKRINFORM-Railway administrations of Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan have coordinated through tariffs and have introduced discounts for transportation of large-capacity universal containers for the international transport corridor "Traseka" for the second half-year 2010 About it...
Georgian Minister of Health and Social Care Sandro Kvitashvili and Chargé d`Affaires of the Kent Logsdon opened a new clinic aimed at providing service to IDPs in Georgia. The IDPs` rehabilitation clinic was constructed by the NGO Amkora with the funds allocated by the US Department of...
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a major aid package for Pakistan on Monday -- with hundreds of millions of dollars pledged on projects to address the country's water and power shortage, and its floundering economy. Clinton made the announcement at the beginning of a day-long...
Russia will buy 10 fifth-generation fighters in 2013-2015, and 60 more in 2016, Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Popovkin said on Monday, informs GHN referring to RIA Novosti. Popovkin said the first fighters will be purchased in 2013, while in 2015 a batch of fighters will be tested by the Air Force. "We...
Irakli Alasania will cooperate with the public constitutional commission, which is to draft the new model of constitution - the leader of the Our Georgia-Free democrats announced after the meeting with the commission members today. In the model, which was presented by the commission today, there are...
Charge d'Affaires Kent Logsdon and Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Eka Zguladze (TBC) opened a mock jury trial courtroom at the Ministry of Internal Affairs Police Academy funded by the U.S. Government through the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs...
Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili unveiled the first restaurant of McDonalds in Kutaisi today. President announced at the opening ceremony that by opening McDonalds, the flow of other popular brands would begin in Kutaisi soon. President talked with the president of the restaurant network and hailed...
Negotiations under the agreement on association between Armenia and have started EU today in Yerevan, informs GHN referring to News-Armenia. As has informed the deputy minister of foreign affairs of Armenia Karine Kazinjan, on results of negotiations it will be entered into the agreement on association. «...
Bernard Kushner, French Foreign Minister made several important accents during his visit to Georgia, Zurab Abashidze, political scientist said to GHN. Particularly Kushner paid attention to the "resolution of problems and to the agreement for associated membership of Georgia to EU, as well he...
Giorgi Baramidze, Vice Prime Minister said that the problem of Russia is, that it cannot reconcile with the independence of Georgia. He declared this to journalists after the bureau sitting. "It is important that the USA administration made a right estimation to Russia's actions against Georgia....
