CNN. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is heading to Afghanistan on Saturday on a mission that will take her to a major international conference in Kabul focusing on the problems and the future of the war-torn nation. The visit is part of a voyage through Asia that includes stops in South Korea and...
CNN. A suicide bomber killed at least 43 people and wounded 40 others in an attack outside Baghdad on Sunday morning, police said. The attacker targeted members of the Awakening Council -- former Sunni militants who now back the government of Iraq -- as they waited to receive paychecks, police said. Awakening...
CNN. Jose David Figueroa Agosto's salt-and-pepper hair was covered with a similarly colored long wig. He hadn't been in the sun much and appeared younger and slimmer than the man in the old mugshots. Still, the high-living alleged drug kingpin and prison escapee wasn't coy when he was...
Vice-Premier of Ukraine has finished his 4-day official visit to Georgia. Sergei Tigipko left the country late Saturday night. He held his last meetings in the seaside town of Batumi. The Ukrainian vice-Premier arrived in Batumi from Tbilisi. Mikheil Saakashvili accepted the Ukrainian guest and...
The informal meeting of the OSE foreign ministers is underway in Kazakhstan. Delegation of the Georgian Foreign Ministry headed by Minister Grigol Vashadze is also attending the meeting. The main issues of the agenda are future of European security, support to Kyrgyzstan and Afghan issues. Grigol...
Georgian president discussed ongoing legal and political reforms at the meeting with students of Sumer School at the Constitutional Court in Batumi Saturday night. Mikheil Saakashvili also answered questions by the students. After the meeting, Chairperson of the Constitutional Court handed over certificates...
President of Azerbaijan has arrived in Georgia. His plane landed in the seaside town of Batumi in Adjara region. Georgian President with the First Lady has met Ilhalm Aliyev in the airport. The Azerbaijan President has arrived with his wife Mehriban Aliyeva. The two leaders are holding...
The visit of French Foreign Minister underlined one interesting point. He declared that for resolution of territorial problem, Georgia certainly has to negotiate with Russia. This will be upheld by EU as well. Bernard Kushner, French Foreign Minster took as an example the Poland, Ukraine and USA. He...
Public Defender Giorgi Tughushi had a 45-minute speech in Georgian parliament today. A special session was convened to listen to the ombudsman`s report. Giorgi Tughushi spoke about the situation in various sectors including penitentiary system, children`s asylums, problems of the IDPs and the...
Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Sergey Tigipko is holding official meetings in Georgia today. Tigipko laid wreath at the monument of Taras Shevchenko before official meetings. In the framework of the visit he met with Georgian Minister of Finance Kakha Baindurashvili and Speaker of the Parliament...
July 16 on an official visit to Azerbaijan, President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz visited Martyrs hiyabany. Here, in honor of the distinguished guest was built by an honor guard. President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz laid a wreath at the monument "Eternal fire". In...
Georgian Public Broadcasting (GPB) has launched national selection procedure to select Georgian representative at Junior Eurovision 2010. Young stars, talented children, between the ages of 10 and 15, can take part in JESC National tour, from whole Georgia territory. Individuals or Groups (permissible...
Chargé d'Affaires Kent Logsdon and Minister of Labour, Health and Social Affairs Alexandre Kvitashvili will formally open the Bazaleti IDP Outpatient Clinic on July 19, 2010 at 11:30 AM. After the ribbon cutting ceremony, Mr. Logsdon will distribute medical supplies and school supplies...
On Monday, July 19, Charge d'Affaires Kent Logsdon will join Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Eka Zguladze to open a mock jury trial courtroom at the Ministry of Internal Affairs Police Academy funded by the U.S. GHN was informed about this in Georgia by the Embassy of USA. Government through...
Today, European Commissioner for regional policy Johannes Hahn will visit Ukraine to discuss fulfillment of an agreement on a structured dialogue on the regional policy that the EU and Ukraine signed last year. Johannes Hahn will meet Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, Regional Development and Construction...
