Local administration is counting damage in the Mestia district of Georgia`s remote Region of Svaneti, which has been damaged most of all due to the last few days` non-stop rains. The villages in the Mestia district have the most serious problems, as the floods have ruined several houses, blocked...
A hot two-week period for entrants begins - the first examination of the Unified National Examinations has been launched in 15 exam centres of the 12 cities of Georgia. 30 thousand entrants will take the students` cards this year. Nine convicts will also try to become students. They have already been...
Georgian patrol police crew was assaulted at dawn on Thursday when they were patrolling along the boundary line. The shots were made from beyond the occupation line from various types of weapons. Snipers were among the shooters. Georgian side ignored the provocation and did not respond to the...
On 30 June 2010 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Grigol Vashadze paid a one-day working visit to the United Kingdom. In the frames of the visit, Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze held a meeting with William Hague, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great...
Georgian parliament will confirm the new composition of the reshuffled cabinet at the spark session of the parliament this week - Prime Minister Nika Gilauri announced at the session of the parliament bureau today, where he presented and characterised new members of the cabinet. PM said the motto of...
A Memorandum of Understanding will be signed between the US government and Georgian Parliament today. The program of reinforcing the Georgian parliament is carried out by the National Democratic Institute (NDI). The US ambassador to Georgia John Bass and Georgian Parliament Speaker Davit Bakradze...
On 2-3 July 2010, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia will be hosting the leadership of the Council of Europe. During the official visit Council of Europe Secretary General, HE Thorbjorn Jagland and the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers, HE Antonio Miloshoski will meet with the Minister of...
Individuals suspected of spying for Russia did nothing to harm U.S. interests, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said on Tuesday. "Bearing in mind the U.S. accusations against suspected spies, we can say that these are Russian citizens who visited the United States at various...
The European Union`s special representative for South Caucasus Peter Semneby has praised a gas agreement between Azerbaijan and Turkey, saying its was of particular importance for Azerbaijan. Speaking to journalists in Baku, Semneby said the agreement opened good opportunities to attract European...
The three-year-old kid, whose 98% of the body is burnt, is in critical state. Saba Bezhanishvili was hospitalized from the village of Tamarisi, Marneuli district to the Centre of Burnt Wounds. The child`s health condition is hopeless, he is held in reanimation department. Reportedly, the boy was close...
Women, village doctors, pedagogues and the personel of the Tbilisi metropoliten will be lifted a restruction to serve in the reserve forces according to the amendments, which the parliamentary committees are discussing today. The same draft amendment says that the students, who served in reserve...
According to the new report of Freedom House in Georgia does not exist not authoritative neither half authoritative government, the same conclusion was made in the report on Ukraine. The new account of Freedom House - "Countries in the transition period" describes the events in 2009. ...
A program of parliament`s reinforcement will be presented in parliament today. U.S. ambassador, John Bass will attend the event and sign the document of mutual understanding between the US government and Georgian parliament. The goal of the new program is to improve relations with voters, provide...
Mikheil Machavariani, Vice Spokesman is interested with high prices for books in Georgia. This question was posed by Machavariani today during the review of taxation code. Machavariani said that at least 20 GEL one should spend to buy only two books. I cannot understand the reasons for such high...
The candidates of new ministers in the cabinet are expected in parliament today, where they will meet with the members of the ruling majority and the members of five committees. The candidates will present their action plans to lawmakers. According to the amendments to the structure of the government...
