Georgian Vice Speaker Paata Davitaia has left for the United States to hold meetings with the U.S. non-governmental organizations working on the issues of election. The leader of the party We, Ourselves plans to hold meetings in Pentagon too, where he will discuss the problems of Georgia`s occupied...
Over 30 businessmen, who run their businesses abroad, are visiting Tbilisi within the business tour called `Back to Georgia`. The even has been organized by the Ministry of Economic Development of Georgia and the Administration of the State Minister for the Issues of Diaspora. Successful Georgian...
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will travel on Monday to Georgia to meet with Georgian President Mikhel Saakashvili in Batumi. The two officials will speak at the Constitutional Court of Georgia, following with a press conference. Erdogan will attend the construction zone of the Sheranton...
Fatal accident occurred in Dusheti district yesterday. 18 year-old Beka Okhanashvili was drowned in the river Aragvi . The accident occurred when group of pupils was on an excursion to Ananuri. Okhanashvili together with his friends went into the river and he was drowned. His friends say he was not...
Tackling the UK's record budget deficit will top the agenda for Britain's new government. The first full Cabinet meeting takes place this morning. The UK has kept its distance from the eurozone's crisis. Under Labour Britain refused to back loan guarantees to other countries. Prime minister...
The head of the Abkhaz government, Gia Baramia arrived in the City of Poti today and viewed the construction of the block of apartments, which is intended for IDPs from Abkhazia. The construction of several blocs of apartments in Poti will be over in 2011 and over 5,000 families will be housed. The apartments...
The European Union has published a report about the implementation of EU-Georgia action plan for European Neighbourhood Policy. In the report, the implementation of the plan has been assessed as making progress. `In 2009 Georgia made progress in the implementation of the ENP Action Plan priorities,...
A 38-year-old man died in a road accident, which occurred last evening across the Tbilisi-Kakheti highway. He died instantaneously at site. The "Nissan" mark of a car, driven by the deceased man, flipped off the road and crashed onto a truck belonging to JSC "Kazbegi." Three...
Co-Chairmen of the European Union, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and United Nations plan to arrive in Tskhinvali, capital of the self-proclaimed breakaway republic of South Ossetia to hold preparations for the next round of internationally-mediated Geneva format of negotiations...
On the 40th day of Holy Easter, the Christendom marks Ascension of Jesus Christ to heaven. Festive liturgies are held on this occasion at all acting churches across Georgia. Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II will give a divine liturgy at Sameba (Holy Trinity)...
A 24-year-old man tried to commit suicide by jumping into the Mtkvari River from Baratashvili Bridge in Tbilisi last evening. The eyewitnesses of the incident called the Emergency Situations Service immediately. Rescuers managed to save the life of Mamuka Bakradze. The man said he had tried to end...
Government`s special working group created to assist conducting fair and free elections in Georgia, presented its preliminary results of its work at the press conference held on Wednesday. Head of the group and First Deputy Interior Minister Eka Zguladze held the briefing in the state chancellery. Main...
Tbilisi hosted a ministerial on the implementation of the Georgian-Azerbaijani-Romanian project on the transportation of Azerbaijani liquefied natural gas to Europe May 12. Thre three countries have signed an agreement on the establishment of a joint venture on the project of a new way of transporting...
The chairperson of the parliamentary commission investigating the death of the late President Zviad Gamsakhurdia has returned from Europe where he held meetings with European experts introducing the documents, on which the commission works. Konstantine Gamsakhurdia told journalists in the Tbilisi...
EU Special Representative for South Caucasus Peter Semneby arrived in Tbilisi last night. Semneby told journalists at the Tbilisi airport that he came to learn about pre-election situation in Georgia. `I intend to meet representatives of the authorities, political parties, election administration...
