The document regarding threats facing Georgia was discussed by members of the Trust Group existing at the parliamentary Defense and Security Committee. The document tells about military, political, social-economic and technological threats. Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili, Secretary of the Georgian...
A plane has crashed in Indonesia while landing at an airport in West Papua, injuring about 20 people. The Merpati airline Boeing 737, carrying more than 100 passengers, broke apart after bouncing off the tarmac at Rendani domestic airport in Manokwari, West Papua, hurtling into trees and skidding...
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services had raised its long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on the Government of Georgia to 'B+' from 'B'. The short-term ratings were affirmed at 'B'. The outlook is stable. The transfer and convertibility assessment...
Poland is mourning over tragic death of the late president Lech Kaczynski, who died in the airplane crash on April 10. The dead body of first lady of Poland Maria Kaczynska was brought to Warsaw this afternoon and is be placed next to the late Polish President. A public funeral is now ongoing. Roads...
Washington is preparing for a two-day summit dedicated to nuclear security beginning on April 12. During the summit leaders of various countries are likely to get together to discuss ways to secure atomic material and prevent acts of nuclear terrorism. Foreign Leaders are arriving in Washington...
Georgian Catholicos Patriarch Ilia II has left for Czech Republic. The personal physician of the Patriarch, Tsisana Shartava told journalists, His Holiness was sent to Czechia for non-scheduled, additional rehabilitation course. `We advised to the Patriarch that it would be useful to undergo additional...
Leaders of the oppositional political coalition National Council threaten with mass protests if the government does not open the printing houses. Koba Davitashvili, one of the leaders of National Council said that their fight resulted the opening of one of the printing houses ‘Tbiliselebi',...
Central Election Commission (CEC) shared the representatives of NGOs, media, international organizations and diplomatic corps the results of the monitoring on united voters' lists. According to Zurab Kharatishvili, the chairman of CEC, monitoring revealed 80 thousand violations, which have been...
Georgian Catholicos Patriarch Ilia II went to the Youth Palace in Tbilisi to express the condolence to the ambassador of Poland and whole nation, which mourns the death of their president Lech Kachinsky. Ilia II wrote the words of condolence in the special book and expressed his regret for the...
President Obama hosts leaders from 46 countries for a two-day nuclear security summit starting Monday that will focus on how to better safeguard weapons materials, both old and new, to keep them out of the hands of terrorists. The gathering at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in the nation's...
Polish President Lech Kaczynski, who was killed in a plane crash in Russia over the weekend, will be buried alongside his wife on Saturday, Polish state television reported. The body may be put on display at the Presidential Palace for the public to pay respects starting on Tuesday, TVP Polonia reported. Poland...
(BTA). Prime Minister Boyko Borissov cabled his condolences to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in connection with the plane crash which killed Poland's President Lech Kaczynski, the central bank head and the country's military chief, along with 93 people travelling on board the TU-154 aircraft...
Niko Mchedlishvili, head of PM's press service, has responded to the claims of the head of the Adjara autonomous republic government, Levan Varshalomidze, who demanded granting administrative functions to the regional authorities. `The PM has instructed the government to look into the problem. This...
The three political parties will be presented as a bloc in the forthcoming local self-governance elections scheduled for May 30 in Georgia. Georgian parliamentary oppositional "Christian-Democratic Movement" (CDM) Party, political movement "We Ourselves" and "Christian-Democratic...
The leader of the movement Protect Georgia, Levan Gachechiladze may run for Tbilisi mayor; though Gachechiladze said he was surprised with learning the news from TV, according to informal reports he will be nominated as the candidate of the mayor for the upcoming self-government elections by the political...
