Britain was due to chair the European Council's rotating presidency. But UK will no longer get EU council presidency next year because of Brexit. Britain will not take up its scheduled presidency of the EU Council next year and will instead focus on its preparations to leave the bloc. The announcement...
Turkey's president has declared a state of emergency for three months following Friday night's failed army coup, BBC informs. The emergency allows the president and cabinet to bypass parliament when drafting new laws and to restrict or suspend rights and freedoms. Speaking at the presidential...
According of the regalement the Parliamentary sessions will be resumed at at beginning of September. Davit Usupashvili, Chair of the Georgian Parliament announced today at the bureau session. He as well noted that has no information about extraordinary session. "On September 6 the bureau session...
Ilham Heydar oghlu Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan initiates constitutional changes. Opposition politicians claim the amendments are intended to enhance and prolong his and his family's dominance of supreme power. Azerbaijan's Constitutional Court is to rule on those amendments within...
The news agency GHN was informed from governmental sources that to the post of Defense Minister Otar Danelia's candidacy will be discussed. He presently is a head of the Agriculture Ministry, he is one of the most successful ministers in Georgian government. He contributed to implementation...
Tomorrow, on July 21, at 16:30 in the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (GFSIS) the plenary discussion to be hold. The subject matter for discussion will be "The threats of Russian information and cyber war." The discussion will chair Giorgi Targamadze, MP Leader...
Turkey's President refuses to rule out the death penalty for thousands of people arrested after afailed military coup Friday, despite warnings that reintroducing capital punishment could dash Turkey's chances of joining the European Union, CNN reports. Speaking through his translator in an...
The Transparency International Georgia has declared that the elections campaign of Levan Varshalomoidze contains notions of inducement of the electorate. The organization detected that the UNM carries out in Batumi the "program of social homes", in the framers of which Levan Varshalomidze...
Giga Bokeria, one of the leaders of the UNM tells the majoritarian MP candidates named by GD-DG were in past corrupted and connected with the organized crime. "Bidzina Ivanishvili a common face is for all that government. The outcome of its activity the economic crisis, poverty and fail is;...
After attack on train in Bavaria on Monday, five people were injured. Police officers searched for evidence near Wurzburg, Germany on Thursday, a day after an Afghan youth attacked passengers with an ax and a knife. Islamic state flag is found at home of suspected German train attacker. Officials...
UNM presented elections program's priorities in foreign relations. The sovereignty of the country is to be strengthened, the EU integration and NATO relations will be improved, they tell. "The main task for us is to continue the integration to NATO, to provide with fastest visaliberalisation....
Giorgi Margvelashvili, Georgian President being with official visit in Slovenia tells this visit was staring a new stage in Georgia-Slovenian relations. "I would like to tell that Slovenia always was strongly supporting Georgia in important strategic questions. Such as are our territorial integrity...
In 2016 for the first half of the year the foreign trade turnover reached USD 5 705 bn. This is for 20% more than in respective period of previous year. The export out of this figure amounted to USD 948 bn. ( for 12% less than in previous year). The import amounted to USD 4 757 bn (for 30% more...
Today Giorgi Kvirikashvili has started official meetings in Turkey. A Prime Minister of Georgia is meeting with the Chairman of Turkish Parliament at the moment. At his meeting ceremony in Turkish Airport, the Turkish side underlined the big importance of this meeting in view of the stability in...
Azerbaijan's National Council for Television and Radio temporarily suspended the broadcasting of ANS TV channel taking into account the appeal of the Prosecutor General's Office. According to the information from private sources, ANS's broadcasting was stopped to prevent the broadcast of...
