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...
The Russian gas major Gazprom is ready to cut the gas supplies to Belarus by 85% starting from 10.00 Moscow time on Monday, June 21, Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov told reporters on Friday. "The operational headquarters handling the gas supply situation signed a corresponding decree...
Citizens who voluntarily reported forging of their identification documents until June 1, have been released from criminal responsibility. Representatives of teh Civil Registry Agency of the Georgian Justice Ministry said, about two thousand citizens have already retrieved their identification data....
Heavy rain inflicted damage to Mestia district of Georgia's Svaneti region. The 11 villages are cut off the rest of the world. Rescue operations are interrupted because of unfavorable weather conditions. Non-stop rains have caused floods in the several villages of Mestia district. Rivers...
EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus arrived Friday in Georgia to monitor the situation in the country after the local self-government elections held on May 30. Peter Semneby intends to hold meetings with representatives of the legislative as well as the executive government in Georgia. He...
The newly composed city assembly of Tbilisi held its first meeting on Thursday. Debates were held between representatives of teh ruling party and the opposition at the meeting. Members of Christian Democratic Party disapproved the work done by the old composition of teh city assembly. They said they...
Council of Ministers of Spain adopted a decision on extradition of crime boss Shakro Kalashov to Georgia, Europa Press Spanish News Agency reports. Justice Minister of Spain Francisco Caamaño presented the Georgian side`s request on extradition to the council of ministers. The Spanish side...
On 17 June 2010, in the frames of the visit of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Grigol Vashadze to Brussels, an agreement on the visa facilitation between Georgia and the European Union was signed. From the Georgian side the Agreement was signed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Grigol...
Police in Spain said Wednesday they had arrested overnight six people suspected of money laundering and criminal conspiracy in an operation media reports said was linked to the Russian mafia. "This operation has resulted so far in six arrests," a spokeswoman for the regional police in the...
Georgian Minister of Education held a briefing in response to the allegations by some politicians regarding the staff cut in public schools. Dimitri Shashkini denied the report and said not a single pedagogue would be dismissed from schools. The minister said the Georgian schools lacked...
Prime Minister of Latvia, Valdis Dombrovsky has announced about the visit of the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Georgia in July. He said Mrs. Clinton plans to visit Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Ukraine early next month. Dombrovkis also stressed that the improvement in his nation's...
At the first session of the Tbilisi Sakrebulo (City Assembly), the chairperson Zaal Samadashvili handed over symbolic keys to the city to the elected mayor Gigi Ugulava. Gigi Ugulava opened the session of the Sakrebulo and spoke about his priorities as the mayor. He said creating new jobs for the Tbilisi...
Ukraine belongs to Europe and it should have the prospect of joining the European Union, President of the German Bundestag Norbert Lammert said at a news conference after talks held with Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn in Berlin on June 16, an UKRINFORM correspondent reported from Germany. The...
The leader of the civil movement Solidarity to Illegal Prisoners, Eka Beselia has commented on the negotiations of some opposition leaders held in Munich, Germany. Eka Beselia answered the questions of journalists at the Prime Time Press Club today. The leader of the Movement for Fair Georgia,...
The chaos seems to be descending in Kyrgyzstan. Aid has started arriving in the Kyrgyz city of Osh from organisations and private groups in the north of the country. It is aimed at those who have been unable to flee the violent ethnic clashes. Many of the shops and businesses owned by Uzbeks along...
