Georgian President cast his ballot at the local self-government elections on Sunday. He arrived at the 19th polling station in Zandukeli Street with his wife. Mikheil Saakashvili said he is very contended with the ongoing elections and finds this voting the most democratic that has been ever held in...
Candidate for Tbilisi Mayor Irakli Alasania of the Alliance for Georgia cast his ballot at the 14th polling station of Saburtalo district of the capital on Sunday. `We are all very optimistic. I am sure, everything will go on in quiet and normal situation. I expect that after these elections, our...
Candidate for Tbilisi Mayor Zviad Dzidziguri from the National Council cast his polls at the 27th polling station on Sunday. Zviad Dzidziguri arrived at the station with his wife and five children. The candidate for mayor said he voted for truth. `I voted for truth. During the whole pre-election campaign...
Residents of Georgia`s capital are voting for Tbilisi Mayor in the firts direct elections. Citizens will have to choose among nine candidates. The candidates running for Tbilisi Mayor are: Nika Ivanishvili (`Ivanishvili - Public Democrats`), Davit Iakobidze (`Tortladze - Democratic Party`), Gigi Ugulava...
Polling station opened throughout Georgia at 7 a.m. on Sunday (May 30), although the voting started at a8 a.m. 76 election districts have been registered throughout the country. Among them, the voting process is not being held at three districts - Liakhvi, Kodori and Akhalgori. The voting will be held...
Local self-government elections are being held in Georgia on Sunday (May 30). Voters throughout the country will cast ballots to elect members of 64 local self-government bodies for four years. Members of each City Assembly (Sakrebulo) will be elected using two systems: the majority vote and the proportional...
Military trainings will be conducted in Georgia's one of two separatist republics of Abkhazia on May 27-28. Sub-divisions and an infantry battalion stationed in Bichvinta resort of the breakaway region will participate in the training. Russian news agencies reported the information based...
Two cars of "Opel" and "BMW" marks crashed onto each other at right riverbank of the Mtkvari last evening in Tbilisi. Drivers of both cars died at the crash scene. Driving at a high speed is said to have caused the fatal incident. An investigation is launched into the car...
Peacekeeping company of the Georgian Armed Forces returned to Georgia. Military servants of the 23rd Battalion of the 2nd Infantry Brigade took part in ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) operation under the French Command in Kabul. Georgian peacekeepers started their mission in November 2009...
The president of the Georgian Football Federation has denied the reports about his resignation. Zviad Sitchinava says the rumours about his appointment as he governor of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Region were groundless and that he planned to expire his term to the end, on 2011. Sitchinava says even after...
Georgian and the Arab Republic of Egypt have signed two documents of cooperation within the visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt Ahmed Abul Gheit to Georgia. One of the documents implies evading double taxation and the cooperation in tax evasion combat activities....
The officers of Isani-Samgori district police division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have detained Artem Mnatsakanian (DoB 1964) who, on the basis of conflict has inflicted multiple injuries to his spouse, Darejan Mnatsakanian (DoB 1978) with a cold steel. Due to the received injuries the victim...
Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili unveiled the notice board at one of the streets of Batumi, which has been named after the late president and first lady of Poland, Lech Kaczyinski and Maria Kaczinska. The decision to rename the street after the Smolensk tragedy victims was taken by the Batumi Sakrebulo. The...
Zviad Dzidziguri, candidate for City Mayor believes that opposition has a chance to win local elections if voters participation will be high enough in Tbilisi. In case of winning elections he promised electorate to appoint early parliamentary and presidential elections at "the same day". It...
The delegation of the Lithuanian legislative government headed by the speaker, Irena Degutiene pays a two-day working visit to Georgia. The delegation will meet with Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili and the speaker of Georgian parliament, Davit Bakradze. `I am very happy to be in Tbilisi on...
