Today’s meeting of the Sakrebulo in Akhaltsikhe began differently than usual, representatives of the United National Movement party raised banners in support of Ukraine and thus condemned the invasion of Ukraine. Deputies of the Akhaltsikhe Sakrebulo discussed 15 issues and supported all issues, including support for opposition parties, with the exception of one issue related…
According to information published on Stopcov.ge, 35,583 tests have been performed in the last 24 hours as part of intensive testing, of which 21,538 for antigens and 14,045 PCRs. As a result of testing, over the past 24 hours, 7,482 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection have been identified. From the first case of infection…
European Commission President Josep Borrell, European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen confession Russia’s independence of the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR is a violation of international law and the territorial integrity of Ukraine. This is stated in their identical messages on Twitter. “The recognition of two separatist territories in…
At the Hilton hotel in Batumi, there is a physical confrontation between representatives of the United National Movement and law enforcement officers. Law enforcement officers detained several persons from the National Movement. They were taken to the police station. Members of the National Movement say that the government of the Georgian Dream is a “rapist…
The US Senate passed a resolution supporting Ukraine and calling on President Joe Biden to impose significant sanctions if Russia invades Ukraine. This writes The Hill, reports “European Truth”. “Today, acting bipartisanly, the United States Senate sent a strong signal to Russia and the world that we support Ukraine,” said Republican Senator Rob Portman. Democratic…
Russia has increased its forces mobilized near the border with Ukraine by another 7,000 troops, according to media reports, a senior official in the administration of US President Joe Biden said. “They are only making public statements about negotiations and de-escalation, while unofficially they are mobilizing for war,” the official said. He stressed that Russia…
In Georgia, 15,315 new cases of coronavirus were detected per day. Thus, the total number of people infected since the beginning of the pandemic has reached 1,496,156. The distribution of new cases of Covid-19 by regions of Georgia is as follows: Tbilisi – 7,055; Imereti – 2,233; Samegrelo – Zemo Svaneti – 1,131; Kakheti –…
The US State Department urges American citizens not to travel to Belarus, and citizens staying in the country to immediately leave its territory. According to the agency, due to Russian military activity along the Ukrainian border, the situation in the region is unstable and unpredictable. Late last week, the State Department urged Americans to immediately…
According to the head of the National Center for Disease Control, Amiran Gamkrelidze, the infection statistics published on stopcov.ge on February 14 do not reflect real data. As the epidemiologist noted, the reason for this was technical problems on the portal. Gamkrelidze promised that updated data would be uploaded at a later date. Recall, according…
The road linking the administrative center of Vani with the village of Sulori was destroyed after a landslide. This was reported in the mayor’s office of the Van municipality. Traffic on the highway is paralyzed. For security purposes, the police and the Emergency Management Service have been mobilized on the spot. Tomorrow morning, on the…
From next week, Israel will begin to take out its citizens from Ukraine, according to the newspaper Haaretz. Israel’s Foreign Ministry has declared a state of emergency over the threat of Russian troops invading Ukraine after receiving information from US officials that Russia could attack Ukraine as early as Tuesday. The Israeli authorities intend to…
Today, the party founded by Alt-Info opened an office in Akhaltsikhe. The founders of the party were present at the site. Giorgi Kardava General Secretary of the “Conservative Party” says they have sponsors from Russia and Europe. The plan of the “Conservative Party” in the region is the opening of the Russian market and the…
“Georgian Dream” creates a women’s party organization. Irakli Kobakhidze, chairman of the party in power, informed the public about this. “Due to various circumstances in the elections to local governments, our party was able to nominate only three women candidates out of 64 candidates for mayor, and we nominated candidates for city assemblies only within…
The Russian Ministry of Defense accused the American nuclear submarine of violating the border near the Kuril Islands. It is alleged that the nuclear submarine did not respond to Russian requests and went into hiding after being asked to surface. According to the official report, Marshal Shaposhnikov, a large anti-submarine ship of the Pacific Fleet,…
The Conservative Movement party, founded by Alt-Info, plans to open an office in Akhaltsikhe, Zurab Makharadze, one of the founders of the party, confirmed the information. According to him, the office will be officially opened in the near future, and preliminary work is currently underway. Before the party officially opens an office in the region…
Against the background of Russia’s pulling of military units and military equipment to the border with Ukraine, NATO plans to expand its presence on the eastern flank. This week, 30 member countries of the alliance approved the corresponding initiative during the written procedure, writes dpa, citing sources, Deutsche Welle reports. In this case, we are…
The new official dollar exchange rate set by the National Bank of Georgia is 2.9506 GEL. According to the data published by the National Bank, as a result of today’s trades, the value of the dollar amounted to 2.9506 lari. The former exchange rate was 2.9544 lari per 1 US dollar. Accordingly, the change in…
The Atlantic Council has released its 2022 Global Strategy, which addresses Russia’s aggression against Georgia and the need for practical assistance to Georgia. The strategy, titled “Breaking Kremlin Aggression Today for Constructive Relations Tomorrow,” says Russia’s conditions on the US and NATO in December 2021 were largely about repairing the Cold War European divide as…
According to a study published by the European Anti-Corruption Center, Georgia ranks 32nd in the global ranking of public integrity, ahead of the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and second only to Estonia in the post-Soviet space. According to the administration of the government of Georgia, in terms of public integrity, in 2021…
US President Joe Biden called on Americans in Ukraine to immediately leave the country, where the situation could quickly turn out of order. “American citizens must immediately leave Ukraine. It doesn’t look like we’re dealing with a terrorist organization. We are dealing with one of the largest armies in the world. This is a different…
In Akhaltsikhe, the tender announced for the reconstruction of 9 April Street N15 and N25 buildings, did not take place. As we were told in the mayor’s office, no one took part in the tender. Now the tender has been announced for the second time, however, separately for both buildings. According to the tender documentation,…
The periods of isolation and quarantine for patients with COVID-19 and those who have been in contact with them are being reduced. This was reported to the First Channel of Georgia by the Ministry of Health. According to the agency, in the event of a shortage of personnel at strategic facilities – in medical, educational…
There was a need for an urgent UNESCO fact-finding mission, proposed by UNESCO Secretary-General Audrey Azoulay, to protect the Armenian cultural and religious heritage from the imminent threat of extinction in the post-war territories under the control of Azerbaijan. This was stated by the press secretary of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Vahan Hunanyan. The statement…
US Congressman Frank Pallone condemned Azerbaijan’s crimes against the Armenian cultural heritage in the territory of the occupied Artsakh. In his microblog on Twitter Pallone writes: “Aliyev continues his efforts to erase Armenian history, despite the ruling of the International Court of Justice that Azerbaijan must not desecrate or destroy Armenian cultural sites.” The congressman…
We firmly support the territorial integrity of Georgia and do not recognize the de facto leaders of the regions of “South Ossetia” and Abkhazia, nor their representatives, with whom we do not consider it justified to make contact, ”says the vice-president of the parliamentary group of the Forza Italia party and the deputy , responsible…
Of the 22,444 new cases of COVID-19 infection laboratory-confirmed in the country today: 10,931 cases were detected in Tbilisi, 1,876 in Adjara, 3,281 in Imereti, 1,193 in Kvemo Kartli, 1,062 in Shida Kartli, Guria – 616, in Samegrelo – Zemo Svaneti – 1,496, in Kakheti – 1,101, Mtskheta-Mtianeti – 450, Samtskhe-Javakheti – 359, Racha-Lechkhumi and…
The State Inspection Service is responsible for making sure that citizens’ human rights are protected. They need to be independent. They need to be very well qualified heads of these agencies. We hope that this will not be a rushed process, – US Ambassador to Georgia stated after meeting with Speaker of Parliament Shalva Papuashvili….
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó told Euronews that the country would not agree to the deployment of additional NATO troops on its territory. He noted that any conflict between the West and the East turns into serious problems for Central Europe. Hungary, according to Szijjártó, fears a new Cold War and therefore favors a diplomatic…
On the territory of the Republic of Armenia there are closed, impassable roads. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, roads leading from the Amberd high-mountain weather station to the Amberd fortress and Lake Kari are closed in the Aragatsotn region. The Vardenyats pass is closed for trucks with trailers, and passage for other vehicles…
The State Inspection Service is responsible for making sure that citizens’ human rights are protected. They need to be independent. They need to be very well qualified heads of these agencies. We hope that this will not be a rushed process, – US Ambassador to Georgia stated after meeting with Speaker of Parliament Shalva Papuashvili….
