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….
On June 26, members of the Armenian community of Akhaltsikhe, led by Editor-in-Chief of akhaltskha.net electronic newspaper Eduard Ayvazyan and Friar Hakob Sahakyan, were hosted at the Ministry of Diaspora. Among the attendees of the meeting was Arsen Kharatyan, Advisor to Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan. Greeting the guests, Minister of Diaspora…
In the Circassian Cultural Center, repairs have been completed, which is equal to a high-quality office restoration. Repair in the Center, carried out by specialists with practical experience in this field in Israel, began on September 15 and ended on November 15. The entire office was updated – cabinets, a conference hall, etc. Charitable support…
The Samtskhe-Javakhk Media and Analysis Center has issued a statement in which it states the following: “For years, several Armenian non-governmental organizations of Georgia have been demanding that the Georgian government recognize and condemn the Armenian Genocide of 1915, which is a crime against not only the Armenian people, but also humanity. Almost all civilized…
I, a US citizen, Eduard Enfiajyan, having my roots in Akhaltsikhe, faced a problem on June 30, 2019, at the Tbilisi airport. I could have never imagined that it could have happened to me. The point is that my visit to Georgia was forbidden by Georgian authorities because of the incomprehensible reason, in the context…
Honorable Ambassador, On April 24, Armenians living in different parts of the world remembered the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide planned and carried out by the Ottoman Empire in 1915. 106 years have passed since that tragedy, but to this day Turkey has refused to recognize the genocide committed by the Ottoman…
Spanish daily newspaper El País published today two documents that it claims are the confidential responses by the NATO and the U.S. to Moscow’s security demands, which included refusing further enlargement of the Alliance to former Soviet Republics, including Georgia and Ukraine. The leak comes as both NATO and the U.S. formally reiterated with Russia their commitment to…
Honorable Ambassador, On April 24, Armenians living in different parts of the world remembered the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide planned and carried out by the Ottoman Empire in 1915. 106 years have passed since that tragedy, but to this day Turkey has refused to recognize the genocide committed by the Ottoman…
