Public discussions of new draft Constitution of Georgia continue. Members of the commission working on the constitutional changes held Thursday a meeting with representatives of the council of ethnic minorities at the Public Defender`s Office.

The Russian Post has recognized status of Georgia`s occupied region South Ossetia. Since that, telegrams from Moscow to Tskhinvali will be sent directly, evading Georgia.

Former officials of the Georgian Education Ministry have been sent to two-month pre-trial custody. The court trial for Davit Mamardashvili and Zviad Kikvadze was held at Tbilisi City Court on Thursday.

Georgian Prime Minister is paying official visit to Lithuania. Nikoloz Gilauri has already held meetings with the president and the prime minister of Lithuania.

Police have arrested murder suspect, Giorgi Diasamidze. The young man is suspected of killing his classmate, Valeri Kandelaki with a knife. Kandelaki had numerous injuries on his breast and back and doctors failed to save him.

The ambassador of the United States to Georgia, John Bass has said the informal visit of the former state secretary, Mrs. Condoleezza Rice to Georgia is very important. Because it emphasizes the significance of ongoing reforms in the country.

A group of 24 aw faculty students of the University of Georgia have returned from Germany, where they attended summer school. The lectures of German language for Georgian students and professors were delivered in the Münster University.

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The ambassador of the United States to Georgia, John Bass has met with the Minister of Corrections and Legal Assistance, Mrs. Khatuna Kalmakhelidze today and discussed the ongoing reforms in the penitentiary.

Vice speaker of Georgian parliament, Paata Davitaia calls upon the international society to response to the inhumane activities of the Russian occupant regime in Georgia`s occupied territories, Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region.

Education Minister Dimitri Shashkini hosted English language teachers, who came to Georgia from various countries in the frames of the program Teach and Learn with Georgia. The minister introduced the details of the governmental program, according to which the level of knowledge in Georgian students should improve.

The process of distributing text-books to vulnerable schoolchildren has been started. First, the text-books will be sent to Imereti, Samegrelo and Svaneti regions. The First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Koka Seperteladze monitored the process of distributing text-books to the Education Resource Centers and Public Schools

Six aid workers of the U.N. peacekeeping mission MONUSCO have been safely rescued from the wood of the Eastern Congo. Congolese rebels attacked them on Monday and forced them to flee in the bushes.

The Minister of the Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accomodaton and Refugees of Georgia, Koba Subeliani visited an IDP camp in the Avtchala district in Tbilisi today.

A message of the internally displaced people in Georgia will be sent to the UN headquarters soon. The letter, which is rolled as in old times, has toured all regions of Georgia where the IDPs reside and over 5000 people have signed it.

The delegation of Russian senior officials headed by the Russian Security Council Secretary, Nikolai Patrushev has arrived in Georgia`s occupied Tskhinvali Region to monitor the rehabilitation works and view the social-economic conditions in the region.

Fire fighters, rescuers and local population have finally extinguished fire in the Notsara forest, Racha Region. Fire broke out there three days ago and since then the fire brigades and locals have been fighting the disaster, which has burnt down seven hectares of area.

No government reshuffle and staff changes have been planned, the head of the department of Public Relations of Georgian Prime Minister`s Office said after the government`s sitting on Wednesday.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Georgia discussed 29 issues at the sitting on Wednesday. The government members especially stressed economic issues, like inflation and economic growth. The Prime Minister was the main reporter on the issues at today`s meeting.