Preparations for the Independence Day of Georgia celebrated on May 26 continue. Militants are holding a rehearsal of the military parade scheduled for the day.

The European Union`s foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, has warned that planned parliamentary elections in the disputed Caucasus enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh on May 23 will not be legal.

Georgian Young Lawyers` Association (GYLA) presented its preliminary report on monitoring of the pre-election environment. According to the report, basically administrative violations have been revealed.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin talked about recent visits of Georgian politicians to Moscow to journalists of Mir International Television and Radio Corporation.

An Air India Express passenger plane from Dubai crashed outside an airport in southern India on Saturday, killing 158 people when it burst into flames after overshooting a table-top runway and plunging into forest below.

A protest rally with demand of releasing so-called political prisoners has been organized by the Solidarity to Political Prisoners organization outside the Supreme Court.

Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze paid official visit to the Republic Of Malta on Friday. He held meeting with the deputy prime minister of the country, as well as Foreign Minister Tonio Borg.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili attended Friday presentation of the olive plantation in the village of Mashnaari of Sighnaghi district in Kakheti Region. The idea of laying out the olive garden in Georgia belongs to Geolive Turkish Company.

Meeting of Georgian president and the enlarged composition of the majority has been held at the president`s residence in Avlabari district of Tbilisi. At the meeting Mikheil Saakashvili said, that the election campaign is in its final stage and the National Movement ruling party,...

New multi-profile trade centre has opened in the central railway station of Tbilisi. The new centre comprises trade as well as entertainment objects.

Georgian Prime Minister Nikoloz Gilauri summoned up the cabinet of ministers at the government`s meeting in Ambrolauri town of Racha Region on Friday. Different infrastructural projects were discussed at the sitting.

A man, about 50 was killed Friday in a landslide on the highway from Tbilisi to Rustavi, close to Ponichala district. During the incident, edge of the road collapsed and the man was trapped by the slipped ground.

The president of the JSC Energy Invest, Genadi Malazonia has been charged with illegal business activities today. The lawyer of the company president, Davit Khazhalia told journalists after leaving the police department.

The movement of Georgian public workers, Georgian Academy begins to study the election programs of every political subject running the local government elections. The Georgian Academy has planned an enlarged session for May 24...

719 recruits have taken a military oath at the Gelati cathedral, Kutaisi after passing the first phase of the special course of combat operations successfully.

Ukrainian Company Pro-Mova has published a draft report of the media monitoring carried out in Georgia. The company, which carries out social surveys, monitors, broadcast of news programs on seven Georgian televisions - Rustavi2, Imedi, Georgian Public Broadcast, Kavkasia, Second Channel, Maestro and Adjara.

Minister of Education and Science, Dimitri Shashkini got familiarized with the teaching methodology of Batumi State Maritime Academy on the training ship. Service Agency of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia presented the Academy with training ship in February, 2010.

Famous Georgian movie director Otar Ioseliani has criticized Russia for its violence towards Georgia. In his interview with Russian newspapers, the director, who now lives and works in France, says that feeling of hatred is unusual for Georgian people.

Opposition election bloc the National Council has presented its vision of economic development for Georgia at the Tbilisi Marriot today. The event was organized by the Open Society Georgia Foundation and the Research Centre of Economic Policy.

Ten days before the local government elections, the Central Election Commission begins to print ballots. The CEC has already drafted the samples of the ballots, which will be separate for the party lists for proportional and single-mandate candidates.