Georgia News

Officials at Azerbaijan Railways are to investigate the cause of a derailment of wagons carrying oil products through the Hajigabul region, Azerbaijan last night, a spokesman for the company Nadir Azmammadov said today.

A fire that gutted an Armenian church in Tbilisi has revived a festering dispute over the ownership of churches in Georgia.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has asserted that his recent visit to the United States raised US-Georgian strategic ties to a "new level." American officials have been much more reticent on bilateral defense issues, raising questions about what exactly was discussed in Washington.

Cornerstone Bancshares, Inc., parent company of Chattanooga-based Cornerstone Community Bank , announced that it reached a new benchmark in its capital campaign, by raising in excess of $10 million by yearend 2011.

Georgia has made great progress in the World Bank and Transparency International ratings, which were obtained by interviewing people, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said addressing the Munich Security Conference.

Anatoly Bibilov, Russia's favored candidate in last year's annulled presidential polls in the Georgian breakaway territory of South Ossetia, announced on Monday he would not take part in a new vote next month.

Portuguese police have arrested a gang of four people suspected of robbery, two of which are Georgian nationals.

Three people have been hospitalized with CO intoxication in Tbilisi late last night.

UC Berkeley senior Jenna Westendorf said she doesn't know anything about the Republic of Georgia and probably couldn't find it on a map.

Mutual relations between the U.S. and Georgia entered a new, more powerful level of development, Senator John McCain, who attended the Munich Conference on Security Policy as a member of the U.S. delegation, told Georgian journalists.

Qatar Airways' 2012 expansion programme is underway after the carrier launched scheduled daily flights to Tbilisi, Georgia via Baku, Azerbaijan on February 1. Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker led a high-profile delegation on the Baku and Tbilisi inaugural flight QR976, including His Excellency Eldar Salimov, Ambassador of ... (more)

Delegates and foreign ministers from the Arab countries meet for the third day of the Security Conference in MunichA against the backdrop of a Russian and Chinese veto against a UN resolution on Syria.

Russian political expert: The United States needs Saakashvili after Washington finally decided on the date of beginning of the war against Iran arminfo Wednesday, February 1, 17:45 The latest meeting of the US President Barack Obama and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in Washington is the best evidence of the fact that the war against Iran ... (more)

After nearly a year and a half at sea as a hostage held by Somali pirates, Memed Zakaradze is relieved to know his grandchildren in this Georgian port city still recognize him.

On Jan.30 -Feb.3, the average price on Azeri Light CIF Augusta exported from Azerbaijan via the Ceyhan, Batumi and Supsa ports was $115.15 per barrel, or about $1.83 more than the previous price.

President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili ended his official visit to the U.S. by attending the Naval Academy in Annapolis.

Talking Tuition with the Wolverines: Shortly after delivering his State of the Union address , the President took his Blueprint for making college more affordable straight to the people at the frontlines of the issue - students.

The company SOCAR Georgia petroleum brought almost 197.633 million lari in the state budget of Georgia in 2011.

U.S. CONGRESSMEN ASK SAAKASHVILI PAY GREATER ATTENTION TO THE ISSUES OF JAVAKHQ ARMENIANS ARMENPRESS FEBRUARY 3, 2012 YEREVAN YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 3, ARMENPRESS: U.S. Rep.