politics
Ukrainian sailors were pardoned before Zelensky’s visit to Georgia
Ukrainian sailors detained for illegally crossing Georgian territorial waters have been released on pardon, Khatia Dekanoidze, a member of the United National Movement, told the Courier. The release of the sailors was reportedly made with the direct...
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will take part in the Batumi International Conference
On July 19, 2021, Volodymyr Zelenskyy will pay a working visit to Georgia in order to launch the activities of the “Associated Trio” format of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova at the level of heads of state. The leaders of the three countries will s...
Charles Michel Arrives in Georgia
The President of the European Council Charles Michel arrived in Georgia today on July 18. He was met at the Batumi Airport by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Davit Zalkaliani and the Ambassador of the European Union to Georgia Carl Hartzel...
Obama programme for child migrants ruled illegal
A federal judge in Texas has ruled that a programme protecting migrants who came to the US as children from deportation is illegal. Judge Andrew Hanen said new applicants should not be enrolled in Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca). But he...
Belgium takes back mothers and children from Syria jihadist camps
Ten children and six mothers held in a prison camp for jihadists in Syria have been flown home to Belgium. It is the biggest repatriation of suspected Islamic State (IS) members since the group’s fall in 2019. Hundreds of Europeans who travelled to S...
Covid misinformation on Facebook is killing people – Biden
US President Joe Biden has warned that the spread of Covid-19 misinformation on social media is “killing people”. He was responding to a question from a reporter about the alleged role of “platforms like Facebook” in spreading falsehoods about vacci...
Presidents of several countries will visit Georgia, including EU President Charles Michel
President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and President of Moldova Maia Sandu will visit Georgia on July 19. They will take part in the Batumi International Conference [http://www.batumiconference.ge/2021/en]. Over the years, Batumi International Confe...
The participants of the political dialogue made a statement regarding the election of the Supreme Court judges
The participants of the political dialogue – Irakli Kobakhidze, Archil Talakvadze, and Shalva Papuashvili made a statement regarding the election of the Supreme Court judges. Previously Anthony Blinken, the Secretary of State of our main strategic pa...
Rada appointed Monastyrsky the new head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
The Verkhovna Rada has appointed Denis Monastyrsky as the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. The corresponding decision was supported by 271 MPs at a parliamentary meeting on Friday. After that, according to the law, Monastyrsky prematurely res...
Biden, Merkel stress friendship while agreeing to disagree on pipeline
U.S. President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed to disagree on Thursday about a Russian pipeline project that Washington opposes, while vowing to stand together against aggression from Moscow and anti-democratic action from Beijin...
