Archives - 8 April, 2013
Fast and furious... Tbilisi-style: Georgian stunt drivers trying to impress Hollywood – Daily Mail
The Daily Mail published an article about “crazy drivers” in Tbilisi streets noting these extremals are trying to catch attention of...
Bidzina Ivanishvili hosted a delegation from United Arab Emirates
Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili held a meeting with Minister of Culture, Youth and Tribal Development of the United Arab Emirates and...
Topless Femen activists rush at Putin and Merkel
Movement FEMEN activists staged a protest timed to the visit of Russian President to Germany. Shouting slogans such as "Putin -...
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dies
Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher has died "peacefully" at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, her family has announced.Successor...
Diesel leaking from 60-ton railway tanker after going off the rails news Tbilisi Airport
Diesel fuel was reported to have leaked from a 60-ton railway tanker car that went off the rails of a bridge...
House of Stalin’s great grandson robbed: computer and drill missing
Stalin’s great grandson’s Moscow apartment was broken into by burglars, neighbors of Evgeni Jughashvili discovered. The intruders managed to break both...
Mikheil Saakashvili treated in Istanbul
The President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili is treated in Istanbul. As InterPressNews has been informed, the President of Georgia broke his...
2 simultaneous protests at Government Chancellery: against and supporting abortion
On March 7, the Government Chancellery saw two simultaneous protests by a group against the right to abortion and the one...
Ricky Martin - a new star coach at “The Voice”
Season 2 of the Australian 'Voice' show - which premiered on April 7 - saw a change in the judge panel,...
False alarm – Emergency Service responds to a phone call from a child
The 112 Emergency Service responded to a false alarm on March 7, when police and explosive disposal crews reacted to a...
James Mcavoy and Vincent Cassel in “Trance”
Danny Boyle is one of those filmmakers -- like Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese -- who obviously enjoys every minute of...
Ukrainian President pardons former interior minister
Ukranian President Viktor Yanukovych has pardoned jailed former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko, a close ally of imprisoned former Prime Minister Yulia...
GJ Editor's comment
Educational Quandary?
25 April, 2013
Level of education as such, including its content and quality, always leaves a lot to desire whenever and wherever in the world this education is taking place. Education is never enough and it is never satisfactory, never completely up to the point and never fully compatible with the requirements of time.
Mark Mullen's Blog
The US and Chechnya
25 April, 2013
Americans don't know much about Chechnya. The most recent conflict rekindled around the time Putin and the FSB was given power in Russia at the end of 1999 and beginning of 2000, and lasted until around 2007. Unlike the Chechen war in the 90's, this was not simply a nationalistic insurgency, but had a strong element of international political islam.
Editor's Choice
14-year-old McDonald's hamburger stays unchanged
25 April, 2013
A Utah man has unearthed a McDonald's hamburger he bought in 1999 - and the sandwich looks exactly the same as the day it was first flipped.
 
Celebrity women at demonstration: National Movement female members and spouses of party leaders
20 April, 2013
The female members of the National Movement as well as spouses of the party leaders commented on their participation in the April 19th rally on Rustaveli Avenue.
 
Georgian Journal organized an award ceremony for diplomats
18 April, 2013
Georgian Journal – a weekly English-language edition – organized an event for Diplomatic corps in Georgia and awarded ambassadors in five categories.
 
‘Smile to the World’ – Georgian smile among 55 participant countries
11 April, 2013
Georgia is set to participate for the first time in the ‘Smile to the World’ project featuring video and photographs of smiles from 55 countries
 
Russian songs in Tbilisi’s restaurants and increased demand for the Russian language in Georgia
15 April, 2013
It was impossible to imagine this in pre-election Georgia, but is a reality now. The nightclub known as “Two Side” before, now bears the name “Moscow”.
“Moscow” is considered to be one of the most popular spots for entertainment in Tbilisi.
 
Fast and furious... Tbilisi-style: Georgian stunt drivers trying to impress Hollywood – Daily Mail
08 April, 2013
The Daily Mail published an article about “crazy drivers” in Tbilisi streets noting these extremals are trying to catch attention of Hollywood.
 
A-studio releases new soundtrack for “Brigada 2: Heir”
01 April, 2013
The Russian band A-Studio released an original soundtrack video for the new film “Brigada 2: Heir”
 
Deep Purple lead singer’s Georgian wedding: Ian Gillan in Chokha and Phaeton
20 March, 2013
Famous band Deep Purple is scheduled to visit Georgia for 2013 Tbilisi Open Air festival on Dinamo Arena stadium, although this is not their first trip to the country - the band held five concerts in Tbilisi Sports Palace in May 1990, but even that was not their only activity in the capital city.
 
“Deep Purple” in Tbilisi – biggest festival to be held in South Caucasus
15 March, 2013
Organizers of the planned June 5 Tbilisi Open Air music festival – South Caucasus’ biggest event of this type – spoke to the media at a press conference.
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