Military
“Hero” Who Bombed His Own Troops?
“Hero” Who Bombed His Own Troops?
17 October, 2013
The torch of Sochi Olympic Games had to stay in the hands of Russian “hero” Ivan Nechayev only for five minutes or so but it was enough to provoke a large wave of protests among Georgians. No wonder, if we consider that the Russian pilot Nechayev was bombing the Georgian territory during the August war of 2008.
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155 soldiers return to Georgia – meeting full of surprises
16 October, 2013
One hundred and fifty-five service members of the 42nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade returned to Georgia on October 16 after serving in the ISAF mission in Afghanistan for six months.
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Georgian soldier jokingly handcuffs Albanian girl to follow him to Georgia
15 October, 2013
YouTube user Georgian ArmedForces uploaded a video featuring a Georgian service member of the Kosovo peacekeeping mission
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Georgian Battalion returns home from Afghanistan
10 October, 2013
Fifty service members of the 42nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade, returned to Georgia on October 10 after spending six months in frames of the ISAF mission in Afghanistan.
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Georgian soldiers attended a lecture on Islamic customs before departing for Afghanistan
28 September, 2013
Service members of the 31st Battalion, 3rd Infantry Brigade, visited Juma Mosque in Tbilisi to meet All-Georgia Muslim Union Sheikh Vagiph Akberov and hear a lecture on Islamic customs and restrictions in Afghanistan
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Why we are called in NATO response forces?
Why we are called in NATO response forces?
26 September, 2013
Irakli Alasania, Georgia’s Defence Minister, break almost sensational news when he states that units of Georgian army would be a part of the rapid response forces of NATO from 2015.
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Helicopter for VIP persons
Helicopter for VIP persons
19 September, 2013
PM Bidzina Ivanishvili reprimanded President Saakashvili for purchasing two French-made Superpuma helicopters for 55 Euros. The President’s team in its part claims that the Government seeks to weaken Georgian aviation by selling these Superpumas.
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Georgian soldiers tell their stories from Afghanistan
17 September, 2013
Zakro Kukhashvili, a Georgian service member of the ISAF mission in Afghanistan, has a spouse and three kids waiting for his return to Georgia.
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Georgians as UN Peacekeepers
Georgians as UN Peacekeepers
12 September, 2013
The delegation of Georgia’s Defense Ministry paying an official visit to the United States has been meeting and holding talks with American militaries and politicians. Then they held an official meeting in the UN Headquarters where the Deputy Chief of UN Peacekeeping Edmond Mulet and Georgia’s Defense Minister Irakli Alasania examined the possibility of involving Georgian soldiers in future peacekeeping operations run by the UN around the planet.
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First air show took place in Georgia
10 September, 2013
The military airstrip of Aviation Factory No. 31 in Tbilisi hosted the first air show in Georgia on September 9 to mark anniversary of the birth of the famous Georgian aviation engineer Alexander Kartveli.
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Also on the Web
Man tried to jump of the Balcony in Tbilisi
An amateur photographer recorded a middle aged man on Vukol Beridze Street in Tbilisi on October 19 telling passersby he would jump off his second storey balcony if his wife and child were not brought to him.
Sophie Villy - Georgian singer known as ‘a world class artist’
Her real name is Sopo Khutsishvili. Born in Tbilisi, she began her musical career in Georgia, but has been pursuing it abroad – mainly Ukraine - for years.
Evgeny Papunaishvili and Alena Vodonaeva with merry quickstep on Russian show
The couple of Evgeny Papunaishvili and Alena Vodonaeva was again remarkable in the most recent episode of the Russian “Dancing With the Stars” show
Storm in Batumi: Damage is more than 1 million GEL
Batumi mayor Jemal Ananidze visited Batumi Boulevard, damaged by storm. Boulevard infrastructure and pedestrian paths are damaged. Clearing-up operations are under way to deal with storm damage.
2 Georgians in a dramatic battle on Russian Voice
The Russian “Voice” show contestants have moved from blind casting to the stage encounters, with four Georgian singers – Nodar Revia, Gela Guralia, Eter Beriashvili and Giorgi Melikishvili – participating in this year’s competition.
Best Georgian sights in a video made of 10 000 photos
Photographer Irakli Gedenidze captured a three minute timelapse video combination of views of Georgia with ten thousand photographs taken in the regions of Svaneti, Kazbegi and Kakheti.
'Artistic' quickstep from Sopo Nizharadze on Dancing with the Stars show
The October 17 episode of Season Three of “Dancing With the Stars” show featured contestants dancing pieces from popular films.
Skull found in Georgia may change human evolution history
The Guardian reports about the haul of fossils found in Georgia which suggests that half a dozen species of early human ancestor were actually all Homo erectus.
Saakashvili, Adeishvili, Merabishvili and Baramidze – Gogla Zhvania lists the names
Former Deputy Prime Minister Giorgi Baramidze participated in setting up the post-mortem scenario of late Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania’s death in 2005 alongside President Mikheil Saakashvili
He might have inferiority complex after our first meeting – Targamadze about Ivanishvili
Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili disliked businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili and thought of him as his main challenger
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