145 inmates have been transferred from the Gldani N8 strict regime prison to other prisons last night. Minister of Corrections and Legal Assistance of Georgia, Sozar Subari says such a large-scale transfer has not taken place during past few decades. His office has reported that the process would continue and the convicts serving their sentences for less grave or light crimes will be also sent to other prisons. Minister thinks that most of the prisoners are held in N8 prison illegally and they should be serving their sentences at the half-open regime prisons.
State of Vanuatu has withdrawn its decision to recognize the independence of Georgia`s breakaway region of Abkhazia - country`s prime minister Moana Carcasses Kalosil has told Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili at their meeting recently.
Police had to drive protestors away from the central highway in the village of Bakurtsikhe today. The residents of five villages of the Gurjaani region rallied in the village demanding compensation of the damage inflicted onto the region by the hail and windstorm last week.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia dismisses the reports about the summoning of Georgian ambassador to Netherlands by the local authorities regarding the dispersal of the LGBT rally in Tbilisi on May 17.
Nino Burjanadze, who currently leads Democratic Movement - United Georgia, plans to run for the president. The decision of the People`s Assembly, the member of which is Burjanadze`s party, was announced today.
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Administration of the President of Georgia has responded to the statement of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Davit Zalkaniani, who accused the administration of non-coordinated work on diplomatic arena.
Workers of the JSC Zestaphoni Ferroalloys Plant have been on strike since the morning today demanding 50% growth of their salaries. The protestors have also objected to the working terms at night shift and demanded the 20% growth of the salary for it.
Former chief of the Agency of Protected Areas of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Giorgi Shovnadze held a briefing today to make definitions regarding the reasons of his dismissal.