The News in Brief
Tuesday, June 24
Saakashvili in Germany
Yesterday President Mikheil Saakashvili arrived in Germany where he will meet Chancellor Angela Merkel on June 25.
Germany was one of the NATO members opposed to granting Georgia a Membership Action Plan, the next stage of integration into the alliance, at the Bucharest summit in April.
Tbilisi hopes to gain Germany’s support before NATO foreign ministers meet to discuss the progress Georgian and Ukraine have made at the end of this year.
Saakashvili will return on June 25.
(Prime News)
Police scuffle with traders on Tsereteli Avenue
Several people were injured when police officers clashed with street vendors outside Dynamo Stadium in Tbilisi yesterday.
The police were trying to clear street traders from the area but were met with strong protest.
Some protestors were taken away by ambulance. Others tried to block traffic on Tsereteli Avenue before being stopped by police.
The police officers said that the decision to prevent street trading on Tsereteli Avenue was made after local residents complained about the noise and dirt caused by the traders.
(Prime News)
Floods in Poti
Heavy rain caused flooding in Poti. Houses, farmland and orchards have been affected. Strong winds have also damaged power lines.
The weather has also damaged several villages in Adjara and a landslide occurred in the village of Matskhuneti.
(Prime News)
Georgian-Turkish seminar held
A Georgian-Turkish seminar, ‘Friendly Relations and Academic Cooperation between Turkey and Georgia,’ was held at Tbilisi State University yesterday.
Past, present and future political, economical, social and cultural relations between Turkey and Georgia were due to be discussed at the seminar.
Diplomats, academics and representatives of NATO were due to attend.
The NATO press department and Tbilisi State University organized the event.
(Prime News)
Yesterday President Mikheil Saakashvili arrived in Germany where he will meet Chancellor Angela Merkel on June 25.
Germany was one of the NATO members opposed to granting Georgia a Membership Action Plan, the next stage of integration into the alliance, at the Bucharest summit in April.
Tbilisi hopes to gain Germany’s support before NATO foreign ministers meet to discuss the progress Georgian and Ukraine have made at the end of this year.
Saakashvili will return on June 25.
(Prime News)
Police scuffle with traders on Tsereteli Avenue
Several people were injured when police officers clashed with street vendors outside Dynamo Stadium in Tbilisi yesterday.
The police were trying to clear street traders from the area but were met with strong protest.
Some protestors were taken away by ambulance. Others tried to block traffic on Tsereteli Avenue before being stopped by police.
The police officers said that the decision to prevent street trading on Tsereteli Avenue was made after local residents complained about the noise and dirt caused by the traders.
(Prime News)
Floods in Poti
Heavy rain caused flooding in Poti. Houses, farmland and orchards have been affected. Strong winds have also damaged power lines.
The weather has also damaged several villages in Adjara and a landslide occurred in the village of Matskhuneti.
(Prime News)
Georgian-Turkish seminar held
A Georgian-Turkish seminar, ‘Friendly Relations and Academic Cooperation between Turkey and Georgia,’ was held at Tbilisi State University yesterday.
Past, present and future political, economical, social and cultural relations between Turkey and Georgia were due to be discussed at the seminar.
Diplomats, academics and representatives of NATO were due to attend.
The NATO press department and Tbilisi State University organized the event.
(Prime News)