The presidential election in Georgia on Sunday did not produce a winner in the first round. None of the candidates achieved more than 50 percent of the votes. This is reported by the central electoral commission of the country now that 100 percent of the votes have been counted.
The US has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Washington. National safety advisor John Bolton announced this Friday in Georgian Tbilisi. Bolton was in Moscow the last few days.
A Georgian judge sentenced former head of state Mikhail Saakashvili to six years in prison for misuse of power. The former president has gone beyond his book during his term of office and is partly responsible for the collapse of a member of the opposition in 2005.
Azerbaijan has threatened the newly-elected prime minister of neighboring Armenia, former journalist and former opposition leader Nikol Pasjinian, with large-scale military operations in protest against Yerevan's policy on the controversial enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.
At least six miners have been killed by a collapse in a Georgian coal mine. Three others were injured. That was what the Ministry of Home Affairs announced.
Former Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili was convicted in absentia by a Georgian court on Friday to three years in prison for abuse of power.
Residents of Georgia will soon be able to travel without visas to Europe. With biometric passports they may stay for ninety days every six months in the European Union, for example, a family visit. Working is not allowed.
Only a few thousand Catholics on Saturday attended the papal Mass in the Georgian capital Tsiblisi. It was thus one of the worst areas of papal miss outside Italy. Pope Francis will visit Georgia this weekend hoping to improve relations with the Orthodox Church.
Despite resistance in Europe, Georgia, the German Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD) rapid visa liberalization as envisaged.
A vegan restaurant in the Georgian capital Tbilisi on Sunday attacked by a group of fifteen extremist meat fanatics. The supporters of the group pelted the visitors of the Kiwi cafe with pieces of meat and sausages.
Unidentified gunmen on Friday shot down the Georgian opposition leader Alexei Petriasjvili. The leader of the Free Democrats party Georgia's wounded transported to a hospital. This was announced by the Interior Ministry in the capital Tbilisi.
