Author: Tamaz Kereselidze

The shooting was reportedly the result of an ‘ongoing lovers’ quarrel,’ police said. Three teens in Georgia have been charged with felony murder after an egging prank ended with a man’s death. Sydney Maughon, 18, Jeremy Munson, 18, and McKenzie Davenport, 19, have each been charged with malice murder, battery, and criminal trespass in relation to the shooting death of Johnathan Gilbert on 3 July, according to the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office. Mr Gilbert reportedly also went by the name Tyler Lane, according to Law & Crime. Police believe the incident was the result of an “ongoing lovers’ quarrel” involving Mr Gilbert and the suspects or someone…

The minister of foreign affairs of Azerbaijan, Jeyhun Bayramov, wrote a tweet in which he expressed his joy on the occasion of meeting with his UK counterpart, James Cleverly, within the framework of the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London. “We took stock of the breadth of Azerbaijan-UK cooperation & agreed to focus on new areas including in energy. Underlined Azerbaijan’s commitment to peace and stability in the [South Caucasus] region despite challenges posed by Armenia,” Bayramov wrote. And UK Foreign Secretary, in turn, responded to this post, expressing gratitude to Azerbaijan for humanitarian support for Ukraine. “The UK supports prosperity,…

Protesters who have blocked the road leading from Armenia to an ethnic Armenian region within Azerbaijan for four months say they will end their actions because Azerbaijan has established a checkpoint at the start of the road Protesters who have blocked the road leading from Armenia to an ethnic Armenian region within Azerbaijan for four months said Friday that they will end their actions because Azerbaijan has established a checkpoint at the start of the road. The blockage of the so-called Lachin Corridor, which leads from the Armenian border to the Nagorno-Karabakh region, impeded food supplies to the region and aggravated tensions…

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 29. Turkish weightlifter Cansu Bektas, who dedicated the gold medal that she won at the European Championships in Yerevan to Azerbaijan, has expressed gratitude to President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva for the invitation, trend reports. “I am immensely grateful to the esteemed President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva. I dedicate my medal to Azerbaijan,” Bektas wrote on Instagram. On April 28, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva met with the Turkish athletes who dedicated their victories to Azerbaijan at the European…

Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air plans to station its fourth passenger jet at western Georgia’s Kutaisi International Airport in December and resume direct flights from the location to Copenhagen, United Airports of Georgia Director Irakli Karkashadze announced. Karkashadze said a “significant agreement” had been reached with the airline enabling the Airport to gradually grow the Wizz Air base into a medium-sized base, which he called “essential” to continuing “sustainable growth and development”. Evelin Jeckel, the Acting Network Officer at Wizz Air, said the agreement represented the “good cooperation” between Wizz Air, the Government of Georgia and the United Airports, noting…

According to data released on April 27 by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat), the population of Georgia as of January 1, 2023, was 3,736,400 people, reflecting a 1.3% increase from the previous year. Notably, in 2022, there was a negative natural increase of -6,799 and a positive net migration of 54,509. Females make up 52% of the population, while males comprise 48%, resulting in a sex ratio of 92 men per 100 women. The life expectancy at birth in 2022 increased by 2.3 units from the previous year, now standing at 73.7 years. The life expectancy for males is 69.4…

Thirty-three employees of two Georgian-based airlines, evacuated from Sudan earlier this week amid severe clashes between the country’s regular army and a powerful paramilitary group, have been returned to Georgia, the Foreign Ministry said. Twenty employees of Geosky airlines were transported back to the country on Thursday, while 13 employees of Myway airlines arrived early on Friday before thanking the foreign office for its “active engagement” in their safe evacuation. The body on Monday announced evacuations of the country’s nationals from the Sudanese capital Khartoum – where they had been trapped since April 15 – and confirmed their transportation to a “safe location” at the Sudan-Egypt…