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Taken by storm: head of Saakashvili’s party was detained in Georgia
In Georgia, law enforcement officers stormed the office of the opposition United National Movement (UNM) party and detained its leader Nika Melia. The police used special equipment, including pepper gas. The assault on the central office of the larg...

Biden honors 500,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19
US President Joe Biden, along with First Lady Jill Biden, as well as Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, commemorated more than 500,000 Americans who died from COVID-19 with a minute of silence. Biden's speech was posted on his Twitter pag...

In Ukraine, 4,182 new cases of COVID-19 infection per day, 4,351 people recovered
In Ukraine, as of Tuesday morning, 4,182 new cases of the coronavirus disease COVID-19 were recorded, 4,351 people recovered, 153 patients died, the Minister of Health of Ukraine Maxim Stepanov said. "4,182 new cases of coronavirus disease COVID-19 ...

The United States Embassy is deeply concerned by the government’s decision to detain the head of a major opposition political party at the party’s headquarters this morning
The United States Embassy is deeply concerned by the government’s decision to detain the head of a major opposition political party at the party’s headquarters this morning. We regret that the call of the United States and other international partne...

Open letter to Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili
In Georgia ‘the next steps require engagement and an end to the political deadlock, not further punitive legal action’, Liberal International President of Honour and ALDE Party President Hans van Baalen writes to newly appointed Prime Minister Gharib...

Italian ambassador to DR Congo killed in UN convoy attack
Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed in an attack in the east of the country, its foreign ministry has said. Luca Attanasio, 43, died in hospital on Monday after the United Nations convoy he was travelling in came u...

The first batch of COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in Ukraine on the morning of February 23
The coronavirus vaccine is due to arrive in Ukraine tomorrow, February 23, in the morning. The drug is already on the plane. This was stated by the deputy head of the President's Office Kirill Tymoshenko during the Ukraine 30 forum. According to hi...

Irakli Garibashvili – his statements mean nothing for our team, government
The candidate for the Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili called the statements by the head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Lithuanian Parliament Zhigimantas Pavilionis completely unacceptable and outrageous. “The statements of the...

Today, the parliament will set up a temporary commission of inquiry
Today, the parliament will set up a temporary commission of inquiry. The number of members of the working group that should discuss the alleged violations in the election process within three months will be determined. It is known that only "Europea...

Turkish Armed Forces neutralized 3 Turkistan’s Working Party terrorists in northern Syria
In the zones of Operation Peace Spring and Euphrates Shield in northern Syria, three YPG militants, the Syrian wing of the Kirdistan' s Worker Party terrorist organization, have been neutralized, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense said on Sunda...
