Georgia, Tbilisi, Dec. 23 /TrendNews, N.Kirtzkhalia/ Large-scale normalization of relations between Georgia and Russia under the current conditions is out of the question, DavidBakradze, the speaker of the Georgian Parliament, said at an extraordinarymeeting of the parliament, when Levan Vepkhvadze,

We're not teaching our children to learn.The main function of kindergarten must be to teach how to learn. Parents muststart preparing their children for school at home," said today Minister ofEducation and Science Spartak Seyranyan during a year-in-review pressconference.In regard

Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 23 /Trend News,R.Novruzov/ East Partnership is not an invitation forAzerbaijan to join the EU, but only an offer to cooperate, said EU Special Representativefor the South Caucasus, Peter Semneby. In May 2008, Poland and Switzerland initiated to

Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 23 /TrendNews, R.Ergun/ More than AZN 9mln will be allocated to the Azerbaijani sport field in 2009. "A total of AZN 6.200mln was allocated to sport in 2008. Some AZN3mln was allocated to arrangements for the Olympic

Prime Minister Gordon Brown Tuesday paidtribute to British troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying that their"sacrifice" had helped to protect Britain from terrorism, dpa reported."The pace of operations in Afghanistan and Iraq remains demanding but it's clear to me

A bomb ripped through an Iraqi policepatrol in Mosul on Tuesday killing a child and injuring six civilians, a policesource told Deutsche Presse-Agentur, dpa.Also in Mosul, unidentified gunmen in a carshot and killed a doctor on his way to work

Georgia, Tbilisi, Dec. 23 / Trend News, N. Kirtzkhalia /"The treaty with the United States will assist in Georgian peacefuldevelopment," Georgian president Michael Saakashvili stated at the meeting ofthe National Security Council on Dec.23. "We are discussing the possibility to

Georgia, Tbilisi, Dec. 23 / Trend News, N. Kirtskhalia /Michael Machavariani, vice speaker of Georgian Parliament, regarded theinformation, spread in the Russian media, on resuming diplomatic relationsbetween Moscow and Tbilisi as a non-pragmatic, totally obscure and politicallyhasty step. "Russia has

Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 23 /Trend News,U.Sadigova/ Resignation ofMP Yosif Shagal from Israeli Parliament will not suspend development of the strategicand bilateral cooperation between Israel and Azerbaijan. "The Azerbaijan-Israel relations experienced great progress during mythree-year MP tenure. I will not allow

The European Union's executive on Tuesday pledged food aidtotalling 12.4 million euros (17.3 million dollars) to vulnerable Iraqis andPalestinians hard hit by rising food prices, dpareported.The pledge, which comes in response to an appeal from theUnited Nations, is intended to

Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 23/ Trend Capital, A. Badalova/ "Qataras one of the leaders on gas export will make all necessary efforts to developcooperation in gas export," Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Attiyah, energy and industry minister of Qatar, said at the

Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 23/Trend Capital/ Unibank has held the ninth Diamond Deposit lottery. Again, the winner was determined by computerized random drawing under the control of independent monitors, UniBank said. Three diamonds of 1 carat in total were raffled for

Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 23/TrendCapital/ AccessBank has implemented the next project within the frameworkof a program on Corporate and Social Liability, organizing action on donatingdonor blood for children with thalassemia disease, the bank said on Dec. 23.Both employees ofAccessBank and clients

Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 23 / Trend Capital, A.Badalova /"Bolivia will not sell gas only so that other countries would live well", Saul Alvalos Kortes, the Fuel and Energy Minister of Bolivia, said at the forum of gas exporting countries on

Ukraine, Kiev, Dec. 23/Trend Capital, Z. Novsvitski/ The Ukrainian Ministry of Labor and Social Policy expects the unemployment to increase to 9% in 2009, Lyudmila Denisova, Ukrainian minister of labor and social policy, said. "The unemployment is expected to increase

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