General Director of the National Archives of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, Teona Iashvili met with the Egyptian Ambassador to Georgia, Wahid Eldin Ismail Galal. The meeting focused on development of partnership forms between the Georgian and Egyptian National Archives; specifically, sharing of experiences between the two bod ies in protection and restoration of documents, and prospects of holding seminars.

On 3 June, 2010 Georgian National Anti-corruption Strategy was approved under the Decree #376 of the President of Georgia. According to the above Decree, Georgian Government shall elaborate “National Anti-corruption Strategy Implementation Action Plan” and submit it to the President of Georgia for approval before 1 September, 2010.

Georgian Citizens living abroad will have an opportunity to fill applications for Georgian passport online. Earlier, citizens living abroad had to go and apply for receiving passport to the consular offices of Georgia. By means of a new online service, citizens will significantly save time and expenses. On August 23, 2010, Deputy Minister of Justice, Head of the Civil Registry Agency, Giorgi Vashadze held a press conference concerning this news.

The Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General’s Office continues investigation of NIkoloz Kvezereli’s Case. On August 20, 2010, the Georgian Prosecutor’s Office and the Constitutional Security Department jointly conducted an operation and arrested another active member of Nikoloz Kvezereli’s crime gang, head of the company ndash; “Barnovi 2”, Nana Esakia.

The Civil Registry Agency of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia and the Ministry of Education and Science signed a memorandum of collaboration. The indicated memorandum was signed by the Deputy Minister of Justice, Head of the Civil Registry Agency, Giorgi Vashadze and First Deputy Minister of Ed ucation and Science, Koka Sefer teladze.

The National Archives of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia continues its new project – weekly review of unique funds in order to make protected materials kept in the archives more accessible to the public. This week, the National Archives is reviewing the phonograph records of famous Georgian singer Vano S rajishvili (1879-1924) kept at the Phonographic Department of the National Archives.