Daily Archives: July 6, 2012

Kristali director to face trial for chlorine leak

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TBILISI, DFWatch – The Chair of Kristali Ltd, the company responsible for a chlorine leak on Tuesday, was Friday sentenced to pre-trial detention. July 3, a chlorine leak in the Lilo district of Tbilisi poisoned around 80 people. Georgian Water Company said it was […]

Reshuffle continues in Georgia’s government

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TBILISI, DFWatch – The brother of Interior Minister Bacho Abkhalaia, Data Akhalaia, has been appointed to the post of deputy defense minister. He was head of the Interior Ministry’s Constitutional Security Department. Data Akhalaia resigned after it became known […]

Georgian Church wants optional biometric ID cards

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TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s Holy Synod appeals to the government not to make it obligatory to have ID cards with micro chips, but confirms that it’s not dangerous to use such cards. The Georgian government last year introduced a new kind of ID cards, and aims at […]

Brussels is focusing on Georgia’s internal politics

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TBILISI, DFWatch – Brussels is mainly concentrating on what happens with Georgian reforms and internal politics. On Abakhazia and South-Ossetia, everybody thinks that for as long as Russia will recognize these two territories as independent states, there is not much […]

Young lawyers warn that refugees are neglected by new law

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TBILISI, DFWatch – A loud discussion broke out in parliament Thursday, as the human rights committee held a hearing about the status of internally displaced persons (IDPs). Georgian Young Lawyer’s Association (GYLA) confronted members of the ruling National […]