Daily Archives: August 18, 2012

OSCE tops arrive in Georgia to discuss October election

By | August 18th, 2012|Categories: Elections, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Riccardo Migliori, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, will arrive in Georgia for the election period, together with a delegation from the OSCE. According to parliament’s press office, the delegation will arrive on August 19 and hold […]

Government commission warns against local transgressions

By | August 18th, 2012|Categories: Elections, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – The inter-agency commission tasked with monitoring the election process calls on local governments not to place party symbols in their offices, as this is a violation of law. Tamar Kintsurashvili, a member of the commission, said on Monday […]

Man sentenced to 20 days in jail for beating cameraman

By | August 18th, 2012|Categories: Media, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Police have arrested a man accused of beating a cameraman working for an opposition affiliated media outlet. The man has been sentenced to twenty days in jail. The incident took place August 15 in front of the municipality building in […]

Busy season for Georgia’s mountain rescue workers

By | August 18th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian rescue workers have conducted three separated operations to save foreign climbers stuck in the Georgian mountains. One Russian climber slipped when he was going out of his tent. He fell down from the cliff and died. The other two in his […]