Daily Archives: January 8, 2013

Jubilee brings congregation of world church leaders to Tbilisi

By | January 8th, 2013|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — A large number of clerics from different Orthodox countries will start gathering in Tbilisi tomorrow to mark the 80-year jubilee of the Georgian Patriarch Illia II. Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople is among the guests arriving in Georgia […]

Georgia ends battle operations in Afghanistan after 2014

By | January 8th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian troops serving in Afghanistan will not carry out battle functions after 2014, when the ISAF mission will end, but they will help Afghan security structures and army in military training. Irakli Alasania, Georgia’s Defense Minister, […]

Georgia makes it free to give birth

By | January 8th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — The new Georgian government has decided to make child delivery completely free from July 1, 2013. Dimitry Khundadze, head of the parliamentary committee on healthcare, said on Monday that expenses for child delivery will be completely covered […]

Thousands walked through Tbilisi to mark Christmas

By | January 8th, 2013|Categories: Society|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — A traditional Alilo procession was held in Tbilisi on Monday to celebrate Christmas according to the Julian Calendar. Alilo, which is also a Christmas chant, was organized in each region and city of Georgia, as well as different districts […]

GD: Saakashvili can dissolve parliament, not dismiss gov’t

By | January 8th, 2013|Categories: Elections '12-'13, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — Parliament will go back to work from mid-January in order to start work on a bill about constitutional amendments which will prevent the president from dismissing the government. Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili’s government proposes to change […]