Daily Archives: March 8, 2013

Controversial restoration of Georgian cathedral wins award

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Bagrati Cathedral in Kutaisi. (National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The controversial restoration of Georgia’s historic Bagrati Cathedral has been awarded the international prize Domus Restoration and Conservation. According to the jury, ‘the intervention of critical reintegration of Bagrati Cathedral, one of the […]

Georgia ends use of consecutive sentence

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TBILISI, DFWatch–The parliament in Georgia on Friday decided to end the practice of mandatory consecutive sentence. Following the amendments to the Criminal Law code and Criminal Law Procedure Code, the longer sentence absorbs the shorter one; what is called […]

French university backs Georgia’s justice minister

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Georgia’s justice minister, Thea Tsulukiani. (DF Watch photo.) TBILISI, DFWatch–In a moment resembling the publication of Obama’s birth certificate, Georgia’s justice minister Tuesday appeared on the Public Broadcaster’s Channel 1 holding up two of her university diplomas as proof that she has enough education for the position. […]

Georgia declares commitment to EU, US and NATO

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TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian parliament Thursday evening voted unanimously for a resolution that says the country aims to join the EU and NATO and defines the EU and the US as its ‘top strategic partners.’ This comes after a period in which President […]