Daily Archives: March 16, 2013

Agriculture University will get back its accreditation

By | March 16th, 2013|Categories: Society|Tags: |

The student protest continued Friday. (DF Watch photo.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The students at the Agriculture University continued their protest Friday, and handed Education Minister Giorgi Margvelashvili documents which were meant to show that the institution now complies with the law’s requirements. After studying the […]

Georgian parliament speaker finishes ‘interesting’ US visit

By | March 16th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian speaker of parliament said his week-long visit to the US has been ‘beneficial, interesting and timely.’ Speaker Davit Usupashvili was Saturday meeting with the media after holding nearly 50 meetings with the US Congress, State […]

Robakidze video has been edited, examination shows

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TBILISI, DFWatch–A forensic examination has concluded that a video clip of a police operation in 2004 which ended the life of Buta Robakidze has been edited. The Prosecutor’s Office on Friday published the results of an examination of the video, which was released […]

Bushfire in southwest Georgia

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Firefighters have cut down trees to try to contain the fire. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Firefighters are trying to contain a bushfire that is spreading in the Adjara region in south western Georgia on the Black Sea shores, bur wind is making their work is made difficult. Journalists for the local newspaper Batumelebi and the news agency […]