Daily Archives: April 17, 2013

Saakashvili: 100 000 Russian troops crossed border in 2008

By | April 17th, 2013|Categories: In brief, News|

Tbilisi, DF Watch – President Mikheil Saakashvili says it was possible to avoid Russia-Georgian war of August 2008 only if Georgia would give up its statehood. He also remembered details of war saying that more than […]

Merabishvili claims criticism is the result of pressure

By | April 17th, 2013|Categories: News|

Merabishvili claims UNM members are under pressure (DFWatch Photo) Tbilisi, DFWatch – Former Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili claims that a scathing attack on him by a former colleague was the result of pressure. A message posted to Facebook and allegedly written by Data Akhalaia, the former head of the domestic […]

Soldiers terrorized village in hunt for non-Christians

By | April 17th, 2013|Categories: Society|Tags: |

Marina Dolidze, mother of Amiran. (Info9.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Locals in a village close to the Black Sea shore claim that a group of soldiers late at night verbally and physically abused seven locals based on religious views. The locals say three military police department employees stopped Levan Meskhidze […]

Drivers on strike in Imereti

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Tamaz Khetsuriani, one of the drivers on strike in Imereti. (Maestro.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Problems are building for the local population as drivers on a minibus route between Zestaponi and Samtredia, two small towns in western Georgia, are on strike against a cut in their salaries. The strike is especially causing problems for small scale […]