Daily Archives: June 13, 2013

Georgia detains two suspected terrorists

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Police searched the place the two were living and found a large amount of explosives, detonators, firearms, ammunition and fake identity papers. (Police.ge.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia have detained two foreign citizens, Mikail Kadiev and Rizvan Omarov, suspected of preparing to carry out an act of terrorism. The two were detained in Tbilisi as part of an investigation by the Interior Ministry’s antiterrorism […]

First Georgian cognac in 7 years to reach Russian consumers

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The first Georgian drinks to be on sale in Russia will be a cognac made in Kakheti. (DF Watch photo.) TBILISI, DFWatch–20 000 bottles of cognac were Tuesday sent to Russia to be sold there. This is the first time Georgian beverages are sold in Russia after it imposed an embargo on Georgian products in 2006. Levan Davitashvili, Chair of the National Wine Agency […]

Rector of Tbilisi State University resigns

By | June 13th, 2013|Categories: Education, News|Tags: , |

Alexandre Kvitashvili resigned as rector of Tbilisi State University. (Official photo.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi State University formally approved Rector Alexandre Kvitashvili’s resignation on Wednesday, according to a short statement published on its official website. The decision is allegedly related to a recent amendment to the law on higher […]