Daily Archives: August 23, 2013

Mafia has been contained, claims Georgia’s prison minister

By | August 23rd, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: , |

Prison Minister Sozar Subari. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Prison Minister Sozar Subari on Friday responded to accusations made by the National Movement yesterday that the government has allowed the mafia to make a comeback in Georgian prisons. Prisoners with influence over other inmates, called supervisors, […]

New mosque planned in Kakheti, eastern Georgia

By | August 23rd, 2013|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–A mosque is going to be built in a village in Georgia’s eastern Kakheti region. Badrudin Ibragimov, Chairman of National-Cultural Autonomy of Avar in South Caucasus, told Intepressnews that at the moment, the project is acquiring all the necessary […]

Georgian NGOs want a new CEC head with UN background

By | August 23rd, 2013|Categories: Elections '12-'13, News|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–Eleven non-governmental organizations which work on election issues will Friday name their candidate to fill the vacant position as chairman of the Central Election Commission. The NGOs plan to propose Tamar Zhvania, a project manager at […]

Tottenham beats Dinamo Tbilisi 0-5

By | August 23rd, 2013|Categories: News, Sport|Tags: , |

Dinamo Tbilisi lost 0-5 to Tottenham Hotspur in Tbililsi Thursday. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch--Dinamo Tbilisi lost Saturday’s match against Tottenham Hotspur 0-5. The play-off match for UEFA Europa League was held at Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi. Tottenham scored in the 13th minute and added one more goal in the first half. By the end of [...]

Mafia controls Georgia’s prisons, claims Saakashvili’s party

By | August 23rd, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–The National Movement blames the government for allowing the mafia to run the prisons in Georgia. Mikheil Ghurtskhaia, spokesperson for the Prison Ministry, does not deny that criminals have power in the prisons, but told DF Watch that when UNM was in […]