Daily Archives: September 7, 2013

Teenager arrested for parliament bomb scare

By | September 7th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–A 17-year old boy has been detained for being behind a bomb scare in the parliament building in Kutaisi, Georgia’s second largest city. The Interior Ministry said Saturday that the suspect yesterday at 20:40 called in to the 112 call center to report […]

Zourabichvili lost appeal in city court, continues fight

By | September 7th, 2013|Categories: Elections '12-'13, News|Tags: |

Salome Zourabichvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court on Friday upheld a decision by the Central Election Commission (CEC) to not allow former Foreign Minister Salome Zourabichvili to register as a candidate for the presidential election. Zourabichvili’s appeal against the CEC’s decision […]

France-Georgia ends 0-0 at Tbilisi stadium

By | September 7th, 2013|Categories: News, Sport|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia played 0-0 against France in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match Friday. The teams met at Dinamo Stadium in Tbilisi. Goalkeeper Giorgi Loria successfully blocked what could have been a goal, and the game ended in a draw. “I am proud […]

Parliament evacuated after another bomb threat

By | September 7th, 2013|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian parliament building in Kutaisi was evacuated Friday due to a bomb threat. Parliament Speaker Davit Usupashvili appealed to lawmakers to leave the building, despite the fact that a bomb threat earlier this year turned out to […]