Daily Archives: September 28, 2013

New law will bar some Georgians from leaving the country

By | September 28th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: , |

Irina Imerlishvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian citizens may be barred from leaving the country because of state interests, and may not even be able to know the real reason for it, even by going to court. Members of the Georgian Dream coalition, who are the authors of the draft bill, say […]

Georgia considers fining insufficient knowledge of language

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TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is pondering the creation of a language inspection which will fine domestic media and public officials up to five thousand lari (nearly USD 3000) if they show lack of knowledge of the state language. The bill is still in the process of being prepared, but […]

Russian helicopter spotted over border village

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TBILISI, DFWatch–A military helicopter was seen Friday flying over the village Dvani, where Russian soldiers are reinforcing the de facto border with barbed wire blocks and fences. The allegedly Russian military helicopter was filmed on video. The Ministry of Interior […]