Daily Archives: July 22, 2014

Bus drivers in Georgia protest against rough work conditions

By | July 22nd, 2014|Categories: Society|Tags: , |

Bus drivers protested in Tbilisi and many other places Tuesday, after one of their colleagues died. (Maestro TV.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Bus drivers demonstrated in many Georgian towns on Tuesday, as a response to one of their colleagues who died on the job in Tbilisi following a fight with a passenger. At 14:00, drivers stopped their bus or minibus and let the vehicle’s horn cry […]

Georgian parliament speaker visiting Israel

By | July 22nd, 2014|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: , |

Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian speaker of parliament is Tuesday visiting Israel. Davit Usupashvili will meet with Yuli-Yoel Edelstein, Speaker of the Knesset, as well as with the head of the Israel-Georgia Parliamentary Friendship Group, Avraham Michaeli. Usupashvili […]

Ombudsman asks for effective investigation of Armenian church attack

By | July 22nd, 2014|Categories: Minorities, News|Tags: , |

Ombudsman Ucha Nanuashvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian ombudsman addresses law enforcement bodies to properly and effectively investigate the attack on priests at an Armenian church on July 19. On Saturday, about 50 people attacked Surb Etchmiadzin Church in Tbilisi. The Armenian Diocese […]

Cramped student houses in Tbilisi

By | July 22nd, 2014|Categories: News, Youth|Tags: |

In one of the student houses on Kekelidze Street in Tbilisi, thirty students are sharing one bathroom. (DF Watch.) TBILISI, DFWatch–At the end of Kekelidze Street, in Vake, one of Tbilisi’s most prestigious districts, there is a lane with small houses with tiny rooms. Mostly students are living here, usually those who were born outside the capital. They had to come here […]