Daily Archives: July 30, 2014

Waiting for new school building in Lambalo

By | July 30th, 2014|Categories: Minorities, Youth|Tags: , |

Only the foundation of the new school has been built so far. (DF Watch.) TBILISI, DFWatch–For seven years, children in the small predominantly Azeri village Lambalo in Georgia have had to attend school classes in old barns. In 2006, a group of experts announced that the old school in Lambalo had been sold and it was closed. The school […]

If NATO delays path to Georgia’s membership, what is the alternative?

By | July 30th, 2014|Categories: Opinion|Tags: , |

Tedo Japaridze is Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations in the Parliament of Georgia. Alliance’s September summit must offer ‘concrete,’ not ‘token’ help as Georgia faces Russia In the same week that the European Union signed an association agreement with Georgia on June 27, NATO officials meeting in Brussels decided not to offer the country […]

Pro-Israel demonstration in Tbilisi

By | July 30th, 2014|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: |

About 50 demonstrated in Tbilisi on Tuesday in support of Israel. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A group of Georgians demonstrated in front of the old parliament in Tbilisi on Tuesday in support of Israel. The rally was planned through Facebook and was joined by about 50 people. Representatives of the Jewish community in Georgia were present […]

Georgian government wants tougher sentence for illegal abortion

By | July 30th, 2014|Categories: Society|Tags: |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia wants tougher punishment for carrying out illegal abortions. Dimitry Khundadze, head of the health care committee in parliament from the government coalition, presented a draft bill on Tuesday which will amendments […]