Daily Archives: September 16, 2014

Georgian lawmakers plan to introduce language tests in public sector

By | September 16th, 2014|Categories: News|Tags: , |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian parliament has begun discussing a draft bill which will require all public employees to pass a language test to prove that they know either the Georgian or Abkhazian language. The latter is also an official language in Georgia, […]

German tourist hospitalized after roadside robbery in Georgia

By | September 16th, 2014|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: , |

Mestia is one of the most important tourist destinations in Georgia. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A group of German tourists were robbed in Mestia Monday night, several Georgian news outlets reported. The reports differ on important details, but most say three German tourists were robbed along the road from Zugdidi to Mestia, one of […]

Tbilisi mayor says former government squandered city’s money

By | September 16th, 2014|Categories: News, Politics|Tags: , |

Mayor of Tbilisi Davit Narmania. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The Tbilisi mayor says the city must tighten its belt, because the National Movement, which ruled the city for a decade, left ‘the worst budget ever’. Newly elected Mayor Davit Narmania from the Georgian Dream Coalition said on Tuesday that […]

Fired Georgian tourism official says he was pressured by the Church

By | September 16th, 2014|Categories: News|Tags: , |

Giorgi Sigua. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The former head of Georgia’s National Tourism Administration has said that the Georgian Orthodox Church demanded that he cancel a music festival shortly before he was sacked. Giorgi Sigua was one of those who helped organize the festival, but was […]