Daily Archives: January 16, 2015

Sharp drop in money transfers into Georgia

By | January 16th, 2015|Categories: Economy|Tags: |

(DF Watch.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Money transfers to Georgia in December 2014 were 24.9 percent lower than in the same period in 2013, according to new figures from the National Bank. The amount of money transfers in December was USD 116.1 milllion, which was USD 38.5 million […]

Film made by Georgian director nominated for Oscar

By | January 16th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , |

(Facebook.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A film made by a Georgian filmmaker which was previously nominated for a Golden Globe, was Thursday nominated for an Oscar. Tangerines, a Georgian-Estonian co-production, was selected for the short list of foreign language film nominees together […]

Missing 77 year old found dead near South Ossetia

By | January 16th, 2015|Categories: In brief|Tags: , |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A 77 year old man who went missing a few days ago in the village Ergneti next to South Ossetia was found dead on Thursday. Valiko Kasradze disappeared late at night on January 12. His family thought he might have lost his way and been detained […]

Georgian government plans to sell university tower in Batumi

By | January 16th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: |

National Movement activists demonstrating outside the university tower. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia wants to sell a high-rise in Batumi that was built during the previous government to be used for a new university. Then president Mikeil Saakashvili opened the 35-storey tower in 2012, which has a small ferris wheel […]