Daily Archives: March 4, 2015

Prisoners with life sentence call off hunger strike

By | March 4th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: |

(DF Watch.) TBILISI, DFWatch–47 prisoners with life-long sentences have ended their hunger strike after more than a month without getting what they demanded. Almost 60 prisoners were part of the protest when it began in late January. Their demand was to be included […]

Court rules Sakdrisi should have remained protected heritage site

By | March 4th, 2015|Categories: Environment|Tags: |

This is what Sakdrisi looked like before RMG Gold began mining there. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government lost its appeal in the case about lifting the protected status of an ancient gold mine in order to open for commercial exploitation. Tbilisi City Court decided last summer that the ministry was wrong […]

Georgia’s governing coalition received most donations in 2014

By | March 4th, 2015|Categories: Politics|Tags: |

Georgian Dream received four fifths of all donations in 2014. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Dream received almost 82 percent of all political donations in Georgia in 2014. In total, 7.4 million laris (USD 3.7 million) was donated to political parties and subjects last year. The State Audit Office, a government body tasked […]