Daily Archives: March 7, 2015

Three life prisoners get sentence converted to 20 years

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(DF Watch.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Three female prisoners who were in for life on Friday had their sentences converted to fixed term. The decision was announced by Zviad Koridze, head of the president’s pardon commission; one of two such bodies in Georgia. Instead of life, […]

Margvelashvili considering parliament session about currency crisis

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Finance Minister Nodar Khaduri. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–President Margvelashvili is reconsidering the idea of having a special parliament session to discuss the crisis sparked by an over 30% drop in the value of the national currency, the lari. At the height of panic a few weeks ago, the president […]

Russia sends forces for exercises inside Georgian breakaway regions

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(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Russia is massing military forces inside the breakaway regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and announcing that it is starting military exercises. Official Tbilisi calls on the international community to react to this violation of Georgia’s […]