Daily Archives: March 12, 2015

Six detained in clashes outside parliament in Tbilisi

By | March 12th, 2015|Categories: Youth|Tags: , , |

Lado Sadghobelashvili from Free Generation. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Six people were detained during clashes at a rally against the government’s economic policy outside the old parliament building in Tbilisi on Thursday. Free Zone, an activists group which supports the National Movement, demonstrated […]

Georgia to supply Abkhazia with power as Inguri Dam closes for maintenance

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(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Abkhaz and Georgian representatives met Thursday to discuss the closing of Europe’s largest hydroelectric dam, Inguri, for several months to carry out maintenance work. The power station is located partly on Georgia-controlled territory […]

Foreign investments up 39% in 2014

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The new Tbilisi-Rustavi road is a Chinese investment. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Direct foreign investments in Georgia in 2014 was 39 percent more in 2014 than it was in 2013, according to a new preliminary report of the National Statistics Department (Geostat). The amount of the investments in 2014 was USD […]

University tower in Batumi sold for USD 25 million

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(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A disputed tower building in Batumi, Georgia, was sold on auction on Wednesday. The tower was meant to be a technical university, an initiative of ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili, but the idea stranded. The building was criticized […]