Daily Archives: May 25, 2015

Saakashvili’s National Movement loses four prominent party members

By | May 25th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , |

Pavel Kublashvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The party secretary and three prominent members abandoned the National Movement on Monday. There has not yet been official confirmation that the four have left Georgia’s former ruling party, but party members have confirmed it in private […]

Georgia unveils new unmanned attack helicopter

By | May 25th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , |

(DF Watch.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia has presented a new unmanned attack and reconnaissance helicopter produced by the state research and development center Delta. The new helicopter is on a display now for the first time on Roses Square in Tbilisi, in connection with […]

Georgian detained with 194,000 in counterfeit dollar bills

By | May 25th, 2015|Categories: In brief|Tags: |

(police.ge.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia Monday detained a man for attempting to distribute more than USD 194,000 in fake dollar bills. The suspect, who was born in 1994, was detained at the Red Bridge border crossing with Azerbaijan. The fake money, which was […]

Georgian govt plans controversial new control mechanism in the courts

By | May 25th, 2015|Categories: Legal reform|Tags: , |

Head of Supreme Court Nino Gvenetadze doesn’t see any threats in the new bill. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia is planning a new court reform, which will involve creating a new body to conduct oversight over the judges. Georgia already has an control mechanism over the court system. It is called the High Council of Justice, […]

Russian border guards detain Georgian man (42) during funeral

By | May 25th, 2015|Categories: In brief|Tags: , , |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A 42 year old man was detained by Russian border guards at the funeral of his mother-in-law, which was held on a cemetery close to the border with South Ossetia. The detainee, Gia Solashvili, comes from the village Karkusaani. Since the cemetery […]