Daily Archives: May 27, 2015

Poroshenko spontaneously left car to support NGO rally in Riga

By | May 27th, 2015|Categories: NGO news|Tags: , |

(EaP Civil Society Forum.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Civil society activists who rallied in Riga during the EU summit caught the attention of Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko, who saw the rally from his car and walked over to them to express his support. Members of the non-governmental organizations […]

Ten Georgians released from detention by breakaway region

By | May 27th, 2015|Categories: In brief|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Ten Georgian citizens were released by authorities in the breakaway region South Ossetia Tuesday evening. They had been detained for ‘violating the border’. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the released are: Nugzar Gelashvili, from the village […]

Saakashvili allies left party to save Georgia from ‘pro-Russian forces’

By | May 27th, 2015|Categories: Politics|Tags: , , , , |

Zurab Japaridze. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Four former members of the National Movement say they left the party to save the country from ‘pro-Russian forces’ which may come to power in the 2016 parliamentary election. Zurab Japaridze, Goga Khachidze, Pavle Kublashvili and Giorgi Meladze […]

Woman mauled by tiger in Tbilisi Zoo

By | May 27th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: |

The victim is in a serious condition, according to doctors. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch--Doctors had to amputate one arm on a woman who was attacked by a tiger in Tbilisi Zoo. The victim, Guliko Chitadze, is a 25 year veteran of the zoo. The tiger attacked her on Tuesday at about 5pm. According to the [...]