Daily Archives: June 8, 2015

Relatives blame doctor for baby’s death at Batumi hospital

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(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Relatives of a baby who died at Batumi Maternity Hospital have accused the doctor of malpractice. The mother of the baby, a 32 year old woman, was brought to the hospital four days ago. Her family says the doctor refused to perform a caesarean section […]

Georgia’s ruling coalition postpones removal of ‘majoritarian’ system

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Davit Usupashvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s ruling coalition agrees to some changes in the election system, but won’t scrap the so-called majoritarian system, a demand by NGOs and opposition parties. By postponing the removal of the ‘majoritarian’ system, the coalition heeded the advice […]

Five brothels busted in Batumi, seven detained

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(police.ge) TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia have busted five more brothels over the weekend, this time in Batumi, a city on the Black Sea coast. Seven people were detained. As is common, video was posted on the police.ge website showing the detainees, and the women prostitutes […]

Hard rain destroys vineyards in Georgia

By | June 8th, 2015|Categories: Environment|Tags: |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Hard rain continues to batter Georgia and over the weekend partly destroyed vineyards in villages Argokhi, Maghraani and Babaneuri in Akhmeta region, eastern Georgia. Hail stones also damaged the roofs of several houses in the villages Zemo […]