Daily Archives: June 24, 2015

A small crowd in Tbilisi rallied to support Yerevan protesters

By | June 24th, 2015|Categories: News|

A rally of solidarity at Armenian Embassy in Tbilisi (DFWatch) Tbilisi, DFWatch — A crowd of a few dozen gathered in front of the Armenian embassy in Tbilisi on Wednesday afternoon to show their solidarity with protesters in Yerevan.  One of the rally organizers Rezo Karanadze […]

Consultations begin to find new National Bank head

By | June 24th, 2015|Categories: Politics|Tags: |

President Giorgi Margvelashvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The president is starting consultations to find a new head of the National Bank of Georgia (NBG). Current NBG head Giorgi Kadagidze was appointed during Saakashvili’s presidency for a seven years term which expires in February, 2016. According […]

Georgian journalists receive death threats after publishing cartoon

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The offensive cartoon. TBILISI, DFWatch–Several journalists in Georgia have been threatened by a radical Islamist that he will ‘spill their blood’ if they don’t remove a cartoon from a website. The journalists launched the site to help ethnic minorities get an education and rid themselves of the chains […]

Biletebi.ge given 48 hours to solve UEFA Super Cup ticket mess

By | June 24th, 2015|Categories: Sport|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–The website responsible for selling tickets to the August 11 UEFA Super Cup between FC Barcelona and Sevilla FC has been given 48 hours to solve its technical problems. Zviad Sichinava, President of the Georgian Football Federation, told journalists that the tickets won’t […]