Daily Archives: June 29, 2015

PM Garibashvili: We’ll decide same-sex marriage issue by ourselves

By | June 29th, 2015|Categories: News|

Irakli Garibashvili Tbilisi, DFWatch – Georgia’s PM will do his best to fix definition of a marriage as ‘union of a man and a woman.’ In a lengthy interview published on Monday by a popular Georgian ultra-conservative newspaper Asaval-Dasavali, Irakli Garibashvili, PM, says that the state firmly stands […]

Members of U.S. congress to visit Georgia

By | June 29th, 2015|Categories: In brief|Tags: , , , , , , |

U.S. Representative Peter Roskam. (house.gov.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A delegation from the U.S. congress is to visit Georgia from July 2 to 5. Among the delegation are members of congress from the Republican and the Democratic parties, according to Foreign Ministry spokesperson Davit Kereselidze. Peter Roskam […]

Georgian parliament approves controversial bank bill

By | June 29th, 2015|Categories: Politics|Tags: |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Parliament in Georgia approved a bill on Sunday which will relieve the National Bank of responsibility for supervising private banks and instead transfer such authority to a new agency. The vote was preliminary, as the bill must go through […]

Thirteenth Georgian dies fighting in Syria

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Information Center of Kakheti published this photo of Turpal Borchashvili. TBILISI, DFWatch–A 23 year old was reported by locals in his hometown in Pankisi Gorge Sunday to have died in the Syria war. Turpal Borchashvili is at least the thirteenth Georgian citizen who has died in Syria fighting for Islamists. Borchashvili was from […]

Anaklia hosts GEM Fest, instead of KaZantip, in July

By | June 29th, 2015|Categories: Youth|

Armin Van Buuren (Gem Fest) Tbilisi, DFWatch – A western Georgian Black Sea resort Anaklia is going to host one of the largest electronic music festivals this summer. GEM Fest features popular electronic music stars, such as world renowned Dutch DJ and trance guru Armin van Buuren, […]