Daily Archives: July 20, 2015

Interview: Kenneth Yalowitz on how Georgia is developing

By | July 20th, 2015|Categories: Interviews|Tags: |

Kenneth S. Yalowitz, former U.S. Ambassador to Georgia. DFWatch recently had a Skype chat with Kenneth Yalowitz, former US Ambassador to Georgia, to discuss current events in Georgia, its Euro-Atlantic integration and issues in the region. Yalowitz extended his condolences to the victims of a recent flood in Tbilisi […]

Georgia’s interior minister will head new security service

By | July 20th, 2015|Categories: Politics|Tags: |

Vakhtang Gomelauri (left) and Irakli Garibashvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has named current Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri as new head of the State Security Service, a body that is created as the MIA is split in two. If confirmed by parliament, Gomelauri will leave his […]

Husband of Georgian singer arrested for possession of drugs

By | July 20th, 2015|Categories: In brief|Tags: , |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia on Sunday arrested the husband of a well-known singer at Tbilisi airport after he was found carrying drugs. Kakha Mamulashvili is a producer, but better known as the husband of the Georgian singer Lela Tsurtsumia. […]

Anti-occupation protest with anti-governmental undertones

By | July 20th, 2015|Categories: News|

“Stop Russia” (DFWatch) Tbilisi, DFWatch – Representatives of the civil society, science, and media lead the protest triggered by the latest developments at the border with South Ossetia and blame the government for inaction. Around thousand people gathered in front of the State Chancellery in Tbilisi on 18 […]