Daily Archives: July 29, 2015

Public Defender criticizes TV exposé about virginity

By | July 29th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Public Defender has criticized a TV report concerning a family conflict which for openly reporting about the personal life of a young couple. The report was aired Sunday on Imedi TV and describes a newlywed couple living in the northwest […]

Georgian released by South Ossetia after paying USD 33 fine

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

TBILISI, DFWatch–A man who was detained by Russian border guards Saturday was freed on Tuesday, after paying a fine. Davit Khuroshvili, from the village Khurvaleti, bordering breakaway South Ossetia, was detained for violating the border. […]

Daily life in the shadow of South Ossetia

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

A banner installed in Koda at the administrative border (Dominik K. Cagara) An inhabitant of Chvrinisi, a Georgian village located right at the administrative boundary line with South Ossetia, tells about his daily life in the conflict zone. ‘There is no fence at the border in our village’, Vakhtang, an inhabitant of Chvrinisi tells DF Watch. […]

Exposé about young bride’s virginity causes outrage in Georgia

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(Imedi.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The question of whether a bride must be a virgin has become a hotly debated topic in Georgia after a man beat his new young wife after the wedding. The report shown on Imedi TV on Sunday also revived a discussion of how journalist go about […]