Daily Archives: December 21, 2015

Man sentenced to life for murdering policeman

By | December 21st, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: |

Shalva Abuladze was found guilty of murdering a policeman and attempting to murder four other police officers. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A man in Georgia was Monday sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a policeman and trying to murder four other police officers. According to Shalva Khachapuridze, a lawyer representing the murder convict Shalva Abuladze, […]

Tbilisi woman denies murdering husband and son

By | December 21st, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A woman suspected of murdering her husband and son denies committing the crime, claiming that she doesn’t know what happened but was trying to save her husband when she found him. The woman was questioned about the case and the court […]

E60 through Georgia cut off by flood for the third time

By | December 21st, 2015|Categories: Environment|Tags: , |

The water level in River Chkhara was still too high for repair work to begin on Monday. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A section of the E60, the main highway east-west through Georgia, has once more been cut off because a river spilled over its banks near Kutaisi. The damaged section is the 206th km of the Tbilisi-Senaki-Leselidze road, the same section which […]

NDI poll shows small Georgian Dream lead, voters still indifferent

By | December 21st, 2015|Categories: Politics|Tags: |

The share of people who wouldn’t vote for any party or don’t know which one is down to 38% (yellow line), after reaching almost 50% in August. (National Democratic Institute.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A poll published on Monday shows the ruling Georgian Dream coalition back in the lead, and a surge in voters’ apathy slightly abating. The latest National Democratic Institute (NDI) poll, carried out in late November, early December, shows that if there […]

Proposal to prevent NGOs and media from ‘insulting traditional values’

By | December 21st, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

Levan Vasadze. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian businessman has proposed to create a commission to prevent media and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from insulting the country’s traditional values. Levan Vasadze, who formally has status as ‘knight’ […]

Tbilisi woman allegedly killed husband and son

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(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A woman was arrested in Tbilisi on Sunday suspected of murdering her husband and five-year-old son. According to investigators, the woman, who is about 26 years old, injured her two year older husband by hitting him in the head with […]