Daily Archives: December 27, 2015

New PM plans no changes in cabinet – for now

By | December 27th, 2015|Categories: Politics|Tags: |

Giorgi Kvirikashvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Giorgi Kvirikashvili, the designated new prime minister of Georgia, plans to present his cabinet tomorrow. The list is expected to be almost identical to the current government, but he does not rule out changes in the future. The former vice prime minister […]

Petition for new mosque in Batumi collects 5,000 signatures in one day

By | December 27th, 2015|Categories: Minorities|Tags: |

(DF Watch.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Supporters of a second mosque in Batumi began collecting signatures Friday. The city on Georgia’s Black Sea coast is largely Muslim but the only mosque has been overcrowded for decades. Signatures were collected at a corner of the Orta Jame […]