Daily Archives: February 24, 2016

Tbilisi ‘bridenapping’ suspect caught

By | February 24th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Tbilisi detained a teenager on Wednesday who is suspected of abducting a 17 year old girl and keeping her for four days. The detainee is a citizen of Russia, and like the victim also a minor. He was arrested by officers from the central Tbilisi […]

Georgian politician Nino Burjanadze visited Moscow

By | February 24th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , |

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin and Nino Burjanadze, leader of Democratic Movement. TBILISI, DFWatch–Nino Burjanadze, leader of the Georgian opposition party Democratic Movement, recently visited Moscow and met with Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin. The parties did not disclose the topic of the meeting. Her party’s press […]

Annual report by Amnesty International criticises Georgia’s human rights record

By | February 24th, 2016|Categories: News|

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia still struggles with issues connected to its justice system, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, rights of LGBTI people, and cases of torture and other ill-treatment. Amnesty International (AI) has released the […]

New Islamic State video commemorates Georgian fighters

By | February 24th, 2016|Categories: News|

Badri Iremadze, a still from the video TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian fighters affiliated with the Islamic State commemorate three men who died earlier this year in Syria. A new Georgian-language video produced by Furat, a media company affiliated with the Islamic State, has been circulated […]

Chief judge at Tbilisi City Court fired

By | February 24th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |

Mamuka Akhvlediani. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The chief judge at Tbilisi City Court was fired on Tuesday, sparking speculation that it might have something to do with his recent statements about corruption in the court and other controversial topics. Twelve members of the High […]

Road building to be accelerated, says Georgian PM

By | February 24th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili promises that the motorway through Georgia currently under construction will be completed by 2020. The transit road east-west through Georgia, connecting the border with Azerbaijan with the Turkish […]