Daily Archives: February 25, 2016

Open-air exhibition marks the Soviet Occupation Day

By | February 25th, 2016|Categories: News|

Exhibition at parliament (DFWatch) Tbilisi, DFWatch – Pictures and documents from the period of Bolshevik terror in Georgia marked the anniversary the tragic events of 1921. A photo exhibition in front of the Parliament building in Tbilisi marked the Soviet Occupation Day, […]

No solution in Tkibuli miners’ strike, government to send mediators

By | February 25th, 2016|Categories: Society|Tags: , , |

(Tkibuli Municipality/Facebook.) TBILISI, DFWatch–For more than ten days, miners have been on strike in Tkibuli, a town in western Georgia, demanding increased pay to compensate for their community’s loss of favorable tax conditions. The Ministry of Labor and Health […]

One more arrest made in Tbilisi ‘bridenapping’ case

By | February 25th, 2016|Categories: In brief|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–One more person was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the suspected ‘bridenapping’ in Tbilisi’s southern Ponichala district. Earlier on Tuesday, police in the capital arrested a Russian teenager, who is suspected of abducting […]

Man stabbed to death near Telavi

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(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A man of about 50 years was murdered on Wednesday in the village Vardisubani near Telavi. A suspect was apprehended the same day. The victim, Vepkhia Glurjidze, had a disagreement with the suspect, who then stabbed him. Glurjidze took […]

Irrigation water and detentions discussed at South Ossetia field meeting

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(EUMM.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The field meeting on the perimeter of the South Ossetia region went ahead as planned on Wednesday, and some of the topics discussed were irrigation water and detention of people for border violations. The meeting was held in Ergneti, a village […]