Daily Archives: March 2, 2016

Christians and Muslims in Adigeni agree to share cemetery

By | March 2nd, 2016|Categories: Minorities|Tags: , |

(Samkhretis Karibche.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Muslims and Christians have reached agreement about a cemetery in a village Adigeni, in the south of Georgia, after a tense standoff. The communities agreed to have one common cemetery, which will be separated by a line. Jambul Abuladze, […]

Azot chemical plant in Rustavi shuts down for a month

By | March 2nd, 2016|Categories: Economy|Tags: , |

(Azot.ge.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The Azot chemical plant in Rustavi with more than 2,000 employees has shut down for a month due to economic factors. The plant, which lies in Rustavi, a town 20km south of the capital, expected Azerbaijan’s state oil company Socar to reduce […]

155 prisoners pardoned in Georgia

By | March 2nd, 2016|Categories: In brief|Tags: , |

Zviad Koridze. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian president pardoned 155 prisoners on Wednesday. 105 of them will leave jail today. The commission met on February 21-22, and considered 1,178 cases. 105 were completely pardoned, while the rest had their sentences […]

Tbilisi metro workers threaten strike

By | March 2nd, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Some of the employees of Tbilisi’s metro demonstrated at Didube on Tuesday, demanding better working conditions and higher salaries, following a drop in the value of the national currency lari. Metro workers warn that they may go on strike […]

Georgian NGO umbrella organization elects new leader

By | March 2nd, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: |

Kakha Gogolashvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s National Platform, an umbrella organization for more than 100 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), has a new chairman: Kakha Gogolashvili, director of European Research Center. He replaces Lasha Tughushi, […]