Daily Archives: March 7, 2016

Suspect detained in attack on opposition politician

By | March 7th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian police announced Friday that a man has been detained suspected of the brutal assault on Alexi Petriashvili, former member of government and prominent member of the opposition Free Democrats. At a special briefing at the MIA, […]

Air Arabia, Scat, El Al, ARKIA and Dniproavia eye Batumi airport

By | March 7th, 2016|Categories: Economy|Tags: , , , , , , |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Air Arabia, Scat, El Al Israel Airlines, ARKIA and Dniproavia are considering flights to Batumi airport on Georgia’s Black Sea coast. Guram Jalaghonia, head of the Civil Aviation Agency, told Business and Political Insight (BPI) on Monday […]

Court approves Levan Gachechiladze as new director of Maestro TV

By | March 7th, 2016|Categories: Media|Tags: , , |

Levan Gachechiladze. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The Public Registry on Monday registered Levan Gachechiladze as director of Studio Maestro. The registry said in a statement that Gachechiladze was appointed director of Maestro as a result of a decision made by the Appeals Court on March 1. […]

Georgian Islamic State suspect sentenced to 14 years

By | March 7th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , |

Aiup Borchashvili. (ick.ge) TBILISI, DFWatch–A court in Tbilisi sentenced three men to prison on Monday for associating with or assisting a foreign terrorist organization. Aiup Borchashvili, former imam of the mosque in the village of Jokolo in Pankisi valley, was sentenced to 14 years […]

Anti-Russian protest gathers thousands in Tbilisi

By | March 7th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , |

(DF Watch.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Several thousand people joined the National Movement on Sunday in a protest against the Georgian government’s negotiations with Gazprom. People formed a 7 km long human chain from the government office to the former Russian embassy […]