Daily Archives: March 27, 2016

Car dealers demonstrate against ban on right-hand drive vehicles

By | March 27th, 2016|Categories: Economy|Tags: , |

Rustavi car market. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Car dealers demonstrated in Rustavi on Friday against the government’s initiative to ban the registration of cars with right-hand drive from 2017. The protest took place at Georgia’s largest car market, located in Rustavi, […]

Former police official Erekle Kodua sentenced in absentia

By | March 27th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , |

Erekle Kodua. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A former government official was Thursday sentenced in absentia by Tbilisi City Court to two years in jail for exceeding official powers. The Prosecutor General’s Office says Erekle Kodua, who chaired the Special Operative Department (SOD) of the […]

In pictures: Georgian Catholics mark Easter

By | March 27th, 2016|Categories: Minorities|Tags: , , |

(DFWatch) Tbilisi, DFWatch - This year, a number of Christian minorities in Georgia, including the Catholics, Armenians, and Protestants observe Easter, the most important Christian holiday, more than one month before Orthodox Christians. Before Easter, Catholics observe a forty-day long fasting period known as the Great Lent. The last week immediately before Easter is [...]