Daily Archives: April 22, 2016

US congressman names Ivanishvili ‘illegal arms trader’, calls for freezing his assets

By | April 22nd, 2016|Categories: News|

Youtube / Rep. Steve Russell Tbilisi, DFWatch – Republican Steve Russell called for sanctions against representatives of the Georgian government for attempts at rigging the upcoming elections. Steve Russell, 53, representative of Oklahoma, delivered a speech in the United States House of Representatives, […]

Ombudsman asks for thorough investigation of death in detention

By | April 22nd, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

Ombudsman Ucha Nanuashvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The Public Defender has asked the Prosecutor General’s Office to investigate a death in preliminary detention. The ombudsman’s statement reads that March 15, a person who was detained a day before died in a detention facility […]

Flying Spaghetti Monster not approved as religion in Georgia

By | April 22nd, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The Public Registry in Georgia rejected an application to register the Autocephalous Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster  as a public legal entity. Journalist Lexo Machavarian’s April 19 application was rejected for two reasons. First, because […]

Eight flights postponed at Tbilisi airport due to strong wind

By | April 22nd, 2016|Categories: In brief|Tags: |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Eight flights were postponed yesterday at Tbilisi airport due to strong wind. All the affected flights were by Turkish Airlines. Interpressnews quoted an airport spokesperson saying that the decision was made by the airline. The delayed flights […]

Abkhazia shelves proposal to allow sale of real estate to foreigners

By | April 22nd, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian breakaway region Abkhazia has decided not to lift a ban on selling real estate to foreigners. The de facto parliament in Sukhumi has rejected a draft law that would have lifted the ban, which is written into the constitution. […]