Daily Archives: April 27, 2016

PM Kvirikashvili: Peace roadmap for Abkhazia and South Ossetia in the works

By | April 27th, 2016|Categories: News|

PM: ‘Peace roadmap’ in the works for Abkhazia and South Ossetia (Still from Youtube) TBILISI, DFWatch–Giorgi Kvirikashvili announced the need for ‘decisive and brave’ steps in relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia and revealed that Georgia was working on a peace plan, which is to be consulted with Georgian public opinion and the de facto republics. […]

Freedom House: Georgia regional leader in media freedom

By | April 27th, 2016|Categories: Media|

Georgia earned the highest score of 49 points (0 is best, 100 is worst) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia took the 96th place among the world’s 199 countries and regions evaluated in the latest edition of the Freedom of the Press  report prepared annually by Freedom House. Georgia earned the highest score of 49 points […]

Pshavi historical province to get Protected Landscape status

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

Tsikhetgora in Pshavi. Photo credit: Alexander Bainbridge / Wikipedia Commons TBILISI, DFWatch–Pshavi, the historical and cultural province of eastern Georgia, might soon be granted the official status of a Protected Landscape. Pshavi is located in the mountains of Mtskheta–Mtianeti region alongside the Aragvi River, on the way to the historical […]

Pro student union rally draws people who don’t know why they’re there

By | April 27th, 2016|Categories: Youth|Tags: , |

(Imedi TV.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Groups from different universities in Georgia demonstrated in the streets of Tbilisi on Tuesday, mainly demanding education reform, but local media wrote that many of the students didn’t know what the goal of the event was. The […]

National Movement activist claims he was attacked by local officials in Rustavi

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(geotimes.ge) TBILISI, DFWatch–An activist for the National Movement claims that several officials at the Rustavi City Hall, including the deputy mayor, insulted and beat him Monday night. Mamuka Chikovani, head of the UNM’s branch […]

Georgian charged with murdering mother and son arrested in Greece

By | April 27th, 2016|Categories: News|

Body found in a barrel buried underground (Channel 1) Tbilisi, DFWatch – The extradition procedures have already been started, but yet it is not known when or whether Greece will extradite the suspect. “I cannot tell you more details,” DFWatch was told at MIA press office. the suspect Giorgi Kuparadze is at the hospital […]