Daily Archives: May 12, 2016

One man arrested for bribing official and stealing manganese slag

By | May 12th, 2016|Categories: In brief|Tags: , |

(State Security Service/Facebook.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The State Security Service on Thursday arrested a Georgian citizen for bribery and stealing silicon manganese slag. The Anti-Corruption Agency and the State Security Department of the State Security Service conducted a joint […]

Harassment audio file is authentic, Imedi TV actress to sue former boss

By | May 12th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , |

Tatia Samkharadze (Taso Barnova) went public with the harassment accusations against Shalva Ramishvili on April 8, 2016. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The National Forensic Bureau has confirmed the authenticity of an audio file which appears to show that a well-known Georgian journalist threatened to ruin the career of an actress working for him if she did not sleep with him. Tatia Samkharadze […]

Georgia has become a more dangerous place for gays: Rights group

By | May 12th, 2016|Categories: Minorities|Tags: , , , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–The human rights of gays, lesbians and other sexual minorities are being less protected in Georgia, according to the organization ILGA, which monitors the situation internationally. International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex […]

Israel investigates a corruption case with former Georgian minister of defence

By | May 12th, 2016|Categories: News|

Davit Kezerashvili, was questioned under caution by the Israeli Police’s fraud squad (Haaretz) Tbilisi, DFWatch – Gal Hirsch, an Israeli suspect in bribing the former minister of defence, Davit Kezerashvili, was questioned under caution by the Israeli Police’s fraud squad, Haaretz reported. Mr Hirsch was a brigadier general at the Israeli […]