Daily Archives: July 17, 2016

Turkey crisis: Border opens, stranded plane passengers return

By | July 17th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s border crossings with Turkey at Sarpi, Kartsakhi and Vale are working normally after being partially blocked on Saturday morning due to the recent events in Turkey. A short statement by Georgia’s Revenue Service says passengers […]

Free Democrats name their candidates for majoritarian MPs

By | July 17th, 2016|Categories: Elections|Tags: |

Free Democrats leader Irakli Alasania. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The Free Democrats, a party which withdrew from the ruling Georgian Dream coalition in 2014, on Saturday named its candidates for majoritarian MPs in the October 8 parliamentary election. The nominees were selected on Saturday […]

Campaigners’ plea to president to free 22-year-old caught with ecstasy

By | July 17th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–Groups demonstrated Thursday to ask the president to release a 22 year old man who is serving a one year prison sentence for possession of two grams of ecstasy. Kote Japaridze, the recipient of a presidential scholarship, was arrested […]