Daily Archives: July 20, 2016

65-year-old German missing for one week near breakaway Abkhazia

By | July 20th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia are still searching for Sergei Smislov, a 65-year-old German citizen who disappeared one week ago on a mountain road near Georgia’s breakaway territory Abkhazia. Shortly before he disappeared, Smislov received […]

President claims Georgian media have become more anti-Western

By | July 20th, 2016|Categories: Media|Tags: |

President Giorgi Margvelashvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili claims the media in his country are publishing more anti-Western stories now than they used to. In an interview with the program ‘Archevani’ on Rustavi 2 TV Tuesday evening, he said it was […]

Russian woman missing in Kazbegi after climbers struck by lightning

By | July 20th, 2016|Categories: In brief|Tags: , , |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A woman is missing after a group of three climbers were struck by lightning at 5,000 m altitude yesterday in the Kazbegi mountains. Two of the group were injured, and later rescued, but the third – a woman from Moscow – went missing. […]

Plaintiffs give up suits after years of waiting for overloaded Tbilisi court

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Irakli Kandashvili, member of the executive council of Georgian Bar Association. TBILISI, DFWatch–Filing a lawsuit with the courts in Tbilisi might mean a long wait, due to a lack of judges and resources. People who file lawsuits in the Georgian capital might have to wait for years to see their case reach a conclusion. […]