Daily Archives: September 5, 2016

Azerbaijan committed to the Southern Gas Corridor: Baku official

By | September 5th, 2016|Categories: Economy|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–Despite the falling oil price, Azerbaijan has confirmed its commitment to the implementation of large-scale projects like the Southern Gas Corridor, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Energy Minister Namig Abbasov said at a conference […]

Angry customer shoots electrician at Tbilisi car repair shop

By | September 5th, 2016|Categories: Crime|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–An enraged customer pulled a gun on an electrician and shot him at a car repair place in central Tbilisi on Monday. The fatal disagreement took place on Kipshidze Street in the western Vake district. Police said the customer had a quarrel with an electrician […]

Committee in EU parliament backs Georgia visa waiver program

By | September 5th, 2016|Categories: Europe|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–In a vote on Monday, a majority in the EU Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) supported giving visa-free access to the Schengen area for Georgian citizen. 44 voted for lifting visa rules for Georgian citizens, […]

20 Georgian NGOs launch new coalition ‘For Euro-Atlantic Georgia’

By | September 5th, 2016|Categories: NGO news|Tags: |

The twenty organizations behind the new coalition say their goal is ‘to build a free and independent state, with effective democratic institutions, based on full respect for human rights and freedoms.’ Presenting the initiative at a press conference in Tbilisi on Monday, and in […]

EU parliament discussing visa liberalization today

By | September 5th, 2016|Categories: Europe|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–A committee in the European Parliament will discuss today whether to offer visa-free travel to the Schengen area for Georgian and Ukrainian citizens, as well as citizens of Kosovo. Claude Moraes, head of the Civil Liberties, Justice and […]

Rejected suitor raped woman he wanted to marry, gets 7 years’ jail

By | September 5th, 2016|Categories: Crime|Tags: |

The man is appealing Zugdidi City Court’s sentence. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The City Court in Zugdidi last Friday sentenced a man to seven years in jail for raping a woman and attempting to force her into marriage. Defense lawyers say the man, who was arrested April 11, will appeal the verdict. According to the Prosecutor […]