Daily Archives: September 12, 2016

Georgian Muslims celebrate Kurban Bayram

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

(Muslims’ Department of Georgia) Tbilisi, DFWatch – Muslims in Georgia, as well as around the World, celebrate Eid al-Adha, known as Kurban Bayram, major religious celebration from 12 to 15 September. […]

Party led by anti-NATO businessman disqualified from elections

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

Gogi Topadze (IPN) Tbilisi, DFWatch – Gogi Topadze’s party, former member of the ruling coalition, was rejected to participate in the upcoming parliament election by the Election Administration (CEC) together with 24 other minor parties. […]

NATO expert: Georgia is in a much closer to Alliance now than it was in 2008

By | September 12th, 2016|Categories: Interviews|Tags: , , , , , |

George Benitez: ‘it’s very important to note, that NAC very rarely meets outside Brussels’. Voice of America’s (VOA) Anna Kalandadze spoke to George (Jorge) Benitez, Senior Fellow at the US Atlantic Council in Washington and NATOSource director, to discuss the North Atlantic Council’s latest visit to Georgia and other important aspects in bilateral relations.  Excerpts of this interview ran on a VOA’s program.  Here is the full interview:  […]

60-year-old Georgian cattle herder detained by Russian border patrol

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

TBILISI, DFWatch–A 60-year-old Georgian man was detained on Sunday near the border with Georgia’s breakaway South Ossetia for violating the border. Valiko Khizanishvili, who is from the village Koshka, was detained when he was out in a field looking after cattle. […]