Daily Archives: September 21, 2016

Construction work ends on Georgia’s first wind farm

By | September 21st, 2016|Categories: Environment|Tags: |

National Association of Energy and Environment TBILISI, DFWatch–Construction work on Georgia’s first wind farm has been completed near Gori, the Energy Development Fund of Georgia announced. The facility consists of six turbines, each with a power output of 3.45MW. […]

Ex-official has no time to answer questions about police brutality in 2011

By | September 21st, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: |

Gia Lortkipanidze doesn’t have time to answer questions about policy brutality on May 26, 2011, because he has to hold a speech in the parliament in Ukraine. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A former Georgian government official has refused to travel from Ukraine to Georgia to answer questions about a violent dispersal of anti-government protesters five and a half years ago. Gia Lortkipanidze is head of police in Ukraine’s Odessa region, […]

Opposition journalist flees Russia, settles in Georgia

By | September 21st, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

(SotnikTV) Tbilisi,DFWatch – Russian opposition journalist published a video on Tuesday stating he has to leave Russia and settle in Georgia ‘for some time’. […]

New charges against ex-officials for May 26, 2011 mass arrests

By | September 21st, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor General’s Office in Georgia on Tuesday charged four former officials for their handling of the dispersal of an anti-government rally in Tbilisi on May 26, 2011. The four are charged with exceeding their official powers. […]