Daily Archives: November 16, 2016

Georgia’s Orthodox Church realizes it was wrong about EU and NATO

By | November 16th, 2016|Categories: Europe|Tags: , |

The Patriarchy. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Clergy from the Georgian Orthodox Church describe getting rid of some misconceptions about NATO and EU after a visit to Brussels last week. The unprecedented visit started November 7 with Georgian clergy meeting NATO’s envoy for South Caucasus […]

Man sentenced to 12 years for attack on opposition politician

By | November 16th, 2016|Categories: Crime|Tags: , |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court on Tuesday sentenced a man to 12 years in jail for shooting an opposition politician last February. Alexi Petriashvili, then the party secretary of the Free Democrats, was approached by two men on a cemetery in the middle […]

Georgia slightly improved in Internet Freedom ranking

By | November 16th, 2016|Categories: News|

Tbilisi, DFWatch – Internet freedom across the globe declined for a sixth constructive year and two-thirds of the world’s internet users live in countries where authorities resort to censorship. However, Georgia has improved its position and has ranked as a free country according to a report released on Tuesday by Freedom House, a US government-funded pro-democracy NGO. […]

Money transfers to Georgia up 14% in October year-on-year

By | November 16th, 2016|Categories: Economy|Tags: |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The flow of money into Georgia grew by 14 percent in October, according to the latest monthly report by the National Bank. The money flow into the country was USD 102.5 million, USD 12.6 million more than in October 2015. 91.9 percent of transfers […]