Daily Archives: June 9, 2017

CEO of Georgia’s embattled opposition television station resigns

By | June 9th, 2017|Categories: Media|Tags: , |

Nika Gvaramia. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Rustavi 2 director general Nika Gvaramia resigns. Gvaramia’s resignation was reported yesterday by several Georgian media outlets and confirmed Friday morning by one of the TV company’s editors who spoke to DFWatch on condition of anonymity. […]

Georgia’s ruling party bans sale of agricultural land to foreigners

By | June 9th, 2017|Categories: Legal reform|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s ruling party has decided to ban the sale of agricultural land to foreigners by adding a clause to the Constitution. PM Giorgi Kvirikashvili announced Thursday that a passage will be added to the Constitution to ban the sale of land […]

Georgian world boxing champion arrested in the US

By | June 9th, 2017|Categories: Sport|Tags: , , |

WBO world middleweight champion Avtandil Kurtsidze. TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian world boxing champion has been arrested in the United States along with a martial arts practicioner, also from Georgia, for alleged ties to a Russian crime syndicate. Avtandil Khurtsidze, who currently holds a World Boxing Organization middleweight title, […]