TBILISI, DFWatch–One person has been charged with terrorism in Georgia for allegedly using social media to advocate the hostage taking of the Armenian ambassador.
Georgia charges one person with terrorism for posting threat on Facebook
DFWatch staff
Landslide triggers flooding, evacuation in Svaneti
TBILISI, DFWatch–A landslide triggered a flood wave carrying large amounts of mud and debris down the Nenskra river in Svaneti, western Georgia on Thursday.
Dozens of people fled their homes or were evacuated, as at least four bridges
Georgia's ruling party to strip president of powers to grant citizenship
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s ruling party prepares to take away the president’s power to grant people citizenship.
According to a bill presented Tuesday, the president will no longer be entitled to appoint the head of the commission which reviews applications for citizenship.
NGO coalition in Georgia proposes new procedure for selecting chief prosecutor
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s largest NGO coalition proposes an overhaul of the existing system for selecting a chief prosecutor in order to minimize the risk that one party takes the decision unilaterally.
The proposed bill comes in the wake of a two-week-long series of rallies in Tbilisi
Saakashvili convicted of ordering parliamentarian's beating in 2005
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court on Thursday found former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili guilty of ordering the beating of a parliamentarian in 2005.
Saakashvili was sentenced to six years in prison and stripped of his right to hold government
Two women arrested, suspected of stabbing Georgian singer
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia have arrested two young women implicated in the near fatal stabbing of a popular crooner.
Irakli Nozadze, nicknamed ‘Picasso’, was in a critical condition after major loss of blood after being stabbed multiple times in the chest and neck on Monday.
Breakaway South Ossetia asks Georgia for 11th Century icon
TBILISI, DFWatch–Separatists in South Ossetia have repeated a call to Georgia to hand over an 11th Century icon currently being kept in the National Museum in Tbilisi.
Representatives of the breakaway republic raised the issue during
US to sell Stinger missiles to Russia's neighbor Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia will probably receive American-made Stinger MANPADs, the defense minister has revealed.
Defense Minister Levan Izoria mentioned the new weapons acquisition during a confirmation hearing in parliament on Tuesday.
“Georgia will get, along with the Javelins,
Georgian asylum seekers to Europe down 13% in April
TBILISI, DFWatch–The number of Georgians who sought asylum in Schengen countries dropped 13 percent in April, compared to the month before, but the small Caucasus nation is still over-represented.
Despite a modest population of 3.7 million, Georgia still ranks among
Abkhazia halts issuing of ‘visas’ during FIFA World Cup
GALI, DFWatch–Sokhumi has suspended the issuing of ‘visas’ which is needed by many Georgians to visit family and do business here in the southern Gali region of the breakaway republic.