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TBILISI, DFWatch–A lawyer working for Georgian Manganese was arrested for corruption on Tuesday.
Mirian Bichikashvili is accused of commercial bribery, the Finance Ministry said.
Georgian Manganese owns mines in the small town of Chiatura as well as the ferro-alloy plant
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Railways is considering creating a new train line connecting the airports in Tbilisi and Kutaisi, with regular departures.
Spokesperson Dachi Tsaguria told Kutaisi Post that Georgian Railways is currently researching whether the new
TBILISI, DFWatch–Several key figures in Irakli Alasania’s Free Democrats party have expressed support for the ruling Georgian Dream before the second round of the parliamentary elections in most majoritarian districts.
“In a few days, there will be a second round.
TBILISI, DFWatch–A key mountain road that connects north and south Caucasus is now closed for large vehicles because of snow and ice.
Trailers, semi-trailers and vehicles with more than 30 seats are prohibited from driving on the S-3 between Gudauri and Kobi, the Road Department
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two men died in a car accident in a mountainous area in the southwest of Georgia on Monday. One woman survived and was taken to hospital.
The accident happened in Keda, a municipality in the Adjara region.
The local gamgebeli
კრწანისის სამხედრო საწვრთნელი ბაზის ტერიტორიაზე 24 ოქტომბერს, გამთენიის 3:30 საათზე უკანონოდ შეჭრის მცდელობის გამო მოკლულია 23 წლის გიგა შენგელია, კიდევ ორ პირს კი ეძებენ. მათი ვინაობა ჯერ დადგენილი არ არის. თავდაცვის მინისტრის განცხადებით, გუშაგზე თავდასხმა საშიშ და აგრესიულ ხასიათს იღებდა, რასაც მოჰყვა კანონიერი რეაგირება.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The body of a man who was shot dead at a military base in Tbilisi Sunday morning has been identified as 23-year-old Giga Shengelia.
Two other persons who were with Shengelia are being searched for, although their identity has not yet been established.
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Giorgi Margvelashvili on Monday named Davit Rakviashvili, an old colleague at a media and public relations school in Tbilisi, as new secretary of Georgia’s National Security Council.
The friendship between the two go back 30 years,
TBILISI, DFWatch–An attempt by a group of people to enter a military base in Tbilisi Sunday morning left one young man dead after the sentry fired shots at the intruders. The mother of the deceased reacted strongly at the implication that her son would harm anybody.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The National Movement yesterday won the repeat election in a precinct in the south of Georgia, while Georgian Dream won in the western Zugdidi area.
But the UNM candidate didn’t win by more than 50% at the 48th precinct in Marneuli,