DFWatch staff TBILISI, DFWatch–Six streets in the old part of the Georgian capital will become pedestrian zones, Tbilisi City Hall has decided.
City Hall explained that there is a demand from people to have more pedestrian areas in Old Tbilisi and that there is need for more tourism
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia Monday night arrested a 24-year-old suspected of murdering a car repairman a few hours earlier at in Tbilisi.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) informs that a man was arrested for premeditated murder and illegally purchasing,
TBILISI, DFWatch–A former human rights advocate who is running for parliament claims the former ruling party, the National Movement (UNM), is planning to provoke conflicts in the election campaign.
Tamar Chugoshvili, a candidate for parliament for Georgian Dream
TBILISI, DFWatch–Despite the falling oil price, Azerbaijan has confirmed its commitment to the implementation of large-scale projects like the Southern Gas Corridor, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Energy Minister Namig Abbasov said at a conference
TBILISI, DFWatch–An enraged customer pulled a gun on an electrician and shot him at a car repair place in central Tbilisi on Monday.
The fatal disagreement took place on Kipshidze Street in the western Vake district.
Police said the customer had a quarrel with an electrician
TBILISI, DFWatch–In a vote on Monday, a majority in the EU Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) supported giving visa-free access to the Schengen area for Georgian citizen.
44 voted for lifting visa rules for Georgian citizens,
The twenty organizations behind the new coalition say their goal is ‘to build a free and independent state, with effective democratic institutions, based on full respect for human rights and freedoms.’
Presenting the initiative at a press conference in Tbilisi on Monday, and in
TBILISI, DFWatch–A committee in the European Parliament will discuss today whether to offer visa-free travel to the Schengen area for Georgian and Ukrainian citizens, as well as citizens of Kosovo.
Claude Moraes, head of the Civil Liberties, Justice and
TBILISI, DFWatch–The City Court in Zugdidi last Friday sentenced a man to seven years in jail for raping a woman and attempting to force her into marriage.
Defense lawyers say the man, who was arrested April 11, will appeal the verdict.
According to the Prosecutor
TBILISI, DFWatch–A man was arrested in western Georgia on Saturday for harassing a witness in the Demur Sturua case.
Sturua committed suicide on August 7 and left a note indicating that a local policeman had pressured him to give up names of people who were cultivating