TBILISI, DFWatch–Beijing-Urumqi-Tbilisi flights have been scheduled from Friday, according to Georgia’s National Tourism Administration.
China’s Southern Airlines, China’s largest flight companies, will carry out the flights two times in every week.
DFWatch staff
Three ex-officials including Vano Merabishvili found guilty of beating MP in 2005
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court has found a former interior minister and two other ex-officials guilty of beating a parliamentarian in 2005.
The guilty verdict against Vano Merabishvili, Erekle Kodua and Gia Siradze
A hundred illegal slot machines confiscated
TBILISI, DFWatch–Financial crime investigators in Georgia have confiscated a hundred home-made slot machines that were placed in several cities around the country.
The grey and blue columns do not look like typical slot machines, but offer customers
Muslims in Kobuleti win symbolic victory in discrimination lawsuit
TBILISI, DFWatch–In Batumi, the City Court on Monday ruled partly in favor of the Muslim community in a conflict about a planned religious boarding school called a madrasa.
The court case, which has lasted two years, deals with a conflict among locals in the town Kobuleti,
Saakashvili’s ally in Odessa indicted by Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor General’s Office of Georgia (POG) has indicted a former Georgian official and Odessa governor confidant in Ukraine for directing a brutal dispersal of opposition rally back in 2011.
Gia Lortkipanidze, a deputy of then omnipotent
Man electrocuted trying to save 3-year-old girl who fell into swimming pool
TBILISI, DFWatch–A young man was electrocuted in Batumi on Wednesday after he jumped into a swimming pool to save a three-year-old girl.
The incident happened at about 11:00 in the morning in a guesthouse at a place called Benze.
A girl fell into the pool in the garden
Orthodox group in Georgia threatens to protest against pope's visit
TBILISI, DFWatch–A group of orthodox Christian parents in Georgia are planning to demonstrate against Pope Francis during his visit the coming week.
The group is called the Union of Orthodox Parents and is well-known among locals for its confrontational style and conservative views.
Construction work ends on Georgia's first wind farm
TBILISI, DFWatch–Construction work on Georgia’s first wind farm has been completed near Gori, the Energy Development Fund of Georgia announced.
The facility consists of six turbines, each with a power output of 3.45MW.
Ex-official has no time to answer questions about police brutality in 2011
TBILISI, DFWatch–A former Georgian government official has refused to travel from Ukraine to Georgia to answer questions about a violent dispersal of anti-government protesters five and a half years ago.
Gia Lortkipanidze is head of police in Ukraine’s Odessa region,
Opposition journalist flees Russia, settles in Georgia
Tbilisi,DFWatch – Russian opposition journalist published a video on Tuesday stating he has to leave Russia and settle in Georgia ‘for some time’.