TBILISI, DFWatch–A court in Georgia on Wednesday sentenced four men to up to 8 years in jail on Wednesday for bridenapping.
The bride kidnapping took place in Kobuleti, a town on the Black Sea coast, in November last year.
In her court testimony,
DFWatch staff
Jehovah's Witnesses recorded 51 cases of discrimination in 2015
TBILISI, DFWatch–On November 23 last year, shots were fired at a building used by Jehovah’s Witnesses in Vazisubani, a district in the Georgian capital Tbilisi.
When bullets slammed into the building again one week later, a lawyer representing the religious community wondered
200 tons of produce enters Akhalgori every day
TBILISI, DFWatch–Every day, about 200 tons of agricultural products is brought from Georgia into the Akhalgori district of South Ossetia, Sputnik Ossetia reports.
Akhalgori is a part of the breakaway region which was under Georgian control until the war in 2008. Many people cross
Flooded river brings Tbilisi Zoo a new baby lynx
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi Zoo has a new baby lynx, which was recently discovered in Lagodekhi in eastern Georgia.
The animal was discovered by ranger Gogita Khunashvili in Lagodekhi nature preserve in July, after the river Shroma was flooded, carrying
Foundations being laid for second terminal at Tbilisi airport
TBILISI, DFWatch–The construction of the second terminal building at Tbilisi International Airport is proceeding as planned.
Currently, the foundation is being laid, a spokesperson for the airport told DFWatch.
The need for a second terminal is evident in the steady
Military spox claims safety rules not violated when two divers drowned
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Defense Ministry claims safety regulations were not violated when two Georgian soldiers went missing Tuesday during a military exercise at sea, off the Black Sea coast.
Two soldiers never made it up to the surface during a course in combat diving.
Miraculous weightlifter wins first Gold for Georgia in Rio, beating World Record
TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian weightlifter competing in the heaviest, +105 kg, category won the country’s first Olympic gold in these summer games, setting a new world record, while his teammate from the same weight category won bronze.
Lasha Talakhadze,
Wrestler Bolkvadze wins bronze, Georgia's third medal in Rio
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Shmagi Bolkvadze took bronze in the Rio Olympics Tuesday in the Men’s Greco-Roman 66 kg wrestling.
Georgia now has two bronze and one silver medal. The two other medals were won in Judo.
Bolkvadze competed against Japan’s Tomohiro Inoue,
Two military divers missing off Georgia's Black Sea coast
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two Georgian soldiers are missing after diving off the Black Sea coast of Georgia during a military drill.
The Defense Ministry said the two failed to resurface near Gonio in southwest Georgia near the border with Turkey.
A search was immediately launched
Russia begins military exercise in South Ossetia involving 5000 troops
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russia began a military exercise in Georgia’s breakaway region South Ossetia on Monday, which will involve 5,000 soldiers, rockets and artillery.
The pro-government news agency RES reports that the exercise is taking place at seven different training grounds.