DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Constitutional Court elected Zaza Tavadze as new head on Thursday, by five out of eight votes.
He will replace Giorgi Papuashvili.
The ballot was secret, but it is likely that the following judges supported Tavadze: Merab Turava, Lali Papiashvili, Teimuraz Tughushi
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two people died in a car accident in the Georgian town Rustavi on Wednesday.
Interpressnews reports that a Mercedes travelling at high speed crashed into lighting pole on Mshenebeli Street near Public School No 2.
Two men died on the spot.
TBILISI, DFWatch–A worker fell from a building at a construction site in Tbilisi on Wednesday.
He was brought to the Republican Hospital with multiple head injuries and placed in intensive care, but died later the same day.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs
TBILISI, DFWatch–The 31-year-old suspected of viciously attacking a transgender woman in Tbilisi on October 14 was Wednesday placed in pre-trial detention.
The accused Giorgi Murjikneli’s lawyer asked for his client to be released on 1,000 lari bail, but the judge
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Amid growing concern over imminent constitutional majority in the hands of Georgian Dream, Prime Minister airs his initiative to set up a group, which will work on amending constitution.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Individual members of some of the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the Georgian capital Tbilisi are now calling on opposition political parties to call on their voters to support opposition candidates in the second round of the parliamentary election, fearing that the ruling Georgian Dream might secure enough seats in the new parliament to amend the Constitution on … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch–Irakli Alasania, the former defense minister and leader of the Free Democrats who ‘temporarily left’ politics after his party failed to reach the minimum 5% in the election, may be hired by the president’s administration.
According to domestic media,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Three new airlines are opening flights out of Tbilisi from November: Turkmenistan Airlines, the Ukrainian DART Airlines and Russia’s Pobeda.
Turkmenistan Airlines will fly twice weekly (Mon, Thu) to Ashgabad, starting November 2.
DART Airlines begins flights
TBILISI, DFWatch–The date for the second round of Georgia’s parliamentary election has been set to October 30. 50 election districts will vote for single seat candidates for parliament, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced.
Candidates for the ruling GD
TBILISI, DFWatch–A man was arrested Monday in Georgia, accused of involvement in the blowing up of MP Givi Targamadze’s car just days before the parliamentary election.
The man, born in 1976, was arrested as part of the investigation into the explosion