DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch–The group of traditionalists behind the referendum bid to define marriage as a union of a man and a woman are fuming at the president after he shelved their proposal.
The activists claim President Giorgi Margvelashvili’s decision
TBILISI, DFWatch–A ropeway connecting the biggest park in Tbilisi with a recreational lake in the hills above will reopen in September after having been closed for seven years.
Spokesperson for Tbilisi Transport Company (TTC) Gvantsa Potskhveria told DFWatch
TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian citizen was Wednesday sentenced to 12 years in jail for cooperating with the terrorist organization Islamic State.
As most of the Georgians who have joined the Islamic State group, Davit Borhcashvili comes from Pankisi Valley. He was detained in November 2015
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Varlam Liparteliani won silver medal in men’s 90 kg judo at the Rio Olympics. This is the country’s second medal in the games.
Liparteliani defeated Gwak-Dong Han from South Korea in the semi-final, but in the final round, he was
TBILISI, DFWatch–A woman was found dead Wednesday morning, buried in her own garden inside a traditional Georgian wine-brewing tank.
The macabre discovery was made in the village Shakriani, in Georgia’s eastern Kakheti region.
The elderly woman
TBILISI, DFWatch–A 39-year-old corporal in the Georgian army died Wednesday morning, apparently from heart failure.
The deceased is Davit Lomidze, a corporal in 52th Battalion of the 5th Infantry Brigade of the Eastern Command of the Land Forces, the Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday morning.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia won its first medal in the Rio Olympics on Tuesday, as Lasha Shavdatuashvili claimed the bronze medal in men’s 73kg judo.
He defeated Sagi Muki from Israel in the final rounds. Earlier, he defeated Denis Yartsev of Russia in the quarter finals,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The office of National Forum, a right wing political party, which recently split with Georgian Dream, was broken into overnight in Tbilisi.
Members of the party say that the investigation is in progress and yet it is hard
სახელმწიფო უსაფრთხოების სამსახურის (სუს) უფროსის მოადგილის, ლევან იზორიას თავდაცვის მინისტრად დანიშვნის შემდეგ, კიდევ ერთხელ გააქტიურდა ე.წ. ოდეერის ინსტიტუტის, ანუ სუს-ის მხრიდან სხვადასხვა უწყებაში საგანგებო დავალებით ჩანერგილი პირების, თემა.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia will not hold a referendum over whether to have a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
President Giorgi Margvelashvili made it clear Tuesday evening that he does not support the proposed referendum about amending