Tbilisi, DFWatch – US Secretary of State John Kerry condemned occupation of Georgian territories by Russia by issuing a short statement on 8th anniversary of Russo-Georgian war.
DFWatch staff
Former European wrestling champion shot dead in Kakheti
TBILISI, DFWatch–A former European wrestling champion was shot dead in Georgia’s eastern Kakheti region Monday evening.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), Nodar Modebadze (66) was shot with a rifle in the village Akura.
Police have a suspect
President meets group who proposed referendum to define marriage
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Giorgi Margvelashvili will Tuesday meet the Georgians who proposed holding a referendum about defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
Giorgi Abashishvili, head of the president’s administration,
8 years since '08 war: Over 2,000 civilians have been detained on disputed borders
TBILISI, DFWatch–As Georgia marked eight years since the war with Russia, figures show that over two thousand civilians have been detained on the provisional borders that were drawn after the end of that war.
From 2009 to 2015, the number of people
Georgia mulls bringing back compulsory military service
TBILISI, DFWatch–Compulsory military service remains a hot topic after resignation of Tina Khidasheli, who actively lobbied a shift toward voluntary service and managed to partly abolish the system during her tenure as a minister of defense.
Four tourists found dead on Mount Ushba, northern Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–Four foreign tourists were found dead on Mount Ushba in northern Georgia on Saturday.
The Interior Ministry’s emergency service said the bodies are in the process of being brought down from the mountain.
Authorities received notice on Friday
Former UNM members join New Rightists in bloc called 'New Choice'
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two political parties formed by ex-National Movement members together with an opposition party without representatives in parliament on Friday launched a new election bloc for the upcoming parliamentary election.
The name of the new
Socialists' founding congress canceled after slapping incident
TBILISI, DFWatch–The new party Socialist Georgia canceled its founding congress on Thursday, after a quarrel with a protester led to the arrest of one of its members.
The assembly was planned held at the music school
in Telavi, a town in the eastern Kakheti region.
Borjomi park partly destroyed by flooding after strong rainfall
TBILISI, DFWatch–A historical park in the southern Georgian resort town Borjomi was partly destroyed by flooding Thursday evening.
Strong rain flooded houses and streets and trees more than a hundred years old were torn down. Infrastructure was damaged.
Sudden family feud in southern Georgia leaves one man dead
TBILISI, DFWatch–In a small town in the south of Georgia, a disagreement between two politicians’ families resulted in the death of a 23-year-old man on July 30.
The confrontation took place in the village Nardevani, in the Kvemo Kartli region. The families Tamarian