Tbilisi, DFWatch – Emirati minister visits Georgia to pompously inaugurate an upscale hotel in Tbilisi center.
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Tsereteli's giant Christ statue nearly finished, but where will it be placed?
TBILISI, DFWatch–Zurab Tsereteli, a Georgian sculptor living and working in Russia, says he will soon finish a 33 meter tall statue of Christ, which he wants to erect in Mtskheta, the former capital of Georgia.
“I will finish working on the Christ statue very soon.
Georgia's first wind farm to start producing in December
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s first wind power plant will be completed in September and go into operation in December.
Tornike Kazarashvili, president of the board of directors of Kartli wind power plant, told DFWatch that construction work began in March,
Update: A Pankisi man detained for a threatening Facebook post
Tbilisi, DFWatch – State Security Service of Georgia launched a probe into a possible terror threat distributed by Facebook on Thursday evening.
NDI polls: Only four parties performed above electoral barrier
Tbilisi, DFWatch – The National Democratic Institute released the results of the latest survey which details Georgians’ political affiliations before the upcoming parliamentary elections in October 2016.
Nigerian student accuses Georgian bank of discrimination
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Nigerian national, Solomon Adebayo Okeleye accused Bank of Georgia of racial discrimination for limiting his and other Nigerian students’ right to use payment cards.
Kaladze apologises for a sexist remark
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Deputy prime minister and minister of energy Kakha Kaladze apologised for sexist remarks he made while commenting on President Giorgi Margvelashvili’s statement about ‘undue connections between political groups and law enforcement’ in the context of the dispute over the Constitutional Court.
Frontera Bankruptcy Strategy Criticized
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Frontera Resources, the American oil-and-gas company that has been exploring and drilling in Kakheti since 1997, is being harshly criticized for trying to evade a $30 million debt payment due August 1.
'Undue connections between political groups and law enforcement'
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian president Giorgi Margvelashvili political groups have informal connections with law enforcement and other state bodies and are using them for political purposes.
“This trend is used for political goals,” the president said on Monday,
Two members of opera singer’s opposition party detained
TBILISI, DFWatch–Sunday night, police in Georgia detained two members of a newly formed opposition party led by the opera singer Paata Burchuladze.
The two members of State for People were detained outside the party office in Temka, a northern district