DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch–A young man was electrocuted in Batumi on Wednesday after he jumped into a swimming pool to save a three-year-old girl.
The incident happened at about 11:00 in the morning in a guesthouse at a place called Benze.
A girl fell into the pool in the garden
TBILISI, DFWatch–A group of orthodox Christian parents in Georgia are planning to demonstrate against Pope Francis during his visit the coming week.
The group is called the Union of Orthodox Parents and is well-known among locals for its confrontational style and conservative views.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Construction work on Georgia’s first wind farm has been completed near Gori, the Energy Development Fund of Georgia announced.
The facility consists of six turbines, each with a power output of 3.45MW.
TBILISI, DFWatch–A former Georgian government official has refused to travel from Ukraine to Georgia to answer questions about a violent dispersal of anti-government protesters five and a half years ago.
Gia Lortkipanidze is head of police in Ukraine’s Odessa region,
Tbilisi,DFWatch – Russian opposition journalist published a video on Tuesday stating he has to leave Russia and settle in Georgia ‘for some time’.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor General’s Office in Georgia on Tuesday charged four former officials for their handling of the dispersal of an anti-government rally in Tbilisi on May 26, 2011.
The four are charged with exceeding their official powers.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia arrested two men Monday who are suspected of robbing several banks and a convenience store in the Vazisubani district of Tbilisi two days earlier.
One of the men was arrested on the Armenian border at Sadakhlo,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Ukrainian airline Dniproavia is beginning weekly flights to Tbilisi, Georgia, starting October 6.
Flights will have a duration of 2 hours and 25 minutes each way.
The airline has decided to use the Brazilian twin-engine jet Embraer 145, which is capable
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia condemned the election Sunday for the Russian State Duma inside the two breakaway regions Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) called on the international community to react against this
TBILISI, DFWatch–A 17-year-old Georgian who was detained Friday by Russian soldiers patrolling the border of South Ossetia was returned on Saturday.
Joni Gogichaishvili’s return was confirmed by the European Union Monitoring Mission to Georgia (EUMM),