TBILISI, DFWatch–Direct foreign investments in Georgia was 11 percent less in 2015 than in 2014, according to precise data published Monday by Georgia’s National Statistics Department, GeoStat.
According to the report, the amount of investments
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Two Georgians detained by Russians while fishing
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two Georgians were detained by a Russian border patrol on Saturday while out fishing along a river close to the breakaway region Abkhazia.
Levan Morgoshia and Pridon Matkava were apprehended while standing on the left bank of the river Inguri.
16 rescued from sea during the storm: MIA
TBILISI, DFWatch–16 people, among them several foreign tourists, have been rescued in Adjara after a strong storm hit the Black Sea coast of Georgia on Sunday, according to a statement by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The rain lasted several hours, flooding
Election ad featuring Putin causes outcry in Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–A ten seconds long election video has caused a strong reaction from Georgia’s political establishment and calls for using legal means to stop the party behind it.
The provocative advertisement ran on the Public Broadcaster’s Channel 1
Saturday night
Murdered U.S. tourist was spotted arguing with suspect
TBILISI, DFWatch–Witnesses in the village where a U.S. citizen was stabbed to death Thursday night reported seeing the tourist in an argument with the suspected murderer two hours before his body was found.
The motive for the murder is still unknown, but Imedi TV
Census shows only 7% Georgians living in South Ossetia
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s breakaway region South Ossetia has published results of a census showing that only 7 percent of the population there are ethnic Georgians.
The region from which tens of thousands fled in the 2008 war today has only 3,966 Georgian residents
Suspect arrested for murdering woman and burying body in wine tank
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in eastern Georgia arrested a man on Friday who is suspected of bludgeoning an elderly woman to death and burying the body in a wine-making tank.
The 28 year old man, who was arrested in Telavi in the Kakheti region,
Aslan Abashidze, Adjara's former ruler, sentenced in absentia to 15 years' jail
TBILISI, DFWatch–Aslan Abashidze, the ruler of breakaway Adjara who fled the country after the Rose Revolution, was Friday sentenced in absentia to 15 years in jail for a murder 25 years ago and other crimes.
National Forum politician's home broken into
TBILISI, DFWatch–The home of a candidate for parliament from the National Forum was broken into Thursday night, a few days after the party’s office was robbed.
Tamar Tsikhiseli told journalists that the burglars didn’t steal anything. She thinks the people