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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.
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'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
„შეუძლებელია ამ ქვეყნის ყველა მაცხოვრებელს „ადამიანი“ უწოდო…’ – პრორუსი საველე მეთაურის სკანდალური დასვენება აფხაზეთში
დონეცკელი პრორუსი სეპარატისტების ცნობილი საველე მეთაურის, „მოტოროლას“ ოჯახურ დასვენებას ოკუპირებულ აფხაზეთში სკანდალი მოჰყვა. აფხაზები აღშფოთებას ვერ მალავენ მისი მეუღლის მიერ სოციალურ ქსელში ВКонтакте გაზიარებული პოსტის გამო, სადაც აფხაზეთში არსებული, ასე ვთქვათ, სანიტარულ-ჰიგიენური მდგომარეობა უწმაწური სიტყვით არის მოხსენიებული, მისი მაცხოვრებლები კი „წარმოუდგენლად ფუქსავატ“ ადამიანებად.
Catholics win discrimination lawsuit in Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–Catholics in Rustavi, 20km south of the Georgian capital, have won a court’s backing that they were discriminated against after failing to get a construction permit to build a church there.
The Catholic community in Rustavi applied for permission
Militants release all hostages in Yerevan, but stand-off continues
TBILISI, DFWatch–A group of up to 25 armed militants occupying a police building in Yerevan released all their hostages Saturday but refused to surrender, demanding the president’s resignation and the formation of an interim government.
Georgia reacts to Munich shooting
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Foreign Ministry extended its condolences to the families of the victims and solidarity with the government of Germany.
Nine people were killed in a shooting rampage in Munich at a McDonald’s restaurant Friday evening, in addition to the
Interpol halts search for Georgian public enemy number one
TBILISI, DFWatch–Interpol has called off its search for the Georgian former intelligence chief Igor Giorgadze, who has been a staple of domestic politics as the preeminent ’bad guy’.
Giorgadze is accused of having organized an assassination attempt
Two rugby players among injured in deadly car crash in western Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two Georgian rugby players are among the injured after a deadly car crash in western Georgia in which three people died and four were injured.
The accident happened last night when a BMW and a Nissan Tiida crashed on the Kutaisi-Samtredia
