Tbilisi, DFWatch – The official car of Almas Japua, MP in Abkhazia’s de facto parliament called the National Assembly, was hit by an explosion on Saturday evening, Sputnik Abkhazia reports.
The car exploded on Sergei Bagapsh Square in
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Georgian no longer language of instruction in Gali, Abkhazia
TBILISI, DFWatch–There are now no schools using Georgian as language of instruction in Gali, a part of the breakaway region Abkhazia where 97 percent of the population are ethnic Georgians (Megrelians).
Georgian children have to study school subjects
Man arrested in Tbilisi for slitting wife's throat
TBILISI, DFWatch–A man was arrested a Tbilisi suburb Wednesday, suspected of slitting his wife’s throat with a knife.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, an investigation has been launched under article 108 of the Criminal Code about premeditated murder.
Constitutional Court deprives security service of surveillance access keys
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Constitutional Court ruled Thursday to take the access keys to secret surveillance away from the State Security Service, which until now has had the technical means to access data that may identify people.
Lika Sajaia, parliamentary
U.S. Department of State releases new report on Georgia’s human rights record
Georgia's foreign trade turnover January-March down 7%
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s foreign trade turnover in the first three months of 2016 was USD 2.136 million. This is 7 percent less than in the same period last year.
According to preliminary figures from Georgia’s National Statistics Department, GeoStat,
Georgian Manganese loses lawsuit over GEL 200 million tax penalty
TBILISI, DFWatch–The company Georgian Manganese, which owns manganese mines in Chiatura and a ferro-alloy plant in Zestaponi, lost a court case against the government on Tuesday and must pay a 200 million laris (USD over 88.2 million) tax penalty
TSU students reject reform proposal, relaunch protests Saturday
TBILISI, DFWatch–Students at Tbilisi State University (TSU) will resume their protests on Saturday, after negotiations with the Ministry of Education failed.
After a meeting with Education Minister Tamar Sanikidze Wednesday evening, members of the group Auditorium 115,
Poll: Georgian Dream 15%, National Movement 13%
TBILISI, DFWatch–Less than six months before the parliamentary election in Georgia, an opinion poll shows Georgian Dream in the lead with 15 percent and the National Movement second with 13 percent. But 38 percent don’t know who they would vote for.
Saakashvili blames sex tape scandal on Bidzina Ivanishvili
TBILISI, DFWatch–In a TV interview Tuesday, Mikheil Saakashvili blamed former PM Bidzina Ivanishvili of a series of sex tapes posted online with threats against politicians.
A fourth video was sent to a Georgian media outlet the same day as the former