DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch–The prison minister in Georgia supports a proposal by the head of the National Bank to merge the Prison Ministry with the Justice Ministry to save money.
“The more we reduce government offices, the more effective the system will be,”
TBILISI, DFWatch–Intermittent power supply ended two days ago in the breakaway region Abkhazia.
The reason for the recent power cuts is low water level in the Inguri reservoir. Georgia is now importing electricity from Russia in order to compensate
Tbilisi, DFWatch – As of September, Kutaisi will be connected with cities in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, and Italy.
Wizzair, a Hungarian cheap airline, announced seven new flight destinations operating from the David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport to Berlin,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The president of the National Bank suggests reducing the number of ministries in Georgia in order to save public money.
In an interview with Rustavi 2, Giorgi Kadagidze drew attention to Switzerland, a developed country which has eight ministries,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Finance Ministry’s investigative service Tuesday detained three people for selling counterfeit salt.
The three made profit by systematically selling salt, according to a short statement put out by the service.
The statement said they packed
TBILISI, DFWatch–Parliament is considering introducing a ban on children accessing porn websites.
Dimitri Khundadze, head of the parliamentary committee on healthcare and social issues, suggests creating a commission to craft a draft law.
TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian member of parliament has unexpectedly withdrawn a draft law that would make it a crime to insult religious feelings.
In a short explanatory note, MP Soso Jachvliani explained that the issue is so important that more consultations are necessary to refine
TBILISI, DFWatch–Three Iranian airlines will enter the Georgian market in February and March, according to the airport operator TAV Georgia.
The company announced that regular flights between Tbilisi and Tehran will be launched in the end of February.
TAV Georgia,
South Ossetian KGB detained a 42-years-old Georgian following citizen’s arrest by a local man near Tskhinvali. An uneditified Georgian man was detained in South Ossetia for crossing ‘the border’ (administrative borderline), South Ossetian news agency Res reported. The agency writes that according to the South Ossetian KGB (Committee for State Security), a South Ossetian man … Read more
Andrey Makarevich, leader of a Russian cult rock band Mashina Vremeni, and a vocal critic of the Kremlin will play a concert in the Tbilisi Concert Hall on March 9. Mashina Vremeni was founded in 1969 and is the oldest among active Russian rock bands. During the war in Donbas, Ukraine, in August 2014, Makarevich … Read more