DFWatch staff Georgian citizens can enter Iran visa-free for up to 90 days, while most foreign nationals can obtain 30-days visas at Iran’s airports. Iran has reintroduced visa-free regime for Georgian citizens, Iran’s deputy ambassador to Georgia Mohsen Kebriaizadeh told journalists on Monday. The decision follows a phone conversation between Georgian Prime Pinister Giorgi Kvirikashvili and Iranian … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch–Ex-Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili halted work at Tsikhisdziri on Saturday, where three giant trees are being prepared to be carried by ship and replanted in a garden further north on the Black Sea coast.
An environmental group joined
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian breakaway region Abkhazia may have its electricity supply cut off because of low water level at the Enguri Dam, which straddles the de facto border.
Since January 25, Abkhazia’s electricity supply has been
TBILISI, DFWatch–A man was arrested Friday in the west of Georgia accused of triple murder.
Three men who had been missing for several days were found dead in a river in Zugdidi with gun shot wounds to their head and chest region.
The killing took place
TBILISI, DFWatch–Abkhazia is introducing a new exception from its own ‘visa’ rules. Citizens of countries that have recognized the Georgian breakaway region may freely visit.
In practical terms, this means for Russian citizens.
The current law, adopted in 2005, says
TBILISI, DFWatch–Rainbow Europe’s LGBTI rights ranking praises positive developments in Georgia despite major setbacks.
Georgia was placed in the middle of a ranking of European countries which assessed each country’s legislation regarding
TBILISI, DFWatch–Five people were killed in a car crash in eastern Georgia Thursday evening. Several people are injured, two of them are in a serious condition.
The accident took place in the village Badiauri, near Sagarejo. A minibus smashed into a small
TBILISI, DFWatch–Five people were detained Wednesday during a rally in Tsikhisdziri on the Black Sea coast near Kobuleti.
They were protesting against the removal of three giant old trees which they suspect will be hauled by boat 40km up the coast
TBILISI, DFWatch–A new report suggests that a number of rights are violated when people are detained. They are not read their rights and have problems getting an interpreter and a lawyer during their first questioning.
These are the findings in a new
TBILISI, DFWatch–A TV host on the Georgian Public Broadcaster says she was fired without explanation and plans to sue her employer.
Eka Mishveladze, one of the hosts on Channel 1, says her open-ended contract was terminated with no explanation and she