TBILISI, DFWatch–Representatives of Georgia and the breakaway region South Ossetia met on Thursday for a regular field meeting, ending it with a feast.
The meetings of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms have been held regularly since
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Eleven detained in Georgia for attempting to jump Turkish border
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian border police arrested nine Bangladeshi and two Turkish citizens on Thursday for illegally trying to cross the border with Turkey.
The Interior Ministry said in a statement that the group was attempting to cross the border in an area near Akhaltsikhe,
Jehovah's Witnesses house in Tbilisi fired at
TBILISI, DFWatch–A house used by Jehovah’s Witnesses was fired at in Tbilisi on Monday night.
Witnesses say they heard sounds of shots at about 23:00. At least 15 bullets were fired at the building. No-one was injured.
Representatives of the Kingdom Hall
School children held performance to show what early marriage means
TBILISI, DFWatch–School children appeared outside the government office on Wednesday, enacting scenes where they were forced to abandon their dreams in order to become a wife and mother.
The street performance was staged by the Georgian Women’s
Debate on the need of pro-social labour reforms
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Debate between the representatives of the government and different interest groups intensifies as pro-social labour market reforms are being implemented.
On 25 November, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Georgia hosted the
Opposition party calls off hunger strike against election fraud
TBILISI, DFWatch–Activists from a Georgian opposition party which claimed a recent election was falsified called off their 16-day hunger strike on Tuesday after meeting with parliamentarians.
Irma Inashvili, the Alliance of Patriots’ candidate for parliament in in October’s by-election
479 foreigners barred from entering Georgia since Paris attacks
TBILISI, DFWatch–In the ten days that have passed since the November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris, law enforcers in Georgia have prevented 479 foreigners from entering the country.
One Georgian citizen and 31 foreign citizens have been detained for
ISIS threatens Georgia in new video
TBILISI, DFWatch–The terror group ISIS threatened Georgia in a video appeal on Sunday recorded in the Georgian language with Russian subtitles.
The intelligence service is examining the clip but have not yet made detailed comments.
Local media have researched
Russian border guards detain three on South Ossetia perimeter
TBILISI, DFWatch–Three people were detained by Russian soldiers on Monday in a village near the disputed border with South Ossetia.
Locals in the village Adzvi told the television channel Imedi that the three were planning to go to a church which lies near
Suspected ISIS fighter arrested in Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–A man was arrested in Georgia Saturday suspected of being connected with ISIS. Davit Borchashvili was arrested as he arrived at Tbilisi airport after having been extradited from Turkey.
After his arrest, he was sent to hospital where he is currently receiving