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
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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
Former head of Georgian military police charged with contract killing
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has charged the former head of the military police Megis Kardava with the murder of general Roman Dumbadze.
The decision was made on April 7, but published on Tuesday.
According to the Chief
Georgia improves on Freedom House index
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia slightly improved its position on the Nations in Transit index published by the human rights organization Freedom House, and has the best result over the past nine years.
Georgia’s score in the latest index is 4.61 points out of 7.
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Georgian sex tape scandal continues, another video threat posted online
TBILISI, DFWatch–One more Georgian sex video was posted on the Internet on Tuesday.
The clip was sent to a media outlet; the same delivery method as the previous three times. This time, the website news.ge received an email with a video depicting
More Georgians think the country is moving in the wrong direction
TBILISI, DFWatch–A larger share of Georgians think the country is going in the wrong direction, according to new opinion poll published Monday by the National Democratic Institute (NDI).
According to the poll, 39 percent of people think that Georgia is moving
Georgia increasingly attractive for Azerbaijani businessmen and activists
TBILISI, DFWatch–An increasing number of Azerbaijani citizens have been moving to Georgia in order to work and study.
In addition to growing interest from tourists, one can already speak of a trend in which an increasing number of Azerbaijani choose