TBILISI, DFWatch–Batumi Muslims continue to rally for permission to build a new mosque in the city. The only existing mosque, called Ortajame, is not large enough and people have to pray on the street.
Several hundred Muslims gathered outside
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New domestic flights between Kutaisi and Natakhtari near Tbilisi
TBILISI, DFWatch–From March 10, there will be two flights per week between Natakhtari airport near the capital and Kutaisi.
Flights will be carried out every Tuesday and Thursday between Natakhtari and Kutaisi, Georgia’s third largest city, about
Republican Party will remain part of GD coalition
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Republican Party will remain in the Georgian Dream coalition, Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili said Thursday after meeting Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili.
The reason for the meeting was a recent statement by the prime minister
Tbilisi NGOs ask Brussels to specify reform criteria
TBILISI, DFWatch–Eight non-governmental organizations in the Georgian capital ask the EU to specify exactly how to measure the reforms the country is carrying out after signing an association agreement with the EU in 2014.
The association agreement involves
Prime minister seeks to calm feud within ruling coalition
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian prime minister sought to calm down a feud within his coalition on Thursday, detailing his views in a statement posted on Facebook.
Gogi Topadze, leader of the coalition partner the Industrialists, accused the defense minister of having
CoE criticises Georgia’s record on religious minorities and LGBT rights
TBILISI, DFWatch–A new report published by the Council of Europe (CoE) highlights persisting issues of hate speech, racism, xenophobia, direct violence, and systemic discrimination in Georgia.
On Tuesday, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance
Hotel construction permit in Tbilisi park revoked by court
TBILISI, DFWatch–On Wednesday, after a two-year-long legal dispute, Tbilisi City Court revoked the construction permit for Budapest Hotel, which is planned to be built in Vake Park in Tbilisi, journal Liberali reported.
Wednesday’s ruling concerned a lawsuit
Christians and Muslims in Adigeni agree to share cemetery
TBILISI, DFWatch–Muslims and Christians have reached agreement about a cemetery in a village Adigeni, in the south of Georgia, after a tense standoff.
The communities agreed to have one common cemetery, which will be separated by a line.
Jambul Abuladze,
Azot chemical plant in Rustavi shuts down for a month
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Azot chemical plant in Rustavi with more than 2,000 employees has shut down for a month due to economic factors.
The plant, which lies in Rustavi, a town 20km south of the capital, expected Azerbaijan’s state oil company Socar to reduce
155 prisoners pardoned in Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian president pardoned 155 prisoners on Wednesday. 105 of them will leave jail today.
The commission met on February 21-22, and considered 1,178 cases. 105 were completely pardoned, while the rest had their sentences