TBILISI, DFWatch–Two Georgian citizens who barely avoided being hanged in Malaysia for drug-related crimes returned to Georgia on Sunday.
Babutsa Gordadze, who was arrested in Malaysia along with Darejan Kokhtashvili, was convicted of illegally
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Georgia's by-election last October to be investigated for fraud
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor General’s Office in Georgia has launched an investigation two weeks after allegations were put forth by a member of parliament about election fraud in last year’s by-election in Sagarejo in eastern Georgia.
Gogi Topadze, leader
Hundreds rally against Ivanishvili’s ‘Panorama Tbilisi’ project
TBILISI, DFWatch–Activists demand putting halt a large construction project amidst environmental, urban, social, and conflict-of-interest controversies.
Up to 400 activists gathered on Tbilisi’s Freedom Square on 27 February in order to protest against the construction
Tbilisi’s Azerbaijani activists call for recognition of the ‘Khojaly Genocide’
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Azerbaijani activists marked the anniversary of the Khojaly tragedy and called for its recognition as a genocide.
On 25 February, a conference on the Khojaly (Xocalı) genocide was held in Tbilisi. The event was organised
Ex-minister in a stable condition after being shot
TBILISI, DFWatch–Doctors say former government official and now opposition member Alexi Petriashvili is in a stable condition. He was shot in the legs and abdominal area on Friday at a cemetery in Tbilisi.
The director of the Republican Hospital
Georgian ballerina criticized for Moscow performance on 'Soviet Occupation Day'
TBILISI, DFWatch–Nino Ananiashvili, a former prima ballerina at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater, was criticized in Georgia for performing at the theater in the Russian capital on February 25, because in her home country, the day is observed as the Day of Soviet Occupation.
Georgian Islamic State suspect denied recruitment activity
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Aiup Borchashvili admits links to Umar ash-Shishani, but denies direct involvement in recruiting people to fight in Syria and Iraq.
Telavi District Court heard Aiup Borchashvili in the case of
Shots fired at Georgia's ex-minister for Euro-Atlantic integration
TBILISI, DFWatch–A former member of government and secretary of an opposition party was shot by unknown attackers on Saburtalo cemetery on Friday afternoon. His injuries are not life-threatening.
Aleksi Petriashvili was shot at and wounded at the Saburtalo
