TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia Sunday detained two Georgian for beating two Nigerians in Tbilisi.
The attacked happened on September 19 when one Georgian citizen and his two Nigerian friends were walking on Rustaveli Avenue in the capital.
DFWatch staff
Gori city council to discuss restoring Stalin statue
TBILISI, DFWatch–A statue of Joseph Stalin may be put back up in his hometown Gori, where positive sentiments towards the late Soviet ruler are still high.
The city council is to discuss the issue on Friday, October 2. If the council approves the decision, the statue will be erected in the small park in central Gori, near the Stalin museum. The overall cost of the project is up to 2 million laris, or about USD 840,000.
Georgia's National Bank issues 20 year anniversary coin
TBILISI, DFWatch–The National Bank of Georgia has issued a new anniversary coin in connection with the national currency’s 20 years of existence.
The nominal value of the new collector’s item is 20 laris, and it was manufactured by Mennica Polska in Poland.
Minister: Nothing is being built in Abkhazia
Tbilisi, DFWatch – “After all contacts were broken, nothing is being built in Abkhazia,” Paata Zakareishvili, State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality, stated at the parliament library on Sunday.
Georgian clinic discriminating against fathers, ombudsman says
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s ombudsman has called attention to discrimination against fathers at the Children’s Infectious Diseases Clinical Hospital.
Fathers are not allowed to stay at the clinic at night to supervise their kids.
The ombudsman Wednesday described
Georgia's parliament may consider mandatory gender quotas
TBILISI, DFWatch–The human rights committee in Georgia’s parliament Thursday favored a law that would guarantee that at least 25% of representatives are women.
The law concerns those representatives who are elected
Leader of parliamentary majority quits to head investment fund
TBILISI, DFWatch–A leading member of parliament from the ruling Georgian Dream coalition is leaving in order to take the helm of the government’s Partnership Fund.
It is not yet known who will replace Davit Saganelidze as member of parliament. According
Georgia's National Bank intervenes for sixth time since start of lari crisis
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s National Bank intervened to bolster the flagging currency lari on Tuesday, causing its value to rise four tetris against the US dollar.
The Bank put USD 40 million up for auction, out of which USD 27 million has been sold so far.
The lari currently
One Georgian soldier dies in Afghanistan
TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian soldier has died in Afghanistan while taking part in the NATO-led Resolute Support mission.
Private Vasil Kuljanishvili was from the 43rd battalion of the IV Mechanized Brigade.
Sergeant Paata Rostobaia from the same
Georgian PM says lari has bottomed out as it near historic low
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s national currency is four cents away from reaching its lowest point ever against the US dollar.
When the lari began to drop rapidly in November, 2014, one USD was about 1.75 laris. Today, the Georgian National Bank’s official exchange