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TBILISI, DFWatch–The ruling Georgian Dream coalition won the by-local election in Gardabani on Thursday.
The election was necessary to find a replacement for Garsevan Nioradze, the recently deceased gamgebeli or head of municipality of Gardabani,
TBILISI, DFWatch–A man who died of swine in Georgia on Saturday did not suffer from any other disease. But there is no reason to panic, authorities say.
“Unfortunately, we had one case when the virus resulted in the death of an almost healthy person,
TBILISI, DFWatch–As Tbilisi Opera House was reopened Sunday after more than five years of rehabilitation works, protesters decried that the first performance was invitation-only.
Protesters who had gathered at the entrance did not like the policy to not have tickets
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Defense Ministry has suspended six of its staff, including the deputy head of the joint military staff, pending an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct by Georgian soldiers in the Central African Republic.
Three girls in the Central
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s president visited the Pankisi valley on Saturday, a few days after Russia’s foreign minister claimed that Islamic State militants are being trained there.
Locals in Duisi, one of the villages in Pankisi in the northeast of Georgia, welcomed
TBILISI, DFWatch–Five people died and six were seriously injured in a car crash in northwestern Georgia on Friday.
Two cars, a Ford and an Opel, crashed between the villages Lia and Jvari near Tsalenjikha in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti.
The accident happened
TBILISI, DFWatch–In its latest world report, Human Rights Watch draws attention to a number of alleged violations in Georgia, including political persecution, pressure on the media and ill treatment.
The first chapter on Georgia in the World Report 2016
TBILISI, DFWatch–468 schools are closed in Georgia on Thursday, according to the Ministry of Education.
267 schools are closed because of the swine flu outbreak and 201 are closed due to bad weather, mostly problems related to snow.
“In order to prevent the spreading of the virus,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia will supply Saudi Arabia with about 100 armored medical evacuation vehicles.
Tuesday, the company Delta announced that it had won a tender announced by the Defense Ministry of Saudi Arabia, and the total value of the vehicles
