DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch–46 percent of Georgian families would like to have a son instead of a daughter. Nine percent have the opposite preference, while women with partners or husbands admit they have had an abortion because of the sex of child.
These are some
TBILISI, DFWatch–Friday is the last day for the president to present parliament with his candidates for a new government.
Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili Tuesday evening warned President Giorgi Margvelashvili about the terms of the procedure by saying
TBILISI, DFWatch–Workers at the port in Poti went on strike Sunday, demanding a 14 percent pay rise.
The workers gave their bosses ten days to comply with their demand, otherwise they threatened to completely paralyze the functioning of the port.
On Tuesday, the term expired,
TBILISI, DFWatch–A court in Tbilisi decided Tuesday that the former mayor and Saakashvili confidante Gigi Ugulava must remain in detention.
Tuesday’s decision by Tbilisi City Court regarding Ugulava is strongly challenged by the National Movement, the former ruling
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia detained eight persons on Tuesday for match-fixing. Some of the detainees are football (soccer) players.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the detainees include the president of the football club Stu Tbilisi,
TBILISI, DFWatch–A diplomatic row is brewing between Georgia and Armenia after the speaker of Armenian parliament met with the de facto parliament speaker of South Ossetia.
Yesterday, Russian media reported that there had been a meeting between the speaker
TBILISI, DFWatch–As Georgia’s national currency lari is continues to fall in value, the economy minister assures the public that the fall will not continue and calls on journalists not to speculate.
Economy Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili said Monday that there
TBILISI, DFWatch–Ex-Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili again criticized the president and leading NGOs on Sunday, on the talk show 2030, aired on his son Bera’s TV channel GDS.
The program was first broadcast a few weeks ago. Ivanishvili has since used
TBILISI, DFWatch–The famous Georgian film director Revaz (Rezo) Chkheidze has died in Tbilisi at age 88.
Rezo Chkheidze rose to fame in the Soviet Union for his iconic 1964 World War 2 black-and-white drama Father of a Soldier, with a powerful performance by Sergo
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Prosecutor General’s Office told DF Watch that they still haven’t received a response from Azerbaijan to a request to extradite former President Mikheil Saakashvili.
Last week, Saakashvili visited Baku to participate in a political