TBILISI, DFWatch–President of the European Council Donald Tusk on Tuesday visited an area near the disputed border with South Ossetia where Russian border guards recently installed new signs.
Tusk went to the area near Khurvaleti and Tsitelubani,
DFWatch staff
Donald Tusk visits Georgia, takes sides in border dispute
TBILISI, DFWatch–President of the European Council Donald Tusk on Monday sided with Georgia in a conflict over the installation of border signs with South Ossetia, calling the signs a provocation.
The signs are placed along the old ‘administrative border’
Both sides speak of provocations at South Ossetia field meeting
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian and South Ossetian negotiators met Monday for field talks called following a series of border incidents.
The Georgian view is that newly installed signs are illegal and the border has been moved, while South Ossetia’s view is that the
Saakashvili gives up his Georgian citizenship
TBILISI, DFWatch–The former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili is giving up his native citizenship, according to Ukrainian media.
According to Ukrainian Pravda, Saakashvili is ‘in the process’ of rejecting his Georgian citizenship. He was given Ukrainian
Interview: Kenneth Yalowitz on how Georgia is developing
DFWatch recently had a Skype chat with Kenneth Yalowitz, former US Ambassador to Georgia, to discuss current events in Georgia, its Euro-Atlantic integration and issues in the region. Yalowitz extended his condolences to the victims of a recent flood in Tbilisi
Georgia’s interior minister will head new security service
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has named current Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri as new head of the State Security Service, a body that is created as the MIA is split in two.
If confirmed by parliament, Gomelauri will leave his
Husband of Georgian singer arrested for possession of drugs
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia on Sunday arrested the husband of a well-known singer at Tbilisi airport after he was found carrying drugs.
Kakha Mamulashvili is a producer, but better known as the husband of the Georgian singer Lela Tsurtsumia.
Anti-occupation protest with anti-governmental undertones
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Representatives of the civil society, science, and media lead the protest triggered by the latest developments at the border with South Ossetia and blame the government for inaction.
Around thousand people gathered in front of the State Chancellery in Tbilisi on 18
South Ossetia investigating border sign removal
TBILISI, DFWatch–South Ossetia has initiated a criminal investigation of the journalists who recently pulled down a border sign demarcating the breakaway region and replaced it with a Georgian flag.
According to South Ossetia’s official news agency RES,
LGBT rights activist assaulted allegedly for his appearance
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Interior Ministry launched criminal investigation into physical attack on employee of the NGO working in the field of protecting rights of sexual minorities in Georgia.
Levan Berianidze, of NGO Identoba,