DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia today marks the restoration of independence in 1991. It is also a day of commemoration of an independence rally two years prior which was violently dispersed, resulting in twenty deaths.
After becoming independent in 1918, Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–Four Nigerian students were found dead in a Tbilisi apartment Wednesday night, apparently from gas poisoning due to a faulty water heater.
Three of them were students at Tbilisi State Medical University and one at Georgia’s University.
Their bodies were found
Tbilisi, DFWatch–NGOs in Georgia have revived their campaign This Affects You Too, and are launching a lawsuit against the Ministry of Internal Affairs for having direct access to communication operators’ networks and, thus, having ability to eavesdrop on citizens unchecked.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Defense Minister Mindia Janelidze explained in parliament Wednesday that a defense deal with France has not been put on hold.
His predecessor Irakli Alasania accused the government of halting the planned installation of new air
Tbilisi, DFWatch – President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, is visiting Georgia for the first time ever on April 23-24 to meet his Georgian counterpart, Giorgi Margvelashvili, as well as the prime minister and other officials.
Mr Lukashenko’s visit to Georgia was planned back in February, when he first
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi is making an effort to correct the gender imbalance in its street names, by changing the names of ten streets, naming them after famous women.
There are about 1,200 streets in the capital, 1,120 of which are named after men, according
TBILISI, DFWatch–High winds injured two people in Batumi and left 4,000 households in the Adjara region without power on Tuesday.
In Batumi, strong wind blew down a tree which fell onto a nearby building with three people inside, two of whom were slightly injured.
TBILISI, DFWatch–A village was evacuated in Imereti in western Georgia Monday night, after a leak of liquid oxygen from an overturned truck.
The truck overturned in a sharp bend, according to the Interior Ministry.
It was carrying a large amount of liquid oxygen.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s government has decided not to sell a stately building in the center of Tbilisi that was meant to be a presidential residence and once served as the US embassy.
The building on Atoneli Street near Freedom Square was on a list
