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Woman mauled by tiger in Tbilisi Zoo

May 27, 2015 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–Doctors had to amputate one arm on a woman who was attacked by a tiger in Tbilisi Zoo. The victim, Guliko Chitadze, is a 25 year veteran of the zoo. The tiger attacked her on Tuesday at about 5pm. According to the zoo, she was in the caretaker area at the time of the … Read more

Independence Day celebration in Tbilisi

May 26, 2015 by DFWatch staff

Georgia celebrated its Independence Day on May 26. U.S. soldiers participated in a oath taking ceremony for Georgian soldiers at Freedom Square in the center of Tbilisi. Rustaveli Avenue was closed off and a street fair offered entertainment for visitors. See our

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Privacy declaration open for signing today on Rustaveli Avenue

May 26, 2015 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–Everyone who wishes so may today sign the declaration of protection of personal information and respect toward others.

This is an initiative by the Personal Data Protection Inspectorate, which was created nearly two years ago and are out on the street

Farmers threaten to block highway after sheep returned sick from Jordan

May 26, 2015 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–Locals in Uplistsikhe, in Georgia’s Kartli region, threaten that they will block the central highway near Gori because sheep that was returned from Jordan is dying from an unknown disease.

Teo Tlashadze, member of the local council in Gori,

Two more people detained at disputed S.O. border as parties meet

May 26, 2015 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–Two more people were detained on the disputed border with one of Georgia’s breakaway regions on Monday.

The incident took place the same day as the parties were gathered in a border village for EU- and OSCE-hosted negotiations.

The

Socially disadvantaged groups demonstrated in Batumi

May 26, 2015 by DFWatch staff

socially_disadvanted_demonstrated_batumi — (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Socially disadvantaged groups protested in Batumi on Monday, some demanding government help to handle their bank loans, others to get back land property taken from them.

Some of them demanded to get back land property that they were given

Georgia unveils new unmanned attack helicopter

May 25, 2015 by DFWatch staff

Delta_unmanned_attack_helicopter — (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia has presented a new unmanned attack and reconnaissance helicopter produced by the state research and development center Delta.

The new helicopter is on a display now for the first time on Roses Square in Tbilisi, in connection with

Georgian detained with 194,000 in counterfeit dollar bills

May 25, 2015 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia Monday detained a man for attempting to distribute more than USD 194,000 in fake dollar bills.

The suspect, who was born in 1994, was detained at the Red Bridge border crossing with Azerbaijan. The fake money, which was

Georgian govt plans controversial new control mechanism in the courts

May 25, 2015 by DFWatch staff

nino_gvenetadze — Head of Supreme Court Nino Gvenetadze doesn’t see any threats in the new bill. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia is planning a new court reform, which will involve creating a new body to conduct oversight over the judges.

Georgia already has an control mechanism over the court system. It is called the High Council of Justice,

Russian border guards detain Georgian man (42) during funeral

May 25, 2015 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–A 42 year old man was detained by Russian border guards at the funeral of his mother-in-law, which was held on a cemetery close to the border with South Ossetia.

The detainee, Gia Solashvili, comes from the village Karkusaani.

Since the cemetery