DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch–A farewell ceremony was held at Vaziani military base Monday for one hundred Georgian soldiers who are departing for Afghanistan.
The soldiers, who come from the 31th infantry battalion, are to take part in the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian president on Monday decided to call a special session of parliament to let the government face its critics after the national currency dropped thirty percent.
Free Democrats MP Irakli Chikovani announced the decision after a meeting
TBILISI, DFWatch–A man was detained in Georgia on Monday, accused of distributing counterfeit money.
According to the Finance Ministry’s investigative service, the accused imported a large amount of counterfeit US dollars and sold it among Georgian citizens.
The amount
TBILISI, DFWatch–The conflict between Christians and Muslims continues in a village in southern Georgia. A commission created in December to solve the dispute appears to have done nothing so far.
Muslims in Mokhe demonstrated in February against the appointment
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court on Saturday released on bail a man suspected of beating a photojournalist and damaging his camera on March 4.
The suspect, who is around 21 years old, was released on a 3,000 laris (about USD 1,500) bail pending the first
TBILISI, DFWatch–The percentage of women in local government has remained unchanged for the last fourteen years, according to campaigners.
There are currently 11 percent women in city and municipal assemblies. In the previous period, there were 10 percent
Tbilisi, DFWatch – The Ministry of Defense released names of the two Georgian students at the US military academy in New Jersey killed during a car crash.
The two died soon after Saturday midnight, after 9 am Tbilisi time.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two Georgian students at military academy in New Jersey died in a car accident soon after Saturday midnight, at about 9 am Tbilisi time.
The identity of the two, both in their early 20s, will be released by the Ministry of Defense after notification of their families in Georgia.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Three female prisoners who were in for life on Friday had their sentences converted to fixed term.
The decision was announced by Zviad Koridze, head of the president’s pardon commission; one of two such bodies in Georgia.
Instead of life,
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Margvelashvili is reconsidering the idea of having a special parliament session to discuss the crisis sparked by an over 30% drop in the value of the national currency, the lari.
At the height of panic a few weeks ago, the president