DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch–A well-known TV host in the republic of Georgia was Wednesday evening criticized for making discriminating statements about Jehovah’s Witnesses while on air.
One of the guests on Nanuka’s Show, which is aired on Rustavi 2, a TV channel in the former
TBILISI, DFWatch–New charges were brought against former Georgian President Mikheil Saakasvhili on Thursday, related to the murder of a bank employee in 2006.
The investigation into the Sandro Girgvilani murder, which Saakashvili has called the ‘a black stain’
TBILISI, DFWatch–The parliament in Hungary on Tuesday ratified agreements signed with the EU by Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
The press service of Georgia’s Foreign Ministry erroneously said that 127 deputies voted for ratification.
But in fact, 122 MPs supported
TBILISI, DFWatch–Employees of the Georgian railway went on strike this week demanding overtime compensation, new salary rules and a so-called 13th salary payment.
A new trade union for railway workers has been set up, headed by Vitaly Giorgadze and deputy
TBILISI, DFWatch–The signing of a new treaty between Abkhazia and Russia has caused outrage in Tbilisi.
Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said he considers what has happened annexation.
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili went as far as saying that
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s foreign trade turnover in the first ten months of 2014 was USD 9.4 billion; 10 percent more than the same period in 2013.
According to the latest monthly report by Georgia’s National Statistics Department, published on Monday, export
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia has still not decided who should have access to secret surveillance material, a problem that has remained unresolved for more than half a year. But this week, parliament is to review several legislative proposals.
A previous vote that
TBILISI, DFWatch–An accident at a thermal power plant in eastern Georgia caused a country-wide blackout early Monday morning.
Almost the entire country was without electricity at 02:10 in the middle of the night, as the thermal power plant in Gardabani near
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili pardoned 121 prisoners in connection with the celebration of Giorgoba, an important Christian holiday in Georgia.
93 of those who were pardoned left prison the same day Friday, while 28 prisoners had their
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two people were detained during a demonstration against the National Movement in Tbilisi on Sunday.
The demonstration took place outside the party’s office and was held in connection with the 11 years anniversary of the Rose Revolution, which