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TBILISI, DFWatch–Representatives of former Defense Minister Irakli Alasania’s party have withdrawn as a faction in the city council. The reason, they explain, is ‘incompatibility’ with his party, the Free Democrats.
The Free Democrats Party was a member
TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Defense Minister Irakli Alasania accuses the government of having failed to implement an air defense treaty with France and proposes setting up a parliamentary investigation commission to look into it.
Alasania Friday
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia Friday detained a Moldovan citizen for using an ATM skimmer to illegally obtain money.
The suspect installed a so-called ATM skimmer, a barely noticeable device installed in the card reading slot of the machine which copies information
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Finance Ministry’s Investigative Service on Thursday detained two veterinarians in Tbilisi for fraud that allowed potentially dangerous meat to get through to consumers.
Veterinarians Khvicha Bichiashvili and Mamuka Mzhavanadze are charged with
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s governing coalition has lost support, while the former ruling party has gained, according to the latest poll by International Republican Institute (IRI), published Wednesday.
If there were held parliamentary elections next Sunday,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia has taken no real steps toward protecting the rights of sexual minorities, according to a new report by the Ombudsman.
The report, which was published on April 1, says there is an increase not only in homophobic attitudes but also crimes motivated
TBILISI, DFWatch–New figures show that Georgia’s increase in population continued an upward trend in 2014, but the growth rate is still barely above zero.
The number of live births minus the number of deaths, which scientists call the natural increase, was 11,548 in 2014.
TBILISI, DFWatch–An Israeli company plans to build a new factory in Georgia with the goal of producing parts for Boeing, Airbus and Bombardier passenger planes.
The construction of the ‘high tech and modern’ aviation plant will begin in three months, Economy
TBILISI, DFWatch–When the Georgian president held his state of the nation speech in parliament on Tuesday, the government and the prime minister were absent – again.
This is the second time the government has snubbed President Giorgi Margvelashvili. The same
