DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili on Monday fired seven ministers: the ministers for agriculture, prisons, refugees, environment, infrastructure, culture and diaspora.
Explaining his decision at a morning briefing, he said that for the last two
TBILISI, DFWatch–What connects the Khudoni hydro power project, a prehistoric gold mine, shrinking green areas in Tbilisi and human rights abuses in the mining industry?
They are all problems caused by the government’s economic policy, according to the youth group
TBILISI, DFWatch–About 50 people physically attacked priests at an Armenian Church in Tbilisi on Saturday.
The Armenian Orthodox Church says the attack was motivated by religious and ethnic prejudice, but Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs
TBILISI, DFWatch–Hundreds of Indians come to Georgia every year to study medicine at Tbilisi State Medical University (TSMU).
The two Indian friends Nirmal and Samy have been studying at the university for three years and are quite happy about their choice.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian parliament on Friday ratified a new agreement with the European Union which was signed three weeks ago.
The vote took place at a special session with 123 out of 150 MPs voting for and none against.27 MPs didn’t attend the session.
TBILISI, DFWatch–A 16-year-old boy died on late Thursday as a result of a rockslide in Borjomi, a tourist resort in the south of Georgia.
Nika Korghanashvili, who was spending his holiday in Borjomi with some friends, was walking home from the sulphur baths
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian parliament will vote on whether to ratify the Association Agreement with the European Union on Friday.
Several prominent European politicians are expected to attend the vote, including Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin, Latvian
TBILISI, DFWatch–Drivers of bus line number 19 in Tbilisi on Thursday laid down work as a sign of protest, after one of their colleagues died on the job.
A passenger got into a physical scuffle with a bus driver at noon on the number 19 line in the suburb Ponichala,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Culture Ministry and Georgian Church will Thursday sign a memorandum about protection of cultural heritage.
The memorandum is about taking care of cultural heritage that is in the ownership of the Georgian Church.
According to the
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian soldiers are leaving the U.S. military base Leatherneck in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, as it is being closed down.
According to the Ministry of Defense, the closure of the base is related to the transfer of security responsibility