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TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court on Thursday placed five Defense Ministry officials in pre-trial detention.
The five are charged with embezzling more than four million lari in connection with a tender for building high speed Internet.
The hearing was
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s public defender recommends that the Ministry of Education reconsiders a decision to allow the use of photo and video recordings of children during psychologist consultations.
A psychology center for school children was opened in spring
TBILISI, DFWatch–New NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg will meet Georgia’s prime minister on November 17.
Secretary General Stoltenberg said this in a speech at the German Marshall Fund in Brussels on Wednesday.
The stated purpose of the meeting with Georgian PM Irakli
TBILISI, DFWatch–The de facto government of Abkhazia considers inadequate a proposal by the Georgian prime minister to make Abkhazia an autonomous republic inside Georgia.
Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili made the proposal
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s parliament speaker says the detention of five defense ministry officials accused of corruption has seriously harmed the country’s defense ability, even if the charges turn out to be false.
Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian prime minister claims the party associated with former President Mikheil Saakashvili is planning to destabilize the country in connection with a demonstration planned on November 15.
The National Movement announced the rally a few days
TBILISI, DFWatch–The question of who should hold the access keys to the ‘black boxes’ containing secret surveillance material in Georgia has been postponed six more months.
As other former Soviet countries, Georgia has experienced widespread use of phone tapping
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s first lady and several government ministers took part in a theater performance on Tuesday dedicated to women who have been victims of violence.
The title of the performance, held at Marjanishvili Theater, was ‘Women wounded to death’
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s president and prime minister laid their differences to rest on Tuesday and put on big smiles for a session of the National Security Council.
The session was called by President Giorgi Margvelashvili to come up with ideas for how to respond
TBILISI, DFWatch–One man died as a result of a building collapse in western Georgia Monday night.
A water reservior burst in the office of the State Security Agency in the town Zugdidi, near the Abkhazian region. The victim is head of department Zviad Lagvilava.