DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch–For the first time, the electronic dance music festival KaZantip will take place in Georgia, due to recent events in Ukraine.
The festival has been held annually in Crimea since 1992. Now, following the Russian annexation of the peninsula, it is
TBILISI, DFWatch–The rescue operation in Dariali Valley is continuing, though officials at the Emergency Management Department say there is now almost no hope of finding anyone alive.
Seven people, Turkish and Ukrainian nationals and one Georgian, are still missing.
TBILISI, DFWatch–An outbreak of viral meningitis has spread in schools and kindergartens in Georgia the last few weeks, with 142 confirmed cases so far.
Kindergartens and schools up to 6th grade will be closed until May 27, while sanitary measures are being
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government has criticized a TV program for being biased, after it turned the spotlight on promises made by the government in the 2012 election campaign.
The target of the government’s criticism is a program on Maestro TV called
TBILISI, DFWatch–Six people are still missing after the landslide in Dariali Valley on May 17, among them Georgians, Ukrainians and Turkish citizens, according to the Georgian interior minister.
12 Turkish citizens were rescued out of a tunnel, while two drivers
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government will meet with EU commissioners in Brussels on May 21.
First Deputy Foreign Minister Davit Zalkaliani says this is the first time such a meeting is being held.
“This is an unprecedented format in EU-Georgia relations, which
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s National Communications Commission (GNCC) has elected Vakhtang Abashidze as new chairman.
This is the first time a head of GNCC has been elected. Abshidze, the only candidate, received the support of all five commission members.
During
TBILISI, DFWatch–A group of conservatives demonstrated outside the Georgian Public Broadcaster on Monday, demanding that the TV program Red Zone is closed down, after it dedicated its Saturday show to homophobia.
May 17, the International Day Against Homophobia,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The ‘This Affects You Too’ campaign demands that parliament appoints a special session to review a package of amendments to better regulate secret surveillance and considers it ‘shameful’ that the assembly failed to reach a quorum last
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi has been hit by a new wave of fake bomb threats. Law enforcers are conducting fruitless searches for bombs in public and private facilities.
Ilia University was twice inspected on Monday and twice evacuated after there was a call made to the