DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch–The de facto South Ossetian government on June 18 recognized the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic.
The Lugansk republic, comprising a land area in the southeast of Ukraine, was established on April 27 after a referendum held on May 11.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Election results at two Georgian precincts were canceled Tuesday, as a result of a controversial video published by the National Movement party, which lost the local election in that area.
The video is made by the organization Free Zone, which
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia has improved its standing on the latest Global Peace Index by 28 places and is now 111 among 162 countries.
The index, which was published Thursday by the Institute for Economics and Peace, gave Georgia 2.22 points.
It says Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian wrestler Tarzan Maisuradze on Tuesday won the European junior wrestling championships in Katowice, Poland.
Maisuradze won in Men’s Junior Freestyle 74 kg, defeating Konstantin Gkontsis from Greece, Murat Erturk from Turkey,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia wants to take away one more power from the president: the right to award two top awards.
The awards in question are the Shota Rustaveli award and the National awards of Georgia. The government wants to give
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Republic of KaZantip, until now residing in Crimea, seems to be experiencing its own share of separatism, but it’s hard to figure out who is breaking away from whom.
Perhaps it is more fitting to call the music festival uprooted
TBILISI, DFWatch–One man died from electrocution on Tuesday at the steelworks part of a smelter plant in Rustavi, near Tbilisi.
Nukri Kimadze, 29, was taken to the hospital, but he died soon after arrival.
Workers at the plant of Rustavi, a town 20 km south
TBILISI, DFWatch–Another landslide Tuesday blocked the main road that connects western and eastern Georgia.
The first landslide damaged the road through Rikoti Pass on June 12, but the pass was cleaned and reopened after a few days.
Tuesday morning
TBILISI, DFWatch–Technical preparations for Georgia and Moldova signing free trade treaties with the European Union ended Monday.
As ten days are left until the signing, there is little debate among ordinary Georgians about what the treaty will really mean to
TBILISI, DFWatch–Another body was found in Dariali Valley on Monday, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced.
This is the fourth victim of a massive landslide on May 17.
The ministry said the body has been sent to Tbilisi to carry out an