DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Orthodox Church is against holding the electronic music festival KaZantip in Georgia, claiming that it will ‘harm’ Georgians.
The ten-day music festival used to be held in Crimea, but due to the Russian annexation it will this year be held in Anaklia, on the Black
TBILISI, DFWatch–A lawmaker from the National Movement wants to ban Russian news channels in Georgia.
Giorgi Baramidze floated the idea in a Facebook post last Saturday, but has not yet decided whether to make a formal proposal.
Baramidze later explained
TBILISI, DFWatch–More than 90 percent of the cars people drive in Georgia are from before 2004, according to a new report by the Interior Ministry.
The report, which was published on Friday, deals with cars registered in Georgia, but also imported and re-exported
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian and Turkish soccer players clashed in Tbilisi on Thursday, during a qualification match for UEFA Europe League.
Georgia’s Chikhura defeated Turkey’s Bursa with a score 4-1 in a penalty shoot-out.
The scuffle started when a Georgian
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Appeals Court in Georgia on Thursday acquitted the head of Rustavi 2 TV in a corruption case.
Rustavi 2 boss Nika Gvaramia was charged with accepting a bribe, money laundering, preparing fake financial documents, using them and helping in false
TBILISI, DFWatch–A group of NATO politicians are arriving in Georgia on Thursday, to meet Georgian politicians and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
The delegation is headed by the president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, British Labour
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two members of the Georgian parliament insulted each other on Thursday during a meeting of the human rights committee.
The committee was discussing the Public Defender’s annual report for 2013 when Chiora Taktakishvili from the National Movement
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Finance Ministry’s investigative service on Thursday detained three persons for organized financial crime that caused the state a loss of 345,774 lari (USD 197,551).
In a statement, the investigative service says the three aimed at not paying
TBILISI, DFWatch–The new Georgian government will be put to parliament for a vote of confidence on Saturday.
Vice Speaker of Parliament Manana Kobakhidze told journalists on Wednesday that parliament now waits for the president to present the new government, and then
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili on Wednesday presented economist Mikheil Giorgadze, a government insider, as new culture minister.
The PM on Monday dismissed seven ministers, but immediately reappointed two of them in new ministerial positions.