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TBILISI, DFWatch–The parole commission decided at a session Tuesday to release 79 prisoners.
According to the Prison Ministry, 69 of those up for release are men, 10 are women. Two of the women had their sentence converted to community work.
During the session,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is not to advise the new Ukrainian government, but his economy minister, Kakha Bendukidze, confirms that he has been appointed as an adviser to Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Wednesday night there was a street fight in a town south east in Georgia involving hundreds of youth.
The fight took place in Gardabani, a town with a mixed Azerbaijani and Georgian population.
Claims vary about what started the scuffle. Some
TBILISI, DFWatch–The prime ministers of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine on Wednesday met with Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel in Germany.
“We would like people to know that which road to choose, and our meeting today is held exactly for this [purpose],”
TBILISI, DFWatch–The electronic dance music festival KaZantip will be held in Crimea after all. Earlier it was announced it had moved to Georgia.
For the last 22 years, KaZantip has been held in Crimea. But this year, it was first announced it had moved to Georgia,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze on Tuesday began an official visit to the United States which will last until May 30.
According to the Foreign Ministry’s press office, Panjikidze will hold meetings with representatives of different
TBILISI, DFWatch–The opposition in Abkhazia Tuesday night took over the presidential administration in Sukhumi and demanded the resignation of President Alexander Ankvab.
A new caretaker government claims to be in control of the breakaway region, led by Raul Khajimba,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Ex-Mayor of Tbilisi and National Movement member Zurab Chiaberashvili was attacked in the cafe in Tbilisi on Tuesday.
The attackers allegedly were Rezo Tabukashvili and director Giorgi Mgeladze.
Chiaberashvili told journalists at the hospital
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has transferred the right to sign an Association Agreement with EU to the prime minister for him to sign.
Who will sign the AA has been a subject of debate the last few weeks.
Government officials have
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court on Tuesday acquitted former Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili of cognac fraud.
Kezerashvili, who is under house arrest and electronic surveillance in France after being detained at Nice airport last year and then released in February, was charged by Georgian authorities in February, 2013, with assisting