DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch–Thousands of people came to downtown Tbilisi to mark Independence Day on Monday. The day was celebrated in 12 cities and towns all over the country.
There was no military parade, which used to be a tradition during the Saakashvili government, but the new
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian kindergartens and schools up to sixth grade will remain closed until the end of the week to deal with an outbreak of viral meningitis.
The schools should have been opened today, but Health Minister Davit Sergeenko announced Monday that they
TBILISI, DFWatch–Speculation that the new Ukrainian president, Petro Poroshenko, might hire former Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili as an advisor, is cheered by the latter’s supporters in Tbilisi.
It has not been possible for DF Watch to confirm a claim
TBILISI, DFWatch–The rights group Identoba held a demonstration Saturday outside the government office to highlight the problem of violence against women.
The organization, which is most known for having organized a gay rights rally in May 2013 which was attacked
TBILISI, DFWatch–The number of confirmed cases of viral meningitis in the last two months in Georgia has jumped to 306.
According to Georgia’s National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC), 169 of the cases were in Tbilisi, 51 in Kutaisi, 18 in
TBILISI, DFWatch–For the second year in a row, Georgia will mark Independence Day without a military parade.
The government has decided that Independence Day will be a people’s celebration and aimed at letting people take part.
But even though there is no military
TBILISI, DFWatch–A scuffle developed Saturday as supporters of the ruling Georgian Dream coalition demonstrated outside the National Movement’s party office in Rustavi, a city 20 km south of the capital.
Mamuka Chikovani, the UNM candidate for Rustavi mayor,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili maintains that he should sign Georgia’s association agreement with the EU, but says he wants to avoid a dispute about the issue.
Shalva Tadumadze, parliamentary secretary of the government, said Friday
TBILISI, DFWatch–A dead body was found Friday night during the ongoing search and rescue operation following the landslide in Dariali Valley on May 17.
This third casualty of the disaster was also found inside a tunnel that is part of a hydro power development
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Constitutional Court on Friday revoked a decision to suspend Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava pending a corruption trial, and he now plans to go back to work only weeks before the local election.
Tbilisi City Court suspended Ugulava