DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch–South Ossetia on Saturday released five out of 18 Georgians detained for allegedly crossing the disputed border.
18 Georgians have been detained by Russian soldiers in the last two weeks in villages on the disputed border.
According to the five
TBILISI, DFWatch–A new poll published by National Democratic Institute (NDI) shows that Patriarch Ilia II remains the most liked person in Georgia.
96 percent of those asked say the like the patriarch. 61 percent say they like Davit Usupashvili, Speaker of Parliament;
TBILISI, DFWatch–For the second year in a row, Georgia will not hold a military parade on its national day of independence May 26.
Columns of military personnel and hardware filing past and saluting their commander in chief became a tradition while Mikheil
TBILISI, DFWatch–Spokespersons for the Georgian Dream coalition say a claim by a TV station head that he and his staff are under police surveillance is staged and part of the National Movement’s election campaign.
Head of Rustavi 2, Nika Gvaramia, claimed
TBILISI, DFWatch–A bust of Joseph Stalin was Friday erected and taken down again the same day in the Soviet dictator’s hometown Gori, close to the Georgian capital.
The bust was brought there by car and installed by members of a group called Eurasian Institute,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Interior Ministry has confirmed that 8 more Georgians have been detained today on the disputed South Ossetia border.
Russian soldiers arrested 7 persons from the village Korbouli and one from the village Chala in the Imereti region, in western
TBILISI, DFWatch–48 percent of Georgians would vote for the Georgian Dream coalition if there were local elections tomorrow, a new polls shows.
This the second part of a wider survey published by National Democratic Institute (NDI) on Thursday, contains the party
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor’s Office in Georgia has brought in new charges against former Defense Minister Davit Kezerasvili, who was detained in France last year.
Davit Kezerashvili, who was announced wanted through Interpol, was detained in October, 2013,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian president has signed a new anti-discrimination law, and it has therefore come into force.
The Georgian Orthodox Church was against the law because it in their opinion ‘legalizes homosexuality’, and wanted to remove ‘sexual
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two workers died after the dome of a half-finished church collapsed in a small village in the Adjara region in the south western part of Georgia.
The accident happened as five construction workers under the age of 30 were working on a new church