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TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili claims former President Mikheil Saakashvili is being used as an adviser by the new interim authorities in Ukraine.
Appearing on a TV show Wednesday evening, he warned Ukrainian leaders not to trust the
TBILISI, DFWatch–A Russian military helicopter violated Georgian air space on Thursday.
The helicopter, which was of the type Mi-8, flew over an area in the vicinity of the towns Gori and Kaspi, according to Georgia’s Foreign Ministry.
According to the ministry, the helicopter took
TBILISI, DFWatch–A campaign in Georgia which played an important role ahead of Saakashvili’s unexpected election defeat in 2012 has been revived.
The campaign This Affects You Too is being brought back to life in order to fight against illegal surveillance by
TBILISI, DFWatch–The strike among mine workers in western Georgia is continuing.
Workers in the coal mines in Chiatura demand better conditions and higher salaries, both of which they were promised over a year ago at the end of an extensive protest.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor’s Office in Georgia has brought in new charges against a lawyer representing former Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia.
Prosecutors have already charged Goga Oniani, a former police official, with harassing a man printing t-shirts
TBILISI, DFWatch–Vegetable prices are on course to a 46.6 % projected annual increase in Georgia, new figures from the National Statistics Department, GeoStat, show.
Georgia’s monthly inflation rate was 0.2 percent in February, according to the new report.
In February
TBILISI, DFWatch–Rusudan Gotsiridze, Bishop of the Evangelical Baptist Church of Georgia, has been given the International Women of Courage Award 2014.
The award ceremony was held in Washington DC. Gotsiridze received the award because of her merits in promoting
TBILISI, DFWatch–37 percent of children in Georgia live below the poverty line, according to a new report by UNICEF.
Child poverty increased 2 percent in 2013, compared to 2011. Georgia has the second highest rate of inequality in Europe, the organization writes.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili has started working at the old parliament building in Tbilisi.
The speaker explained it was only the first step in a gradual moving process.
“Parliament will be moved back to Tbilisi step by step,” he said,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The presidents of Georgia and Turkey have spoken on phone about the latest events in Ukraine.
President of Turkey, Abdullah Gül, and the Georgian President, Giorgi Margvelashvili, underlined the importance of supporting the territorial integrity