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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
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia says negotiations with the European Union about the schedule and procedures for signing the Association Agreement must be finished in March.
Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze said this after meeting with Štefan Füle, European Commissioner
TBILISI, DFWatch–Several hundred people demonstrated Monday near the de facto border with South Ossetia, to highlight the recent resumption of installation of barbed wire by Russian soldiers.
The demonstration was held in the village Atotsi, near the town Kareli.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s defense and foreign ministers on Monday spoke by phone with Ukraine’s acting defense and foreign ministers.
In the phone conversation, Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze expressed deep concern about the events taking place
TBILISI, DFWatch–Emzar Kvitsiani, who was accused of organizing a mutiny in Kodori Valley and has been wanted since 2006, has been detained as he arrived at Tbilisi airport.
Tbilisi City Court placed him in pretrial detention.
Since 2006, police have been offering
TBILISI, DFWatch–The foreign ministers of France and Germany and an EU commissioner have postponed their visits to Georgia due to the latest developments in Ukraine.
EU Commissioner Stefan Fule should have visited Georgia on Monday while Laurent Fabius and Frank
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Council will hold a special session on March 7 to once more put the city’s 2014 budget bill to a vote.
City Hall has sent a draft budget to the council for the fourth time, but the council failed to approve it.
The capital has remained