DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Council decided to write the 2014 budget themselves, after refusing twice to pass drafts proposed by City Hall.
The capital’s executive government is staffed by people from Saakashvili’s National Movement, but the city council is dominated
TBILISI, DFWatch–Four tourists have died in an avalanche in Ushguli, a village in the Upper Svaneti region, north in Georgia.
According to the local government in Mestia, two German and two French tourists have died.
One French tourist survived. His health is in no
TBILISI, DFWatch–Parliament in Georgia Wednesday passed a resolution condemning Russia’s deployment of military forces in Crimea, which it says is a threat to all of Europe.
The resolution says Georgia became a victim of Russian military aggression in the war in 2008,
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