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TBILISI, DFWatch–Father of Goga Dzvelaia, who allegedly committed suicide in Kutaisi’s prison no 2 a few weeks ago, claims that the prison ministry showed him footage of another person instead of his son.
On Tuesday, the family watched 24 hours of a surveillance tape which
TBILISI, DFWatch–Interpol has issued a red alert in the search for Samar Chokutaev, the alleged perpetrator behind the so-called jihad videos against Georgian soldiers in Afghanistan.
The Prosecutor’s Office in Georgia sent documents to Interpol asking to launch
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Rome have detained three Georgians who are suspected of murdering the Russian mafia boss Ded Hassan in January, 2013.
76 year-old Aslan Usoyan, also known as Ded Hassan, or Grandpa Hassan, was shot in the head by a sniper when he was
TBILISI, DFWatch–Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum Task Force (TF) gives Sunday’s election a positive evaluation, but also highlights several violations.
The task force consisted of seven observers from Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Moldova, Ukraine and Poland,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The inauguration of the new president will be financed from the government’s reserve fund, Georgia’s finance minister says.
Finance Minister Nodar Khaduri said Wednesday that there is not enough money in the president’s reserve fund to finance
TBILISI, DFWatch–Koba Davitashvili, a member of parliament from the Georgian Dream coalition and leader of the People’s Party, says he is leaving politics because of a lack of support.
Davitashvili says he realized after the recent presidential election that he
TBILISI, DFWatch–Stanislav Lakoba, Secretary of the de facto Security Council of Abkhazia, who is in the de facto government for years and is known for having anti-Georgian views, has been fired.
According to Russian and Abkhazian media, Alexander Ankvab, the de facto
TBILISI, DFWatch–A court in Georgia has sentenced a former government minister to three years and nine months in jail for his role in a prison riot in 2006.
Bacho Akhalaia, former Prison, Defense and Interior Minister, was charged together with Davit Chakua, Revaz
TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia is preparing to sue the Russian communications network MTC.
Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said Monday at a press conference that he met with Polish journalists on Sunday and received information that the area near the
TBILISI, DFWatch–The United States has congratulated the Georgian people on holding a peaceful presidential election.
A statement published on the State Department website says the presidential election on October 27 was an important step for Georgia’s democratic