DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch–Less than three weeks left before the presidential election in Georgia, candidates are busy conducting their election campaign.
Davit Bakradze, the candidate for the National Movement, on Wednesday met with people in the Racha region.
He opened a new
TBILISI, DFWatch–The family of Goga Dzvelaia, a 16-year old who died in a cell in Kutaisi prison a few days ago, has conducted an independent examination of the body.
It was conducted by Maya Nikolaishvili, who did an external examination of the body and took photos.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s new government says it will not continue a plan launched by President Saakashvili two years ago called ‘Smiling Georgia’, which involved fixing the teeth of elderly people.
Minister of Health Davit Sergeenko said at a press conference
TBILISI, DFWatch–A 16-year old prisoner has died in Prison No 2 in Kutaisi, Georgia’s second largest city. Preliminary information indicates that it was a suicide, but the teenager’s family calls it a murder.
According to the Prison Ministry, the deceased was brought
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia tops a new survey of media freedom among those eastern European countries that are not members of EU but associated through the Eastern Partnership.
The report is called Media Freedom Index in Eastern Partners Countries and was presented in Moldova
TBILISI, DFWatch–The State Audit Office has again asked for documentation about the financial activity of presidential candidate Nino Burjanadze’s party.
The Audit Office monitored the election campaign for two month between July 1 and September 9 and found
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russia has refused to let seven Georgian wine producers export 28 types of wines to the Russian market ‘due to non-compliance with hygienic standards.’
The official website of the Russian consumer protection agency Rospotrebnadzor published a list
TBILISI, DFWatch–Rescue workers have recovered two tourists from Israel who were lost for two days in a mountainous part of Georgia.
According to the Interior Ministry, the tourists were discovered in Mestia, Svaneti. They left from the village Janbeshi toward the village
TBILISI, DFWatch–Nino Burjanadze, presidential candidate for Democratic Movement, on Monday presented her election program.
Burjanadze explained that the program contains all important areas for the country’s development, and foreign and domestic affairs.