DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch–The minaret that was taken down in a Georgian village was put back up at the mosque Wednesday night.
According to the local newspaper Samkhretis Karibche (Sknews.ge), the local government in Adigeni issued a permission to restore the minaret in Chela
TBILISI, DFWatch–A ship Wednesday arrived in Batumi to take aboard 300 000 boxes, or 120 tons, of Georgian citrus fruits and bring the goods to Novorossiysk.
The citrus fruit originated in the two municipalities Khelvachauri and Kobuleti.
According to Zaur Putkaradze,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia will initialize its Association Agreement with the EU on November 29 as leaders of the EU and countries in the Eastern Partnership meet in Vilnius.
Davit Zalkaliani, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, will initialize the agreement by signing
TBILISI, DFWatch–A new agreement between Georgia and Switzerland about simplified visa rules will come into force on January 1, 2014.
According to the Georgian Foreign Affairs Ministry, the two countries have completed all the procedures related to the agreement
TBILISI, DFWatch–A dispute has developed between the current Tbilisi mayor and the likely new mayor.
The dispute has to do with infrastructure projects in Tbilisi which the encumbent mayor claims the candidate for new mayor, who is now infrastructure minister, has
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian soldiers have detained two Georgian citizens at the de facto border with the breakaway region South Ossetia.
The detainees – Malkhaz Vanishvili, 28, and Gocha Makishvili, 28, from the village Khurvaleti – have been taken to a detention
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Giorgi Margvelashvili has replaced some of the members of the presidential pardon commission, one of two commissions which review applications from prisoners for reduced sentence or early release.
Aleksandre Elisashvili, a well-known
TBILISI, DFWatch–Parliament is considering banning the carrying of swords of the type belonging to the Georgian national costume Chokha.
A few days ago, two teenage boys were injured when two others dressed in Chokha drew swords on them at Pushkin Square in Tbilisi.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian justice minister has replaced her first deputy after the new government was approved by parliament.
Justice Minister Thea Tsulukiani explained on Monday that she has known Davit Jandieri since the time when he was her intern for three
TBILISI, DFWatch–It is not known why two deputies to the Georgian chief prosecutor have resigned, and the Tbilisi prosecutor was replaced a few days ago.
Lasha Natsvlishvili resigned November 21, just as a new chief prosecutor was appointed. In his letter of