DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch–A newly appointed commission will next week start studying a special operation which claimed 14 lives on the Georgia-Russia border in August 2012.
The incident took place in the last few months of Saakashvili’s government. After the change of government
TBILISI, DFWatch–French actor Gérard Depardieu, who recently became a Russian citizen, was spotted at a restaurant in Tbilisi yesterday.
Depardieu arrived Monday morning at Tbilisi airport, and it was first reported that he stayed in the transit area
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Refugee Ministry says there has been discovered a sixth depot where equipment, home appliances and various supplies for refugees has been kept since 2008.
The humanitarian goods were this time discovered in Bolnisi. The goods should have been
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili says he will name his preferred candidate for Tbilisi Mayor before he leaves his post.
In an interview with Imedi TV, the PM explained that before leaving office, he may agree with the party council about who that
TBILISI, DFWatch–The number of people charged with or convicted of a crime has been reduced by 59.3 percent in the third quarter of 2013, compared to the same period last year, according to the Prison Ministry.
The number of people charged or placed in jail
TBILISI, DFWatch–Government bodies in Georgia have purchased 2 146 cars from January 2011 to July 2013, a new a report by Georgian Young Lawyer’s Association shows.
Six out of ten of the most expensive cars were purchased by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA)
TBILISI, DFWatch–The pardon commission has sent the president a list of more than 150 prisoners who they recommend be pardoned.
Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili told journalists after a commission session on Sunday that 120 of the prisoners will be released
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian soldiers serving in the NATO-led ISAF mission have voted at two precincts in Afghanistan.
Usually, elections are held in Afghanistan a few days before Election Day, which this year is October 27 for Georgia and for all the other voting
TBILISI, DFWatch–A storm on the Black Sea coast damaged the boulevard in the Georgian resort city Batumi Sunday and caused 400 meters of a running path to collapse.
According to Batumi Mayor Jemal Ananindze, it could cost several million lari to repair the damaged
TBILISI, DFWatch–Rallies against the ‘creeping occupation’ and the Sochi Winter Olympics continue in Georgia. Saturday, there were protests in 25 different cities and towns all over the country.
Despite the rain, youth protested in Batumi, a city on the Black Sea