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TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia will receive 27 million euros from the EU which is to be spent on reforms in education, professional training and employment.
The EU will allocate 35 million euros for Moldova and 25 million euros for Armenia. According to Štefan Füle,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Activists on Sunday gathered in front of the old parliament building in Tbilisi demanding the creation of a committee to go through miscarriages of justice during former President Saakashvili.
The demonstration was organized by the organization
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia Saturday detained a former official in the Defense Ministry and charged him with illegally owning and keeping a weapon.
Alexandre Ninua, former head of the purchasing department at the ministry, was placed in pre-trial detention the same day.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The president’s pardon commission gave a positive recommendation in 54 of recent applications from prisoners.
The commission which is one of two such bodies, the other one part of the government, was recently staffed by the
TBILISI, DFWatch–In Georgia, the parliament has asked the government to investigate crimes committed during the Saakashvili regime.
The bureau of parliament on Friday recommended the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Prosecutor’s Office
TBILISI, DFWatch–Foreign pharmaceutical companies are preparing to enter the Georgian market, according to the Health Ministry.
Health Minister Davit Sergeenko said on Friday that foreign pharmaceutical companies plan to start operating in Georgia and negotiations
TBILISI, DFWatch–An exhibition of handicraft art made by prisoners at the women’s facility is open for visitors until December 15 at the Europe House in Tbilisi, Freedom Square.
More than 250 pictures crafted from felt is on a display, as well as accessories like
TBILISI, DFWatch–86 schools in Georgia are closed due to bad weather, according to the Education Ministry.
69 of them is in the Adjara region – Keda, Shuakhevi and Khelvachauri. Four schools are closed in Guria, six in Imereti, four in Svaneti, one school in Kakheti, one in
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Gharibashvili on Friday appointed new governors in nine of the country’s regions.
The new governors are Irakli Shiolashvili, lawyer, in Kakheti, Zaza Meparishvili, engineer and lawyer, in Imereti, Zurab Rusishvili,
TBILISI, DFWatch–An ice skating arena in Batumi, Georgia, collapsed Thursday due to heavy snowfall.
The last five days there has been an electricity problem in Batumi, in the Adjara region, as transmission lines and poles were damaged due to the amount of snow in recent