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TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia have detained former Interior Minister and Saakashvili faithful Vano Merabishvili.
He is charged with sabotaging the investigation of the murder of a bank employee, Sandro Girgvliani, in 2006, appropriation and embezzlement in connection with
TBILISI, DFWatch–The foreign ministry and the president’s administration in Georgia are embroiled in a quarrel over who is to blame for the bad coordination of foreign visits.
The ministry accuses the president’s administration of not coordinating visits abroad
TBILISI, DFWatch–Metal workers in Zestaponi in western Georgia are on strike and have paralyzed the functioning of a plant which is responsible for 12 percent of Georgia’s export.
The operation of the Zestaponi ferroalloy plant was suspended almost all of Monday.
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili again asks members of the Georgian Dream coalition to go on visits abroad together with him.
The president on Sunday left for Thailand in order to participate in the second Asia-Pacific Water Summit, as well as to hold
TBILISI, DFWatch–Former political prisoners on Sunday held people’s congress at Sport’s Palace in Tbilisi in order to demand the restoration of justice and put the Saakashvili regime on trial.
The congress decided to set up a people’s movement with the same
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police Day was marked in Georgia May 19. It was supposed to have been held on May 6, but the event was rescheduled due to the Easter celebration.
The Interior Ministry used the occasion to present a new uniform, a shoulder-mounted video
TBILISI, DFWatch–A peaceful rally to protest Friday’s violent clashes went ahead without serious incidents outside the government office on Saturday.
In the afternoon, LGBT activists and their supporters started gathering in front of the government’s office,
TBILISI, DFWatch–After the violence yesterday, a gathering is planned today Saturday outside the government building on Ingorokva Street 7 at 15:00 to condemn what happened.
Organizers say the goal is to condemn the violence by clerics and others who confronted the LGBT
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian church is distancing itself from the violence on May 17, but maintains that LGBT propaganda is not acceptable.
Patriarch Ilia II commented on the violent clashes between his parishioners and LGBT campaigners in Tbilisi.
Ilia II called
TBILISI, DFWatch–Orthodox Christian activists Friday successfully prevented a peaceful demonstration to mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia in Tbilisi.
After numerous violent incidents throughout the day which led to more than twenty people being