DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia have detained two foreign citizens, Mikail Kadiev and Rizvan Omarov, suspected of preparing to carry out an act of terrorism.
The two were detained in Tbilisi as part of an investigation by the Interior Ministry’s antiterrorism
TBILISI, DFWatch–20 000 bottles of cognac were Tuesday sent to Russia to be sold there. This is the first time Georgian beverages are sold in Russia after it imposed an embargo on Georgian products in 2006.
Levan Davitashvili, Chair of the National Wine Agency
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi State University formally approved Rector Alexandre Kvitashvili’s resignation on Wednesday, according to a short statement published on its official website.
The decision is allegedly related to a recent amendment to the law on higher
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is reconsidering its liberal visa rules towards 121 countries, Foreign Affairs Minister Maia Panjikidze says.
Mrs Panjikidze said she is not ruling out revising the liberal visa policy towards many countries, as the migration policy
TBILISI, DFWatch–The video containing threats against Georgian soldiers was uploaded to Youtube from Georgia, the Georgian interior minister says.
Interior Minister Irakli Gharibashvili said the IP address of the user who uploaded the video has been determined,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two of Georgia’s military bases in Afghanistan will be closed, according to the defense minister.
In a TV interview on Tuesday Defense Minister Irakli Alasania said that his government, acting on recommendations from its armed forces
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian border guards detained a father and son in a village close to the de facto border with breakaway South Ossetia.
Zviand and Vakhtang Zghentis were bringing cattle out to graze when they were detained and taken to Tskhinvali.
Later the same
TBILISI, DFWatch–Heavy rain damaged roads and flooded streets in several villages in Georgia. The capital Tbilisi was also affected.
Clean-up work is being conducted in the village Ereda, in the Akhalgori region, where the roads were damaged. Rain killed livestock,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s National Security Council will meet Tuesday at 18:00 at the president’s palace in the capital.
This will be the second session of the Security Council after the change of government after the parliamentary election in October 2012.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The number of employed in the business sector has increased by 16 000 in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the same period in 2012, but the number has decreased by 42 000 compared to the fourth quarter of 2012.
In the first quarter of 2013,