DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch — President Mikheil Saakashvili says he will agree to open the railway line through Georgia’s breakaway region Abkhazia on one condition only: that the Russian occupation of Abkhazia is brought to an end.
Otherwise, opening the railway will mean
TBILISI, DFWatch — Another former government official was January 26 released on USD 120 000 bail.
Tsezar Chocheli used to be governor of the Mtskheta Mtianeti region in Saakashvili’s government. According to the Finance Ministry, he supported the signing of
TBILISI, DFWatch — On their fourth day of strike, minibus drivers in Tbilisi were joined by more supporters, while Tbilisians either travel by crowded buses or metro — or walk.
Even though Tbilisi City Hall took measures to increase the number of buses and wagons
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s foreign trade turnover experienced a sharp downward trend at the end of 2012, according to precise data from Georgian National Statistics Department, GeoStat.
Although it is mostly the month of December which shows an alarming tendency,
TBILISI, DFWatch — Tbilisi international airport on Monday had to cancel or divert several incoming international and local flights due to heavy fog.
One flight from Moscow (04:00 pm) was delayed, while a flight from Ekaterinburg (10:20 pm) is canceled, as well as a
TBILISI, DFWatch — Almost no yellow minibuses are to be seen in the capital as the driver’s strike continues.
Sunday morning, a rally was held at one of the largest minibus garages, and drivers negotiated with Tbilisi Minibus, the company they work for, without
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s new government has pardoned the National Movement party for law violations during the election campaign in 2012.
The violations were described in a dossier published Friday by the Audit Office, a public body tasked with tracking
TBILISI, DFWatch — The strike among minibus drivers in Tbilisi continued Saturday. More drivers joined the strike which started Friday, creating more problems for the population in the capital.
Their demands are same as before: to reduce the price of travel
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian Patriarch Ilia II Friday visited the All Saints Church in Sokol, in northern Moscow.
The church is the site of a now defunct graveyard where there are buried many well-known Georgians and royals. There has been construction work in
TBILISI, DFWatch — The Prison Minister says the number of prisoners that will be released under a new law on amnesty, will increase from 3 000 to 5 000.
About 3 000 prisoners are already released, Prison Minister Sozar Subari told TV9 yesterday. The rest will leave