TBILISI, DFWatch — A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck near the Georgia-Azerbaijan border at about 14:15 on Sunday.
The epicenter was 10 km east of Lagodekhi, Georgia, and 10 km in depth.
The seismic monitoring center of Ilia University in Georgia
DFWatch staff
Repeat elections in Georgia due to serious fraud
TBILISI, DFWatch — Eleven precincts in three districts in Georgia are holding repeat elections Sunday, because of grave irregularities which led to results of the October 1 parliamentary election being canceled.
All eleven are what’s called majoritarian or first-past-the-post
Saakashvili creates escape option for his associates
Georgian officials will, if they are fired, be able to use their diplomatic passports for one more year.
This means that they will be able to cross borders without any problems, which is not possible for ordinary citizen.
President Mikheil Saakashvili made this decision by issuing
Georgia in draw against Finland in FIFA 2014 qualifier
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia played 1-1 against Finland Friday in the third qualifier for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
The match was played in Helsinki. When the first half ended there were no goals, but in the 11. minute of the second half, the Georgian team scored. Finland
Georgia's ruling party starting to disintegrate
TBILISI, DFWatch — Five members of the United National Movement party in Tbilisi City Council left their faction and set up a new faction, which will join the platform of the parliament election winner Georgian Dream.
The faction had 38 members before it lost the five
Garbage fee system is still under review
TBILISI, DFWatch — Many in Tbilisi had hoped that city hall would do away with an unpopular new system to make the garbage collection fee dependent on the electric bill, but at Friday’s session it emerged that despite the opposition’s election victory it is not certain
Rasmussen spoke to Saakashvili and Ivanishivili
TBILISI, DFWatch — The Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili today had a phone conversation with NATO’s Secretary General, who told the president that today is a historical moment for Georgia’s democratic development.
Mikheil Saakashvili and Anders Fogh
Georgian soldier dies in Afghanistan
TBILISI, DFWatch — Corporal Mindia Abashidze was the eighteenth Georgian soldier to die while serving in the NATO-led ISAF operation in Afghanistan.
Georgia’s defense ministry on Thursday reported that the corporal born October 27, 1989,
The government formally resigns
The current Georgian government has resigned but will continue carrying out its duties until a new government is approved by parliament.
The president’s administration informed about the resignation in a short statement on its official website, which says that
More elections in Georgia following violations
TBILISI, DFWatch — Several election districts in Georgia will have to vote again on October 14 because the results of the October 1 parliamentary election were annulled due to violations, according to the Central Election Commission (CEC).
The commission decided on Wednesday