DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch – After Georgian authorities took over Cartu Bank in a criminal forfeiture process, the interim manager has fired the entire old management.
Vladmer Ugulava, who now controls the bank on behalf of the government, yesterday fired both
TBILISI, DFWatch – A street fight broke out Thursday during an opposition meeting in a Georgian village.
The scuffle involved both journalists and others being beaten.
The opposition Georgian Dream coalition was visiting Karaleti, a village close to the breakaway
TBILISI, DFWatch – Saakashvili’s main competitor Bidzina Ivanishvili has announced 15 majoritarian candidates that will stand in single mandate districts around in the different regions of Georgia.
During rallies in May, the Georgian Dream coalition announced 19
TBILISI, DFWatch – The State Audit Service has intervened in the activity of the TV company Maestro, demanding information about advertising agreements and money transfers with Georgian Dream and Komagi foundation, which is also affiliated with the Georgian Dream
TBILISI, DFWatch – German media reports that Georgians are among the suspects in a bust against shop-lifters in the city of Bielefeld in Germany.
The suspects are Georgian and Ukrainian. Several people have been convicted.
A man of about 29 from Ukraine stole perfume
TBILISI, DFWatch – A chlorine leak in Tbilisi July 3 has claimed one death as 18 year old Lasha Narimanidze died from poisoning.
The leak happened in the evening from tanks in the Tbilisi suburb Lilo. It poisoned up to 80 people. Lasha Narimanidze was in a serious
TBILISI, DFWatch – Bulgaria has sided with Georgia in a dispute over how to allow the civilian population in Georgia’s breakaway regions travel abroad.
Two regions broke away from Georgia during the breakup of the Socviet Union, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, leading
TBILISI, DFWatch – The former Soviet republic of Georgia is to become a supplier of goods the U.S. military.
Georgian Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili announced the news Tuesday during the opening of a conference on Georgian-American cooperation in Batumi.
TBILISI, DFWatch – A group of French senators on a midsummer visit Tuesday toured close to a village which was taken by Russia in the 2008 war.
The senators’s trip took them to the surrounding area close to the village Akhalgori. The village was renamed Leningor
TBILISI, DFWatch – Media in Russia and Georgia’s breakaway region South Ossetia report that the head of the investigation department at the de facto South Ossetian Prosecutor General’s office has been murdered.
Roland Chitayev was reported kidnapped on Monday