TBILISI, DFWatch – Tbilisi City Court handed out fines totalling USD 6.7 mill Friday and Saturday. A company was found guilty of lending 45 cars to the opposition for free, and fined USD 5.2 mill, while that company and another was fined USD 1.4 mill for letting them
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Political audits continue with more people on trial
TBILISI, DFWatch – The State Audit Service, which used to be called the Chamber of Control, has seized property and bank accounts of a company which they say belongs to opposition billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili.
The audit service also determined seventeen people
22 year old woman dies after giving birth
TBILISI, DFWatch – A 22 year old woman has died at a maternity hospital in Telavi, a town in Eastern Georgia.
Khatira Ukanova delivered a baby by Caesarean section on July 2. Three days later she was let go home, but yesterday she was submitted to hospital because
Kristali director to face trial for chlorine leak
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Chair of Kristali Ltd, the company responsible for a chlorine leak on Tuesday, was Friday sentenced to pre-trial detention.
July 3, a chlorine leak in the Lilo district of Tbilisi poisoned around 80 people.
Georgian Water Company said it was
Reshuffle continues in Georgia's government
TBILISI, DFWatch – The brother of Interior Minister Bacho Abkhalaia, Data Akhalaia, has been appointed to the post of deputy defense minister. He was head of the Interior Ministry’s Constitutional Security Department.
Data Akhalaia resigned after it became known
Georgian Church wants optional biometric ID cards
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s Holy Synod appeals to the government not to make it obligatory to have ID cards with micro chips, but confirms that it’s not dangerous to use such cards.
The Georgian government last year introduced a new kind of ID cards, and aims at
Stalkers with cameras followed journalist for a week
TBILISI, DFWatch – A journalist from an online media outlet financed by Channel 9 has been stalked for a week by a group of up to ten people with video cameras asking her weird questions.
Ekaterine Dugladze is a journalist at info9.ge, a new website financed by Channel 9,
Van Rompuy calls for fair elections in Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch –European Council President Herman Van Rompuy says the upcoming elections will be a crucial indicator of the progress Georgia has made on its path to reform.
He thereby added his voice to many figures in the international community who continue
Three detained in killing of former Georgian general
TBILISI, DFWatch – A court in Moscow has placed three persons into pre-trial detention until August 21, accused of killing a former Georgian general.
Roman Dumbadze sided with the rebels during a stand-off between the region Adjara and Tbilisi authorities, a
Government-critical TV stations join together
TBILISI, DFWatch – Two government-critical TV stations in Georgia are to start broadcasting from the same studios.
The two are Channel 9, run by associates of Bidzina Ivanishvili, front man of the opposition Georgian Dream coalition, and Maestro TV, a small,