TBILISI, DFWatch – The financial monitoring service of Georgia’s state audit office accuses Bidzina Ivanishvili and his partner, a former professional football player, of withdrawing money from their own accounts, and calls on both of them to return the money to
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One unquoted word created crisis in Georgian media
TBILISI, DFWatch – A report sent out by a Georgian news agency led to controversy Tuesday.
GHN’s report said that after Russia became involved in the war in South Ossetia on August 8, 2008, it legally brought military equipment into the region.
This report was read
War refugees chased TV team out of village
TBILISI, DFWatch – Refugees from the 2008 Russia-Georgia war forced a journalist from Maestro TV to leave their settlement by throwing stones at her.
Khurvaleti is a small village in Gori municipality, where there are cottages for refugees from the Tskhinvali war four
Russian climbers rescued after two day search
TBILISI, DFWatch – Four Russian climbers have been rescued from Svaneti, a mountain region north in Georgia adjacent to the greater Caucasus range.
The four were found after a two days search, in an area cut off by a rockslide.
One of the climbers had injured a leg,
Fuel prices go up 2 % in Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch – Prices for all types of fuel have gone up 5 tetri in Georgia, which is a two percent rise.
The Oil Product Import Union explained the price rise with increased burning of fuel in summer, which always increases the prices of oil products internationally.
Earlier, the
More visitors to Georgia, but are they tourists?
TBILISI, DFWatch – The monthly number of visitors to Georgia continues to increase. The small country noted a 54 percent growth of visitors during the first seven months of 2012, compared to the same period last year.
2 211 201 foreigners visited Georgia in this
3.6 million voters will decide election in Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch – There are 3 621 256 voters in Georgia, according to Central Election Commission’s (CEC) preliminary data, which was published today.
According to the CEC, there are 84 election districts in the country. The majority of voters,155 502, are from
Who is to blame for election violence in Georgia?
TBILISI, DFWatch – In Georgia, the government’s main competitor, Georgian Dream, claims that they support fair and free elections and accuses the government of attempting to provoke civil confrontation.
Georgian Dream released this statement on Monday as a response
Ivanishvili linked property sold at an auction
TBILISI, DFWatch – A company connected to the largest opposition bloc in Georgia has had its property sold at a public auction. Meanwhile, the National Enforcement Bureau is replacing the company’s management.
Burji Ltd, which has links to billionaire Bidzina
Opposition athlete stopped on the way to rally
TBILISI, DFWatch – Police have taken possession of a car belonging to Zurab Zviadauri, a Georgian who won gold in judo in the 2008 Olympics and now is a supporter of the opposition.
Zviadauri was stopped yesterday while on his way to Batumi to attend Sunday’s mass