DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch – A fire in Georgia has burned down more than one thousand hectares of land in the eastern Vashlovani National Park.
The environment minister said the reason for the fire, which started on Monday at about 17:00, was negligence. It has now been
TBILISI, DFWatch – The former footballer, now opposition campaigner Kakhi Kaladze has been deprived of the right to appeal the seizure of his bank accounts.
This news was relayed by Shalva Tadumadze, a lawyer for the former AC Milan player.
Tbilisi City Court
TBILISI, DFWatch – A member of the Georgian Dream coalition’s campaign team Monday started a rally in front of Bank of Georgia in Lanchkhuti, a small town in the western Guria region.
Shota Pirtskhalaishvili is one of over twenty opposition campaigners who claim that
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian Ombudsman says the blackmailing of a journalist working for the opposition affiliated Channel 9 TV contains the signs of a crime.
Journalist Nodar Chachua, who used to work for one of the three pro-government channels, says he was
TBILISI, DFWatch – Most Georgians who live illegally abroad may not be able to vote in the upcoming elections, after Georgia’s Foreign Affairs Minister made the rules for qualifying as a voter stricter.
There are no precise data about Georgian citizens living illegally abroad,
TBILISI, DFWatch –Georgia has lost its 17th soldier in the ISAF mission in Afghanistan.
The Georgian Defense Ministry informs that Givi Pantsulaia, born in 1984, died Saturday at Gori Military Hospital.
“Corporal Givi Pantsuala received injuries
TBILISI, DFWatch – 22 Georgians have become victim of human trafficking in Turkey.
Georgian media reports that Lasha Navareli, a mediator, promised the men, who are from the village Alaverdi near Zestaponi, that they would be employed in Turkey with a salary
TBILISI, DFWatch – Organizers of the London Olympics have stepped into a diplomatic minefield after mistakenly referring to two athletes born in Georgian breakaway republics as Russians.
On the official website of the London Olympics, Deni Tsargushi is described
TBILISI, DFWatch – A former public servant who joined an opposition party was released later Friday evening.
The Interior Minister said that Zaza Sopromadze was not arrested, but was only called in to the Prosecutor’s Office as a witness.
Police came
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian professional footballer who ended his career to join politics has appealed the seizure of his bank accounts.
But the appeals court says it will process the appeal “without an oral hearing”, which means that there will not be a