TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia continues its operation on the border with Russia, while a Chechen Islamic Internet news agency claims what really happened was that insurgents stumbled upon a group of Georgians and let them go, after which their location was revealed.
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Ivanishvili speaks on Maestro TV
TBILISI, DFWatch – The leader of the Georgian Dream coalition says he can’t wait until he leaves politics.
Georgia’s richest man, Bidzina Ivanishvili, on Friday was invited on Maestro TV in the morning, where he stated that he has never been interested in
Georgia recovers 11 bodies from militant group
TBILISI, DFWatch – Eleven dead bodies have been recovered from the rebel group, which according to the Georgian interior ministry counted about 20 people in total.
The ministry says some of the militants were from North Ossetia, a republic which is part of the
Saakashvili believes border incident was a 'provocation'
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili explains the deadly incident on the Russian border this week as an attempt at ‘testing the country’s readiness to fight’ and ‘a provocation’.
President Saakashvili visited the town Kvareli, which is
Police operation on Georgia-Russia border
TBILISI, DFWatch – Tuesday night, security forces in Georgia were deployed near the border with Russia after an armed group was spotted in a the area.
The Interior Ministry has blocked access to a valley in Kakheti while while the operation is ongoing and all measures
Georgian team in good position despite loss to Netherlands
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s basketball team is in a shared first place in Group D of the qualification for EuroBasket 2013 next to Bosnia-Herzegovina after losing a match against the Netherlands.
After three victories in a row, it was the first defeat of Georgia’s Jvarosnebi
Ivanishvili may hold referendum about parliamentary republic
TBILISI, DFWatch – The leader of the largest opposition bloc in Georgia doesn’t exclude that if he wins the parliamentary election he will hold a referendum regarding government structure.
Currently, the president holds almost all power. From 2013 these powers will
Two on trial for deadly chlorine leak
TBILISI, DFWatch – Tbilisi City Court today held a pre-trial hearing on in the case of two persons accused of being responsible for a chlorine leak in Tbilisi July 3, which resulted in the death of one person and tens of injured.
A water company claims that its supplier of chorine,
Forest fire in Borjomi
TBILISI, DFWatch – About one acre of forest burned as a result of a fire in Borjomi, a resort town in eastern Georgia.
The fire started yesterday afternoon and wasn’t put out until Monday morning. What caused the fire is not yet known, but the reason might have been
Bollywood returns to Georgia to film medieval drama
TBILISI, DFWatch – A second Bollywood film is being filmed in Georgia on the initiative of Georgia’s National Investment Agency. The film tells a story set in Georgia in the Middle Ages. Indian actors and actresses play the roles of a Georgian king and other characters.