TBILISI, DFWatch – Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov says it causes confusion and apprehension for his country that Georgia continues to be a candidate for NATO membership.
Lavrov said this after a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council Thursday.
“Now, NATO
TBILISI, DFWatch – Property close to the occupied territories of Georgia are to be exempted from property tax.
The government proposes to amend the tax code so that land which is owned by a person or property lands that are located near the occupied territories,
TBILISI, DFWatch – Family violence may become a crime in Georgia.
Systematic physical, psychological violence or force by one family member against another, which causes physical, psychological or moral pain or suffering for the victim, will be punished by a fine or
TBILISI, DFWatch – The pressure group Georgian Young Lawyer’s Association says supporters of the opposition Georgian Dream coalition are regularly subject to pressure in the eastern Kakheti region of Georgia.
Spokesperson for GYLA’s Kakheti office told Interpressnews
TBILISI, DFWatch – Another suspect in the attack on de facto Abkhazian president is reported to have committed suicide.
Ria Novosti reports that Temur Khutaba hanged himself. He was one of the men suspected in the failed assassination attempt on Alexander Ankvab on
TBILISI, DFWatch – A former Interior minister suspected of participating in the attack on the de facto president of Abkhazia on February 22, committed suicide on Tuesday.
Abkhazian news agency Apsnypress reports that operational units of the co-called Interior Ministry
TBILISI, DFWatch – The tunnel carrying the only road connecting Russia and Georgia’s breakaway region South Ossetia will be partly closed for the next three years, starting April 24, Russian media reports.
The Roki tunnel runs through the greater Caucasus mountain range
TBILISI, DFWatch – Germany’s Minister of State under Foreign Minister Cornelia Pieper visits Georgia.
Announcing the visit Tuesday, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze said that Pieper will arrive today on April 17 and have meetings here April 18 and 19.
TBILISI, DFWatch – That Hillary Clinton is coming to Georgia is now certain, as the two countries have completed agreeing on formalities around the visit.
But the exact date for the U.S. Secretary of State’s trip still has to be decided, says Nino Kalandadze, Deputy
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia has no detailed information about the three Turkish citizens who were arrested for smuggling radioactive material to Turkey.
The three had driven by car from Russia, transiting through Georgia, and were arrested on April 11, carrying