TBILISI, DFWatch–A worker died at a construction site in western Georgia on Thursday, after falling from a building.
The incident happened on Aghmashenebeli Street in Kutaisi.
The victim was a middle-age man.
An investigation has been launched
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These streets in Old Tbilisi will become pedestrian zones
TBILISI, DFWatch–Six streets in the old part of the Georgian capital will become pedestrian zones, Tbilisi City Hall has decided.
City Hall explained that there is a demand from people to have more pedestrian areas in Old Tbilisi and that there is need for more tourism
17 percent more tourists so far in 2016
TBILISI, DFWatch–The economy minister on Friday summed up the summer tourism season in Georgia together with the head of the National Tourism Administration.
According to Minister of Economy Dimitry Kumsishvili, 4,247,729 foreigners visited Georgia in the
One dead, one injured in assassination in central Tbilisi
TBILISI, DFWatch–One man died and one was injured in an execution style shooting in central Tbilisi on Friday.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs arrested a man born in 1981 who is charged with premeditated murder and illegally carrying a weapon.
The accused fired multiple
Three prison guards arrested after prisoner's escape from court
TBILISI, DFWatch–Three prison guards were arrested on Wednesday in the case of the prisoner who escaped from the court building in Rustavi.
According to the Prison Ministry, one of the detainees is head of shift of the guard service at the second department,
Georgia’s Sukhishvili dance company boycotts Crimea
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s most famous folk dance ensemble Sukhishvili has turned down an invitation to perform in Sevastopol and Simferopol, two cities in Crimea.
The Georgian National Ballet, as it is formally called, posted a short note on Facebook about their decision.
Georgia halts military exercises at sea following fatal diving accident
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is halting exercises at sea as there are no certified instructors, Defense Minister Levan Izoria said Wednesday.
A search for two military divers who went missing during an exercise was called off yesterday.
The soldiers went missing
Number of hospitalized after wedding poisoning scandal rises to 40
TBILISI, DFWatch–About 40 people – 22 of them children – are still in hospital after being poisoned during a wedding in Georgia.
Nearly 200 people were poisoned on Monday at a wedding in Sadakhlo, a village in the south of Georgia near the border with Armenia.
Court issues detention order for policeman charged in suicide case
TBILISI, DFWatch–A court in Georgia on Tuesday issued an order to detain a policeman who is accused of having caused the suicide of a 22-year-old man.
The wanted police officer Goderdzi Tevzadze has gone into hiding, and Kutaisi City Court therefore issued the ruling ‘in absentia’.
Three die in car crash in Gori
TBILISI, DFWatch–Three people died in a serious car accident on Sunday in Gori, a town 80km west of the capital.
A small Mercedes car and a truck crashed.
The driver of the truck survived and was taken to hospital. But all the occupants of the small car