TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian border police arrested nine Bangladeshi and two Turkish citizens on Thursday for illegally trying to cross the border with Turkey.
The Interior Ministry said in a statement that the group was attempting to cross the border in an area near Akhaltsikhe,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Road Department has established restrictions on road throughout the country due to heavy snowfall that started Saturday morning.
From 188km to 198km of Zugdidi-Jvari-Mestia-Lasdili road in Svaneti and 142km to 157km of the
TBILISI, DFWatch–Authorities in Georgia are tightening security after the terrorist attacks in Paris.
A spokesperson for the State Security Service said on Saturday that there are stricter security measures in force at border crossings and airports.
There are also enhanced security measures
TBILISI, DFWatch–E60, the central highway through Georgia, has been blocked for two days due to bad weather. Vehicles are currently rerouted near Kutaisi in the western part of the country.
According to the Infrastructure Ministry’s Road Department,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia have detained four persons for for extortion.
Wednesday, the Interior Ministry said that the four, Giorgi, 24, Giorgi, 25, Vladimer, 31 and Mikheil, 58, had threatened to kill their victim if he didn’t pay them 55,000 laris (USD 23,000).
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s foreign trade turnover in the first nine months of 2015 went down by 13 percent compared to last year, according to a preliminary monthly report published by the National Statistics Department.
According to the monthly report,
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Giorgi Margvelashvili on Monday presented Pikria Chikhradze as his new political adviser.
Chikhradze is active in the New Rightists Party and is most known for her work as a youth activist in the National Liberation Movement,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The International Criminal Court said Wednesday that a prosecutor will begin studying the events in the 2008 Russia-Georgia war to investigate possible war crimes.
The probe will look at crimes committed by both parties in connection
TBILISI, DFWatch–Three activists were detained Friday for assaulting a member of parliament.
The detainees are Nika Narsia, Mirian Deisadze and Kakhaber Gabunia, all members of the youth group Tavisupali Zona (Free Zone), which on many occasions
