TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian president pardoned 155 prisoners on Wednesday. 105 of them will leave jail today.
The commission met on February 21-22, and considered 1,178 cases. 105 were completely pardoned, while the rest had their sentences
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Two Georgians who avoided hanging in Malaysia returned home
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two Georgian citizens who barely avoided being hanged in Malaysia for drug-related crimes returned to Georgia on Sunday.
Babutsa Gordadze, who was arrested in Malaysia along with Darejan Kokhtashvili, was convicted of illegally
Man stabbed to death near Telavi
TBILISI, DFWatch–A man of about 50 years was murdered on Wednesday in the village Vardisubani near Telavi. A suspect was apprehended the same day.
The victim, Vepkhia Glurjidze, had a disagreement with the suspect, who then stabbed him. Glurjidze took
Prison minister supports merging ministries to save money
TBILISI, DFWatch–The prison minister in Georgia supports a proposal by the head of the National Bank to merge the Prison Ministry with the Justice Ministry to save money.
“The more we reduce government offices, the more effective the system will be,”
Wizzair announces seven new destinations from Kutaisi airport
Tbilisi, DFWatch – As of September, Kutaisi will be connected with cities in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, and Italy.
Wizzair, a Hungarian cheap airline, announced seven new flight destinations operating from the David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport to Berlin,
Three men detained in Georgia for selling counterfeit salt
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Finance Ministry’s investigative service Tuesday detained three people for selling counterfeit salt.
The three made profit by systematically selling salt, according to a short statement put out by the service.
The statement said they packed
Georgian man ‘citizen arrested’ in South Ossetia
South Ossetian KGB detained a 42-years-old Georgian following citizen’s arrest by a local man near Tskhinvali. An uneditified Georgian man was detained in South Ossetia for crossing ‘the border’ (administrative borderline), South Ossetian news agency Res reported. The agency writes that according to the South Ossetian KGB (Committee for State Security), a South Ossetian man … Read more
Man arrested for triple murder in western Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–A man was arrested Friday in the west of Georgia accused of triple murder.
Three men who had been missing for several days were found dead in a river in Zugdidi with gun shot wounds to their head and chest region.
The killing took place