TBILISI, DFWatch–New figures show that Georgia’s increase in population continued an upward trend in 2014, but the growth rate is still barely above zero.
The number of live births minus the number of deaths, which scientists call the natural increase, was 11,548 in 2014.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia have detained four fake priests who apparently falsified documents in order to get visa for the Schengen area.
The young men are accused of forging documents that make them out to be clerics in the influential Georgian Church.
TBILISI, DFWatch–After a few days of restrictions, Gudauri-Kobi road in northern Georgia is now open for traffic.
But all kinds of vehicles must use snow chains on the Gudauri-Kobi road due to snow and ice, according to the Roads Department.
Vehicles
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Margvelashvili on Thursday converted the sentence of a man so he will no longer need to spend the rest of his life behind bars.
The head of the president’s pardon commission Zviad Koridze said the most serious crime the prisoner
TBILISI, DFWatch–Traffic is prohibited for all kinds of vehicles along the Gudauri-Kobi road section in northern Georgia due to intense snow and wind.
The Roads Department also warns that it is not allowed to stop on 134km-135km of the Stepantsminda-Larsi
TBILISI, DFWatch–There are traffic restrictions on the Ninotsminda road, which leads to the border with Armenia.
Restrictions are in effect along the 94km-100km section of the road, where trailers, half-trailers and vehicles with more than 30 seats are
TBILISI, DFWatch–The leader of a small Georgian opposition party was detained by police for hooliganism on Thursday.
The incident took place at an Interior Ministry building in the capital Tbilisi.
Kakha Kukava, leader of Free Georgia, was there for some business, when
TBILISI, DFWatch–A man was detained in Georgia on Monday, accused of distributing counterfeit money.
According to the Finance Ministry’s investigative service, the accused imported a large amount of counterfeit US dollars and sold it among Georgian citizens.
The amount
Tbilisi, DFWatch – The Ministry of Defense released names of the two Georgian students at the US military academy in New Jersey killed during a car crash.
The two died soon after Saturday midnight, after 9 am Tbilisi time.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two Georgian students at military academy in New Jersey died in a car accident soon after Saturday midnight, at about 9 am Tbilisi time.
The identity of the two, both in their early 20s, will be released by the Ministry of Defense after notification of their families in Georgia.