TBILISI, DFWatch–The number of visitors to Georgia in the month of July was 9.5 percent higher than in the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).
According to the MIA’s monthly report, 737,696 people visited Georgia in July.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Akhalkalaki-based news agency Jnews reports new details about a murder of an alleged mobster one week ago.
Sargis Hakobyan was found dead in his car near the village Aragva on 26 July. It is believed that his car was ambushed
TBILISI, DFWatch–A Czech climber died on Mount Kazbegi, one of the major peaks of the Caucasus Mountain Range, in the northern part of Georgia on July 30.
According to the Emergency Service, the girl fell down and suffered severe head trauma.
TBILISI, DFWatch–A man who was detained by Russian border guards Saturday was freed on Tuesday, after paying a fine.
Davit Khuroshvili, from the village Khurvaleti, bordering breakaway South Ossetia, was detained for violating the border.
TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian murder suspect who was wanted by Interpol was Monday detained in Bulgaria.
According to Georgia’s Interior Ministry, the 43 year old was detained in Silistra. He has been wanted by Georgian law enforcement since 2009
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Interior Ministry in Georgia seized more than 57 kg of amphetamine on Tuesday. The drugs were found in the car of a man who attempted to cross the border with Armenia at Sadakhlo.
As the police checked the Toyota Land Cruiser,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Interior Ministry on Tuesday seized more than seven kilograms of cocaine.
According to the ministry, a 25 year old Lebanese man attempted to leave Georgia with the cocaine but was arrested at the checkpoint in Sarpi, at the border
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia on Sunday arrested the husband of a well-known singer at Tbilisi airport after he was found carrying drugs.
Kakha Mamulashvili is a producer, but better known as the husband of the Georgian singer Lela Tsurtsumia.
TBILISI, DFWatch–President of the European Council Donald Tusk will arrive in Tbilisi on July 20 for a two day visit.
Tusk was invited by President Giorgi Margvelashvili. The two will have a bilateral meeting, and afterward answer questions at a joint press conference.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Eleven people were injured in a fire Thursday morning at a department store in Tbilisi.
The fire started at about 9am on the second floor of the store, where there was furniture.
Giorgi Bakhutashvili, communication manager of Hypermarket Gorgia,