TBILISI, DFWatch–Four employees of Azerbaijan’s customs service have been fired following the seizure in Georgia of 2.8 tons of liquid heroin in July.
According to the Azerbaijani newspaper Eni Musavat, the four fired employees were working at the custom’s check-point
TBILISI, DFWatch–Three men were killed Thursday night near Adigeni in southern Georgia. The suspect is a local public registry official.
A brother of one of the three murder victims was also injured. The killing took place in the village Karatubani, where there was
TBILISI, DFWatch–Health Minister Davit Sergeenko started his visit to Ukraine by making several agreements about offering assistance to Ukraine as result of the crisis there.
A bilateral working group is being created to coordinate the assistance. Sergeenko Wednesday
TBILISI, DFWatch–A second person has been found dead on Wednesday, after the massive landslide in Dariali Valley on August 21.
Two people died in the disaster, one was a citizen of Turkey and one a Georgian citizen. Both were working in a tunnel when a landslide hit
TBILISI, DFWatch–Gas began flowing again Saturday in a pipeline that runs through a Georgian mountain valley which was hit by a landslide on August 21.
The pipeline through Dariali Valley brings Russian natural gas to Armenia.
According to Georgia’s Gas Transport
TBILISI, DFWatch–One person has been found dead after the landslide catastrophe in Georgia on Thursday.
The body was found on the bank of the river Tergi near the village Larsi on the Russian side of the border.
According to head of Kazbegi municipality Givi
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili will visit Armenia on August 21-22.
After meeting his Armenian colleague, Gharibashvili and the rest of the Georgian delegation will meet with Armenian government representatives.
Prime Minister Hovik
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia has issued a domestic search order for ex-President Mikheil Saakahsvili.
Georgia’s Prosecutor’s Office prepared the order and has forwarded it to the Interior Ministry. This means that if Saakashvili enters the country,
TBILISI, DFWatch–There were 1,703 fires in Georgia in the first half of 2014. 38 people died and 61 were injured, according to the Interior Ministry.
In 1,005 of the cases, the reason for the fire could not be determined. In 333 cases, the cause was negligence,
TBILISI, DFWatch–180 people died in traffic accidents in Georgia in the first half of 2014, according to new figures from the Interior Ministry.
The figures published Tuesday show that an upward turn in road accidents has stopped, but numbers remain high compared