TBILISI, DFWatch–The Culture Ministry and Georgian Church will Thursday sign a memorandum about protection of cultural heritage.
The memorandum is about taking care of cultural heritage that is in the ownership of the Georgian Church.
According to the
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court on Saturday added further pretrial detention for former Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia for the murder of Sergo Tetradze.
Akhalaia’s defense lawyers wanted the court to set a 30,000 lari bail, but the court decided on two months
TBILISI, DFWatch–A minibus crushed into a truck on Tuesday, resulting in the death of a 14-year-old girl and ten others being injured.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the accident happened at Rikoti Pass, which connects western and eastern Georgia.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court on Monday rejected a motion by the Prosecutor’s Office to change the USD 30,000 bail set for former Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava into pre-trial detention.
The judge said that the arguments in the motion were not strong enough
TBILISI, DFWatch–The second round of Georgia’s local elections are proceeding without any major violations.
Voter turnout at 17:00 was 28% – significantly less than in the first round, when the turnout was 35% at 17:00, according to the Central Election Commission
TBILISI, DFWatch–EU Ambassador to Georgia Philip Dimitrov says business in Georgia will have to do a lot and is not going to be served breakfast in bed after the signing of the association agreement.
Speaking at a conference in Batumi, Dimitrov told
TBILISI, DFWatch–Several large companies in Georgia are offering discounts for customers who go and vote in the second round of local elections on Saturday.
A commercial appeared on television Thursday, placed by ‘businesses united for a common goal’. It calls
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday ratified the association agreements between Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova with the EU.
The vote was almost unanimous, according to the webpage of the national assembly, called Seimas.
Lithuania is often
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian president Giorgi Margvelashvili on Monday appointed professor Revaz Gachechiladze as new ambassador to the UK, Northern Ireland and the International Maritime Organization.
The appointment marks the end of more than a year without a UK ambassador.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The number of visitors to Georgia in June dropped eight percent compared to the same period last year, according to new figures published on Monday by the Interior Ministry.
Around 450,000 people visited Georgia in June. The summer drop breaks