TBILISI, DFWatch–The president of Georgia on Thursday pardoned 280 prisoners.
According to the new head of the president’s pardon commission Zviad Koridze, eight of those pardoned are women and 10 minors.
The commission has reviewed 2,744 cases.
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Pro-Israel demonstration in Tbilisi
TBILISI, DFWatch–A group of Georgians demonstrated in front of the old parliament in Tbilisi on Tuesday in support of Israel.
The rally was planned through Facebook and was joined by about 50 people. Representatives of the Jewish community in Georgia were present
Georgia on imported electricity while power lines being repaired
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is now being supplied with electricity that is imported from neighboring countries, after three high-voltage power lines failed yesterday.
Director of the electricity system, Sulkhan Zumburidze, said Monday that the import from two
Two missing after flood in Vani, Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two women are missing after several villages were flooded Sunday in Vani, a town in the west of Georgia, after heavy rain.
Zaza Khurtsidze, head of Vani municipality, told Interpressnews that two women are missing. Three others went missing but
Electricity back online in Georgia after massive outage
TBILISI, DFWatch–Trains stopped and all but one national TV station went off air in Georgia Sunday evening as much of the country was in the dark for several hours.
Late in the night, power was restored in Tbilisi and all other regions, according to the Energy
90% of cars in Georgia are more than 10 years old
TBILISI, DFWatch–More than 90 percent of the cars people drive in Georgia are from before 2004, according to a new report by the Interior Ministry.
The report, which was published on Friday, deals with cars registered in Georgia, but also imported and re-exported
Three detained in Georgia for tax fraud with Iranian tar sand
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Finance Ministry’s investigative service on Thursday detained three persons for organized financial crime that caused the state a loss of 345,774 lari (USD 197,551).
In a statement, the investigative service says the three aimed at not paying
New Georgian government to be confirmed by parliament on Saturday
TBILISI, DFWatch–The new Georgian government will be put to parliament for a vote of confidence on Saturday.
Vice Speaker of Parliament Manana Kobakhidze told journalists on Wednesday that parliament now waits for the president to present the new government, and then
Georgian parliament speaker visiting Israel
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian speaker of parliament is Tuesday visiting Israel.
Davit Usupashvili will meet with Yuli-Yoel Edelstein, Speaker of the Knesset, as well as with the head of the Israel-Georgia Parliamentary Friendship Group, Avraham Michaeli.
Usupashvili
16 year old boy dies in rockslide in Borjomi, Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–A 16-year-old boy died on late Thursday as a result of a rockslide in Borjomi, a tourist resort in the south of Georgia.
Nika Korghanashvili, who was spending his holiday in Borjomi with some friends, was walking home from the sulphur baths