TBILISI, DFWatch–69 prisoners were released from jail on Saturday, following a decision by local prison boards and the Prison Ministry’s pardon commission.
Altogether, the bodies have reviewed the cases of about 770 prisoners in three days, according to the Prison
TBILISI, DFWatch–It is still unknown whether three Georgian journalists detained by South Ossetia will be released today. Neither the Ministry of Internal Affairs nor EUs Monitoring Mission have been informed about when they will be released.
The Foreign Ministry
TBILISI, DFWatch–German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Georgia in about ten days.
Steinmeier announced the trip after a meeting with Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze who visited him in Germany on Thursday.
One of the topics they
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze today begins a working visit to Germany.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Panjikidze’s delegation will hold meetings with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the German Chancellor
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is opening a new treatment center for tuberculosis in Tbilisi.
The government is discussing the new clinic today.
Minister of Labour, Health and Social Affairs , David Sergeenko, told reporters Thursday that the clinic, which will be located
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is preparing to conduct impact assessments for many large factories and other facilities, built during the Soviet Union.
Gia Tsagareishvili, head of parliament’s environmental committee, says many big installations have Soviet-era standards
TBILISI, DFWatch–Members of the Georgian government today planted saplings in the Ninth of April Garden in Tbilisi, comemmorating the deadly dispersal of protesters by Soviet troops 25 years ago today.
In remembrance of the tragedy, cabinet members planted
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia has appointed new ambassadors to India, Slovenia, Vatican and Kuwait.
From May 1, Georgia’s ambassador to Slovenia will be Zurab Bekaia, Tamar Grdzelidze will be ambassador to Vatican from June 1, 2014, Roland Beridze will be ambassador
TBILISI, DFWatch–Germany’s Angela Merkel has invited Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili to Germany.
Gharibashvili will visit Germany in the beginning of June.
According to Davit Maghradze, advisor at the international relations department at the government
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili Wednesday began a two day visit to Poland.
On the first day of his visit, Margvelashvili was to meet his Polish colleague, after which they were slated to hold a joint press conference.
He will also meet with