TBILISI, DFWatch–A student from Iraq was beaten in the Georgian city Kutaisi on Saturday. Local media writes that he was attack because of his origins.
The student was brought to the hospital and will have to remain there for several more days.
Unknown assailants
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili on Sunday pardoned 54 prisoners. Two of them are minors, and one is a woman.
The pardoning took palce in connection with Epiphany, a holiday usually celebrated on January 19. It is regular practice for the
TBILISI, DFWatch–The United States will give more than USD 62 million in aid to Georgia in 2014.
Georgia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry says the extent of U.S. aid was decided in the Consolidated Appropriations Act for fiscal year of 2014, which was passed by the House
TBILISI, DFWatch–The president and the secretary of the Venice Commission will visit Georgia on January 16.
Gianni Buquicchio and Thomas Markert will meet with Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili on Thursday and members of the constitution commission, which is
TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia is preparing to start a Facebook page that will offer information about its activities in the Abkhazian language.
Abkhazia is one of two Georgian breakaway regions under Russian control. The previous government also took steps
TBILISI, DFWatch–Checkpoint Lars, the only Russian border crossing with Georgia, will be open 24 hours from January 15.
Kavkaz Uzel writes that a person working at the checkpoint says the checkpoint on the Georgian side, which is called Kazbegi, will also be open 24
TBILISI, DFWatch–A group of Georgian parliamentarians will visit Estonia January 13-15.
The delegation will be headed by the speaker of parliament and hold meetings with the Estonian president, speaker of parliament, prime minister and foreign minister, according to
TBILISI, DFWatch–14 persons have been detained by South Ossetia from December 31 to January 10 for violating the de facto border.
Nine of the detainees were locals from South Ossetia, one was a Russian citizen and four were Georgian citizens. They were detained
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian president Giorgi Margvelashvili will visit Turkey on January 20.
According to the president’s administration, he has planned meetings with President Abdullah Gül in Ankara and also the prime minister and speaker of parliament.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia says the overall crime level dropped by one fourth in 2013 compared to the preceding year, although the number of new criminal investigations grew by 40 percent.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs’s latest crime statistics