TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court has released the lawyer of a former defense minister against a 20 000 lari (USD 12 000) bail.
Goga Oniani, a former high police official during Saakashvili who now is a lawyer representing the ex-minister Bacho Akhalaia, is charged
TBILISI, DFWatch–Bus drivers in Batumi have been on strike for five days, demanding higher salary and the dismissal of the director of Batumi Autotransport Ltd.
Two of the protesting drivers, Nugzar Gvianidze and Nika Sikharulidze, are on hunger strike and live
TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia wants to increase the punishment for engaging in illegal surveillance to seven years in jail.
Presenting the draft bill on Thursday, Interior Minister Alexandre Chikaidze said that in past years, human rights were violated
TBILISI, DFWatch–543 refugee families have been given apartments for one lari a piece from the government.
Refugee Minister Davit Darakhvelidze said on Thursday that the apartments are in Tbilisi, Rustavi, Mtskheta, Borjomi, Chiatura, Kutaisi, Tskaltubo and Batumi.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev says Georgia and Azerbaijan support each other in territorial integrity issues.
Both countries have lost control over parts of their territory to small de facto governments with little or no international
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili will visit Azerbaijan for the first time on February 12.
Margvelashvili will meet with President Ilham Aliyev on Wednesday. He will also meet with Azerbaijan’s prime minister and speaker of parliament.
TBILISI, DFWatch–NATO Military Committee will visit Georgia on February 11-12.
General Knud Bartels, Chairman of the Military Committee will chair the visit and it will be hosted by Vakhtang Kapanadze, Head of Georgia’s Joint Staff.
February 11, the head of the
TBILISI, DFWatch–There were 14.1 percent more visitors to Georgia in January 2014 than in the same month last year, according to the Interior Ministry.
The ministry publishes monthly reports with statistics over the number of visitors, in categories defined by the purpose of the
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian president’s annual address will be held either on February 19 or February 21, the speaker of parliament says.
According to the Constitution of Georgia, the president must once a year visit parliament to present a report about important
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili’s Brussels trip continued Monday with a meeting with EU Commissioner Stefan Fule.
The two spoke about the ongoing reforms in Georgia and the country’s closer integration with Europe. Gharibashvili said