TBILISI, DFWatch–The former head of Georgia’s National Olympic Committee and the founder of Artesi Ltd were released on 200 000 lari (USD 120 000) bail each and will have 30 days to pay the bail.
The Prosecutor’s Office asked for 300 000 bail for each of them. 16
TBILISI, DFWatch–The pardon commission on Friday reviewed the cases of 500 prisoners. 217 were given a positive recommendation.
The commission received recommendations from the president, who has the right to pardon prisoners independently or based on the
TBILISI, DFWatch–A mosque is going to be built in a village in Georgia’s eastern Kakheti region.
Badrudin Ibragimov, Chairman of National-Cultural Autonomy of Avar in South Caucasus, told Intepressnews that at the moment, the project is acquiring all the necessary
TBILISI, DFWatch–A recruit has died at a Georgian military air base near the capital Tbilisi.
According to the ministry, the incident happened on Wednesday at a checkpoint while he was on duty.
The body of the deceased, Giorgi Mebonia, has been taken to the National
TBILISI, DFWatch–Bank of Georgia was subject to an armed robbery in downtown Tbilisi late on Wednesday.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs was tight-lipped about the details, beyond noting that an investigation has been launched and criminal experts are studying the
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is in 55th place of 178 countries on the Failed States Index for 2013. This is a slight improvement position compared to previous years.
On top of the list are Somalia, Congo, Sudan and South Sudan. The least failed countries are Finland,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Former defense minister Irakli Okruashvili was Saturday briefly detained by French police after a scuffle with another Georgian politician, former MP Merab Samadashvili.
The scuffle took place at Nice airport. Okruashvili was later released by airport police.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Three prisoners are on a hunger strike at Ksani prison.
The Prison Ministry said Monday that August 1 one of its prisoners, a man called Kakha, had sewed his eyelids shut as a sign of protest, as he perceives himself as innocent and demands to
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Russian soldiers have detained one more Georgian citizen in a village close to the breakaway region South Ossetia.
Locals say Mikheil Khurievi, 63, was in the village Tsitelubani on Georgian-controlled territory when Russian soldiers approached him.
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Emergency workers in Georgia have saved four Polish climbers who have been trapped for three days atop one of the highest mountains in the Caucasus.
The four became trapped on top of the mountain Shkara after one of them fell down when