TBILISI, DFWatch–Minister of Education Giorgi Margvelashvili has picked his own replacement, as he prepares for the race to be Georgia’s next president.
The Georgian Dream coalition chose Margvelashvili as its candidate in the upcoming election, and although Georgian
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili will visit Lithuania and Poland July 18-19.
Davit Zalkaliani, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, said on Monday’s briefing that Georgia sees visit to Lithuania to be important as it has recently taken
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian soldiers have detained one more Georgian citizen and taken him to Tskhinvali, the capital of the de facto breakaway region South Ossetia.
Witnesses claim that the detainee, Guram Gigineishvili, 49, was working in the cornfield in the village
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian border soldiers a few days ago detained another Georgian citizen and brought him to Tskhinvali where he was placed in preliminary detention.
The detainee Zurab Salamashvili, 52, from the village Sakorintlo has been in a detention for three
TBILISI, DFWatch–Štefan Füle, European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy, will visit Georgia July 11-12.
Davit Jalaghania, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, said at a briefing Monday that the visit is planned to be held in Batumi, a city
TBILISI, DFWatch–The hunger strike at Rustavi women’s prison is over. Prisoners of No 5 prison facility in Rustavi, a town 20 km south of the capital, had been on hunger strike for two days demanding to get their sentences reduced.
Wednesday, Eka Beselia, chair
TBILISI, DFWatch–About 80 prisoners at the women’s prison in Rustavi have gone on hunger strike demanding to get their sentences reduced.
According to the administration of prison No 5 in Rustavi, 20 km away from the capital, the prisoners have no complaints against
TBILISI, DFWatch–Heavy rain hit the Georgian capital Thursday evening with hail in some of districts. Rain flooded the first floors of houses and underground pedestrian tunnels.
In some districts of Tbilisi there was a short hailstorm. Interpressnews reports that
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili says Israel and Georgia may enter an agreement about visa free travel.
Ivanishvili said this after meeting with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday.
He said that they also discussed establishing
TBILISI, DFWatch–NATO’s highest political body, the North Atlantic Council, will visit Georgia June 26-27.
The delegation, which is headed by Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, have planned meetings with President Mikheil Saakashvili, Prime Minister Bidzina