TBILISI, DFWatch — A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck near the Georgia-Azerbaijan border at about 14:15 on Sunday.
The epicenter was 10 km east of Lagodekhi, Georgia, and 10 km in depth.
The seismic monitoring center of Ilia University in Georgia
In brief
Georgian soldier dies in Afghanistan
TBILISI, DFWatch — Corporal Mindia Abashidze was the eighteenth Georgian soldier to die while serving in the NATO-led ISAF operation in Afghanistan.
Georgia’s defense ministry on Thursday reported that the corporal born October 27, 1989,
EU signs 23 million euro aid package with Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch — Two financial agreements have been signed between Georgia and the EU.
According to press office of the State Minister for EU and Euro Atlantic Integration, Minister Thornike Gordadze signed the two agreements.
The agreements have a budget of 23 million
111 organizations to observe Georgia election
TBILISI, DFWatch – 111 different organizations have been approved as election observers for the parliamentary election in Georgia on Monday October 1.
61 of them are from abroad, while 50 are local non-governmental organizations.
NDI to hold election monitoring
TBILISI, DFWatch – The U.S. National Democratic Institute will observe Georgia’s parliamentary election on October 1.
According to NDI’s Georgia office, the observer mission contains seven persons, out of which are current and former members of the US Congress,
Students on hunger strike over detainees
TBILISI, DFWatch – Seven students have been on hunger strike for two days, protesting against the justice minister.
They demand the release of activists Davit Patsasia, Dachi Tsaguria and Beka Alodashvili, who were arrested while participating in the recent protests
Public broadcaster's board warns against bias
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Public Council of Georgia’s Public Broadcaster demands from GPB to cover news about prisoner abuse properly, otherwise they will leave their posts.
Members of the council expressed concern for what has been exposed about torture of prisoners
Prisoners go on hunger strike over abuse
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Public Defender’s Office informs that several prisoners at facility No 15 in Mtskheta near Tbilisi have gone on hunger strike to show solidarity with victims of torture.
According to the ombudsman’s rapporteurs, prisoners went on hunger
Police beat and arrested demonstrators
TBILISI, DFWatch – Saturday, a crowd of demonstrators tried to move in on a public service building in Tbilisi as President Mikheil Saakashvili was inside attending the opening ceremony.
But police blocked the road and prevented people outraged over recent revelations
Post-war observers in Georgia to stay another year
TBILISI, DFWatch – EU Monitoring Mission to Georgia (EUMM) will continue its activity for one more year until September 14, 2013.
The European Council on Friday extended EUMM for one more year and €20.9 million was allocated in next year’s budget.
Catherine Ashton,