TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s National Statistics Department GeoStat says direct foreign investments grew 37 percent in 2011 compared to 2010. The total amount of direct foreign investments last year was USD 1 117 million.
According to GeoStat, direct foreign
TBILISI, DFWatch – The opposition party Georgian Dream continues to run into trouble about the location for its rallies around the country. This time a rally is planned for Rustavi, a town 20 km south of the capital, but city hall turned down the application to use
TBILISI, DFWatch – Four Russian climbers have been rescued from Svaneti, a mountain region north in Georgia adjacent to the greater Caucasus range.
The four were found after a two days search, in an area cut off by a rockslide.
One of the climbers had injured a leg,
TBILISI, DFWatch – The monthly number of visitors to Georgia continues to increase. The small country noted a 54 percent growth of visitors during the first seven months of 2012, compared to the same period last year.
2 211 201 foreigners visited Georgia in this
TBILISI, DFWatch – Iran is suspending the agreement with Georgia about visa free travel in connection with a conference of the Non-Aligned Movement.
Georgian citizens who wish to travel to Iran from August 5 to September 1 will need a visa.
Georgia’s Foreign Affairs
TBILISI, DFWatch – A police employee threatened his cousin with a gun because he was a member of the opposition Georgian Dream coalition.
Georgian Dream representatives told DF Watch that the incident took place in the village Orulu near the town Zugdidi in the
TBILISI, DFWatch – The prison ministry on Thursday reported that a prisoner has died at No 18 hospital.
According to the ministry, the prisoner was convicted on June 19, 2012, for possession and sale of drugs.
The cause of death is given as heart attack, the most
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia will hold parliamentary elections on October 1, 2012.
Manana Manjgalade, spokesperson for President Mikheil Saakashvili, said this at a briefing on Wednesday.
She said the president is sure that the October elections will be yet another
TBILISI, DFWatch – A fire in Georgia has burned down more than one thousand hectares of land in the eastern Vashlovani National Park.
The environment minister said the reason for the fire, which started on Monday at about 17:00, was negligence. It has now been
TBILISI, DFWatch –Georgia has lost its 17th soldier in the ISAF mission in Afghanistan.
The Georgian Defense Ministry informs that Givi Pantsulaia, born in 1984, died Saturday at Gori Military Hospital.
“Corporal Givi Pantsuala received injuries