TBILISI, DFWatch – German media reports that Georgians are among the suspects in a bust against shop-lifters in the city of Bielefeld in Germany.
The suspects are Georgian and Ukrainian. Several people have been convicted.
A man of about 29 from Ukraine stole perfume
TBILISI, DFWatch – Media in Russia and Georgia’s breakaway region South Ossetia report that the head of the investigation department at the de facto South Ossetian Prosecutor General’s office has been murdered.
Roland Chitayev was reported kidnapped on Monday
TBILISI, DFWatch – OSCE’s Parliamentary Assembly Monday passed a resolution about Georgia, which uses the term ‘occupation’ about Russia’s military presence in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
The resolition also calls on Russia to live up to the terms of the
TBILISI, DFWatch – Heavy rain caused flooding in several parts of Georgia Tuesday.
In Kutaisi, the second largest city, first floors and basements are under water.
In Batumi, a defective drainage channel let to rivers of water in the roads.
Local media in the
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has offered to send rescue teams to Russia to help the flood victims in the Krasnodar region.
Manana Manjgaladze, spokesperson for Georgian President said on Sunday that the president expresses his deep
TBILISI, DFWatch – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly July 9 is to adopt a resolution which for the first time calls the presence of Russian military in Georgia’s breakaway regions an occupation.
The resolution deals with the current situation in Georgia. The ten point
TBILISI, DFWatch – Two of the four who were imprisoned following a street fight at one of opposition financier Bidzina Ivanishvili’s campaign rallies have been released.
The scuffle took place on June 26 in Mereti, a village near a Russian-Ossetian check point.
TBILISI, DFWatch – The State Audit Service, which used to be called the Chamber of Control, has seized property and bank accounts of a company which they say belongs to opposition billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili.
The audit service also determined seventeen people
TBILISI, DFWatch – A 22 year old woman has died at a maternity hospital in Telavi, a town in Eastern Georgia.
Khatira Ukanova delivered a baby by Caesarean section on July 2. Three days later she was let go home, but yesterday she was submitted to hospital because
TBILISI, DFWatch –European Council President Herman Van Rompuy says the upcoming elections will be a crucial indicator of the progress Georgia has made on its path to reform.
He thereby added his voice to many figures in the international community who continue