TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s foreign trade turnover in the first eight months of 2016 was 16 percent more than in the same period last year, new figures from Georgia’s National Statistics Office show.
The figures, presented in the latest preliminary monthly report by GeoStat,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Strong wind blew the roof off buildings in a dozen villages in the east of Georgia on Wednesday, Information Center of Kakheti (ICK) reported.
The wind lifted the roof off houses in about ten villages in villages in Lagodekhi municipality, in the Kakheti region,
TBILISI, DFWatch–A 60-year-old Georgian man was detained on Sunday near the border with Georgia’s breakaway South Ossetia for violating the border.
Valiko Khizanishvili, who is from the village Koshka, was detained when he was out in a field looking after cattle.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Krivikashvili on Friday appointed a new ambassador to Washington.
Replacing Archil Gegeshidze is Davit Bakradze, the minister of Euro-integration who has been in charge of Georgia’s approaches to the European Union
TBILISI, DFWatch–A worker died at a construction site in western Georgia on Thursday, after falling from a building.
The incident happened on Aghmashenebeli Street in Kutaisi.
The victim was a middle-age man.
An investigation has been launched
TBILISI, DFWatch–Six streets in the old part of the Georgian capital will become pedestrian zones, Tbilisi City Hall has decided.
City Hall explained that there is a demand from people to have more pedestrian areas in Old Tbilisi and that there is need for more tourism
TBILISI, DFWatch–The economy minister on Friday summed up the summer tourism season in Georgia together with the head of the National Tourism Administration.
According to Minister of Economy Dimitry Kumsishvili, 4,247,729 foreigners visited Georgia in the
TBILISI, DFWatch–One man died and one was injured in an execution style shooting in central Tbilisi on Friday.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs arrested a man born in 1981 who is charged with premeditated murder and illegally carrying a weapon.
The accused fired multiple
TBILISI, DFWatch–Three prison guards were arrested on Wednesday in the case of the prisoner who escaped from the court building in Rustavi.
According to the Prison Ministry, one of the detainees is head of shift of the guard service at the second department,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s most famous folk dance ensemble Sukhishvili has turned down an invitation to perform in Sevastopol and Simferopol, two cities in Crimea.
The Georgian National Ballet, as it is formally called, posted a short note on Facebook about their decision.