TBILISI, DFWatch–A strike among workers on the BP South Caucasus pipeline expansion has ended without drama as management fulfilled the main demand, but workers who were fired have not been given their jobs back.
Three days ago, nearly 200 workers
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Man arrested in Tbilisi for stealing computer from mosque
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police Friday detained a suspect who allegedly robbed a mosque in Tbilisi.
The suspect, a 22 year old man, secretly snuck into a mosque in the old part of Tbilisi and stole a computer from a room used by Mullahs, and then went into hiding, according to the Interior Ministry.
Road Department warns: Slippery roads in north of Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Road Department in Georgia warns that there are traffic restrictions in mountainous areas.
Due to frost, trailers, semi-trailers and other vehicles with more than 30 seats are asked to use snow chains from the 80km to 136km section
Eleven detained in Georgia for attempting to jump Turkish border
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian border police arrested nine Bangladeshi and two Turkish citizens on Thursday for illegally trying to cross the border with Turkey.
The Interior Ministry said in a statement that the group was attempting to cross the border in an area near Akhaltsikhe,
Traffic restrictions many places in Georgia due to heavy snowfall
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Road Department has established restrictions on road throughout the country due to heavy snowfall that started Saturday morning.
From 188km to 198km of Zugdidi-Jvari-Mestia-Lasdili road in Svaneti and 142km to 157km of the
Authorities in Georgia increase security measures after Paris terror
TBILISI, DFWatch–Authorities in Georgia are tightening security after the terrorist attacks in Paris.
A spokesperson for the State Security Service said on Saturday that there are stricter security measures in force at border crossings and airports.
There are also enhanced security measures
Georgia's main east-west highway has been blocked for two days
TBILISI, DFWatch–E60, the central highway through Georgia, has been blocked for two days due to bad weather. Vehicles are currently rerouted near Kutaisi in the western part of the country.
According to the Infrastructure Ministry’s Road Department,
Four detained for extortion, again
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia have detained four persons for for extortion.
Wednesday, the Interior Ministry said that the four, Giorgi, 24, Giorgi, 25, Vladimer, 31 and Mikheil, 58, had threatened to kill their victim if he didn’t pay them 55,000 laris (USD 23,000).
Georgia's foreign trade turnover in Jan-Sept down 13%
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s foreign trade turnover in the first nine months of 2015 went down by 13 percent compared to last year, according to a preliminary monthly report published by the National Statistics Department.
According to the monthly report,