TBILISI, DFWatch–Three Polish tourists have been airlifted by helicopter from Mount Tetnuldi near the Russian border, after being trapped by heavy snowfall at 4,200 meter’s height.
News of the rescue operation appeared on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Monday evening,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Three chains of pharmacies in Georgia have been fined 500 laris each for recording conversations at their 24 hours outlets without notifying customers.
According to the Personal Data Protection, 365 pharmacies of the chains Aversi-Geopharmi, PSP
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian President Vladimir Putin was set to meet the de facto president of South Ossetia on Monday in Moscow.
According to the press office of the South Ossetian leader Leonid Tibilov, the two plan to discuss bilateral relations and cooperation
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian chess player Nino Batsiashvili took silver at the European Women’s Individual Chess Championship 2015, which was held in Chakvi, Georgia from May 18 until May 30.
Batsiashvili, who is from Batumi, came second after Ukrainian Natalya Zhukova.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Five people were detained in Tbilisi on Saturday, accused of providing premises for prostitution.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the detainees – one man and four women – are managers of the hotels Sabudara and Viza in Tbilisi.
The investigation
TBILISI, DFWatch–Ten Georgian citizens were released by authorities in the breakaway region South Ossetia Tuesday evening. They had been detained for ‘violating the border’.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the released are: Nugzar Gelashvili, from the village
TBILISI, DFWatch–Everyone who wishes so may today sign the declaration of protection of personal information and respect toward others.
This is an initiative by the Personal Data Protection Inspectorate, which was created nearly two years ago and are out on the street
TBILISI, DFWatch–Locals in Uplistsikhe, in Georgia’s Kartli region, threaten that they will block the central highway near Gori because sheep that was returned from Jordan is dying from an unknown disease.
Teo Tlashadze, member of the local council in Gori,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Socially disadvantaged groups protested in Batumi on Monday, some demanding government help to handle their bank loans, others to get back land property taken from them.
Some of them demanded to get back land property that they were given
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia Monday detained a man for attempting to distribute more than USD 194,000 in fake dollar bills.
The suspect, who was born in 1994, was detained at the Red Bridge border crossing with Azerbaijan. The fake money, which was