Monday, June 15, 2026

Convicted murderer may be free one day after president converts sentence

geguti prison camp
(Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–President Margvelashvili on Thursday converted the sentence of a man so he will no longer need to spend the rest of his life behind bars.

The head of the president’s pardon commission Zviad Koridze said the most serious crime the prisoner

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Two Georgian military students in the US died in car crash

Identities of the dead students will be released by the Ministry of Defense after notification of their families in Georgia.
Identities of the dead students will be released by the Ministry of Defense after notification of their families in Georgia.

TBILISI, DFWatch–Two Georgian students at military academy in New Jersey died in a car accident soon after Saturday midnight, at about 9 am Tbilisi time.

The identity of the two, both in their early 20s, will be released by the Ministry of Defense after notification of their families in Georgia.

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Number of Tourists declined in Jan-Feb, 2015: MIA

Border with Azerbaijan (DFWatch)
Border with Azerbaijan (DFWatch)

Tbilisi, DFWatch – In the wake of tightening visa regulations by the Geoorgian government and crisis in Ukraine, the latest data released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia showed decline in numbers of tourists and overall visitors in Georgia. However, according to the same data, number of the transit visitors increased. 

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