TBILISI, DFWatch–The speaker of the Georgian parliament went on the offensive Thursday against former President Mikheil Saakashvili and in defense of the billionaire who brought together the current government coalition, Bidzina Ivanishvili.
Speaker of Parliament
TBILISI, DFWatch–The police on Thursday arrested two youngsters for suspicion of vandalizing a church just during a religious holiday.
The detainees are two teens of 17 and 15 years old. The latter has a prior conviction.
While searching the homes of the suspects,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian border guards on Tuesday detained a husband and wife in a village bordering breakaway South Ossetia.
The two, Kakha Kazishvili and Zina Natriashvili, were detained in the village Kvemo Ikorta as they were trying to cross the ‘border’ to visit relatives.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian president on Tuesday presented parliament with his two candidates to take over as head of Supreme Court.
This was the second time President Giorgi Margvelashvili presented Nino Bakakuri and Zurab Dzlierishvili as candidates to take over
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili appeared on the Turkish TV Monday, explaining his country’s policy toward two breakaway regions that have been controlled by Russia since the war in 2008.
Georgian territorial integrity will be restored,
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Giorgi Margvelashvili says the free trade treaty Georgia signed with the EU earlier this year opens opportunities also for other countries to reach the EU market.
He said this while discussing bilateral relations with Kyrgyzstan
TBILISI, DFWatch–The pathologist who conducted the autopsy on the body of Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania denies that he harassed a witness.
The trial about the prime minister’s death in 2006 continued Thursday with questioning of the pathologist Levan Chachua.
TBILISI, DFWatch–On Friday, Georgia will join a new treaty which restricts the international trade in small arms.
The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on April 2, 2013, and is a first of its kind.
It will regulate the sale
TBILISI, DFWatch–A new cohort of judge candidates are taking qualification exams September 20 and 27, under the auspices of the High Council of Justice.
The exams are held at the Technical University’s first building and for the first time conducted electronically.
TBILISI, DFWatch–A group of German tourists were robbed in Mestia Monday night, several Georgian news outlets reported.
The reports differ on important details, but most say three German tourists were robbed along the road from Zugdidi to Mestia, one of