TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian president has signed a new anti-discrimination law, and it has therefore come into force.
The Georgian Orthodox Church was against the law because it in their opinion ‘legalizes homosexuality’, and wanted to remove ‘sexual
TBILISI, DFWatch–A man suspected of beating the brother of a former government official was Monday placed in pre-trial detention by Tbilisi City Court.
Businessman Davit Kodia, brother of former police official Erekle Todua, was beaten a few days ago in Tbilisi while
TBILISI, DFWatch–The presidents of Turkey and two South Caucasus countries will meet at the National Library in Tbilisi on Tuesday, to attend the 2014 Georgia-Azerbaijan-Turkey Summit.
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili is host for Turkey’s Abdullah Gül
TBILISI, DFWatch–New figures published by the Georgian Interior Ministry show that 390,685 people visited the country in April. This is 7.4 percent more than in the same period last year.
In the first four months of the current year, 1,396,952 people visited
TBILISI, DFWatch–NATO envoy James Appathurai will visit Georgia on Thursday.
Appathurai, whose full title is NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, will meet with government members and the parliament, the Ministry
TBILISI, DFWatch–Young people in Georgia plan to mark the International Worker’s Day, May 1, with rallies different places in the country.
A rally will be held at Tbilisi State University at 14:00 by Young Social-Democrats, Georgia’s Young Greens, Georgia’s
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia has decided to return books currently at Tbilisi State University that were brought here from Germany during World War II.
Shalva Tadumadze, the government’s parliamentary secretary, explained
TBILISI, DFWatch–Work has been halted at the ancient Sakdrisi gold mine in southern Georgia, Interpressnews reports.
The news agency quotes Irakli Lomidze, spokesperson for the Sakdrisi Survival Committee, who said the heavy machinery stopped Sunday night and did not
TBILISI, DFWatch–One Georgian was detained Saturday by Russian soldiers near the border with South Ossetia. This is the fourth Georgian this happens to this week.
Merab Kapanadze, 70, from the village Tseronisi, was detained while tending to his cattle
TBILISI, DFWatch–A bus with Georgian and South Ossetian youth was to start a tour of Turkey and the Balkans Saturday morning, Interpressnews reports.
The trip, called Georgian – South Ossetian Youth Peace Express, will last 17 days and bring the youth by bus through