TBILISI, DFWatch–76 prisoners were released before the end of their sentence term today; two minors and one woman.
The Prison Ministry’s local board of parole discussed the cases of about 900 prisoners who have served more than half of their sentence in cases
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two men detained for negligence in connection with the death of former Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania were Sunday placed in pre-trial detention by Tbilisi City Court.
Levan Chachua, who participated in the autopsy on Zhvania’s body in 2005, and Mikheil
TBILISI, DFWatch–A delegation from the NATO Parliamentary Assembly is coming to Georgia March 24-26.
The NATO parliamentarians will be attending a round table discussion at the NATO office here.
Another part of the visit is a meeting with their Georgian counterparts
TBILISI, DFWatch–French President François Hollande will visit Georgia on May 13, the foreign minister of the host country said on Wednesday.
Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze said the schedule and other details of the visit are still being put together.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor’s Office in Georgia has charged former Interior Ministry official Erekle Kodua with abuse of power and fraud.
Erekle Kodua is former head of the Interior Ministry’s Special Operative Department (SOD).
Investigators found that on August
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi does not recognize the referendum in Crimea, according to a statement released by the Foreign Affairs Ministry Sunday evening.
The statement says the referendum was conducted as a result of Russian pressure of armed forces and in violation
TBILISI, DFWatch–A former Georgian counterintelligence chief who is currently wanted was today convicted in absentia for abuse of power.
Data Akhalaia, whose whereabouts are unknown, was head of the Constitutional Security Department (CSD). He was on trial for
TBILISI, DFWatch–The direct talks between Georgia and Russia have been postponed again.
Zurab Abashidze, the Georgian Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Russian Relations, and Gregory Karasin, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia should have met on March 4-5,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The foreign ministers of France and Germany and an EU commissioner have postponed their visits to Georgia due to the latest developments in Ukraine.
EU Commissioner Stefan Fule should have visited Georgia on Monday while Laurent Fabius and Frank
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Council will hold a special session on March 7 to once more put the city’s 2014 budget bill to a vote.
City Hall has sent a draft budget to the council for the fourth time, but the council failed to approve it.
The capital has remained