TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian wine will be served during the summit of the EU’s Eastern Partnership in Vilnius November 28-29, the Foreign Affairs Ministry confirms.
The event will be held at the exhibition hall Litexpo in Vilnius and will be attended by representatives
TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili has been awarded the Supreme Order of Justice.
The award is given once a year by the World Jurist Association (WJA) to a person and one cleric for their work for peace and justice.
WJA President
TBILISI, DFWatch–UNESCO has placed the 100 year anniversary of the death of Georgian poet Akaki Tsereteli on a list of important events in 2014-2015.
Tsereteli was born in 1840 and died in 1915 and is considered the best Georgian poet in this period. He also was
TBILISI, DFWatch–40 000 households in Georgia are without electricity due to bad weather.
According to Energo-Pro Georgia, which distributes electricity to consumers, 50 000 households have been without electricity since morning, but power supply to 10 000 of them has now been restored.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two thousand railway workers in Georgia ended their strike yesterday, after successful negotiations with the company.
Talks between workers and the Georgian Railway management board lasted for six hours and all three demands the workers brought with
TBILISI, DFWatch–A man suspected of injuring a policeman in Zugdidi, a town in western Georgia, was released on Thursday on a 2 000 lari (USD 1200) bail.
Zugdidi City Court satisfied the appeal by the Prosecutor’s Office to release the suspect on bail.
The suspect will have
TBILISI, DFWatch–A protest was held Wednesday in Zugdidi, in western Georgia, by relatives of a man detained for injuring a policeman a few days ago.
Their demand was to have him released. But the suspect surrendered to the police and admitted having injured
TBILISI, DFWatch–A policeman was brutally attacked in western Georgia Tuesday, after locals accused him of having raped a woman.
Local media reported that the policeman was found naked, with a broken leg, and in a pool of blood near the presidential residence in
TBILISI, DFWatch–Five days before the inauguration of Giorgi Margvelashvili as new president, he and other members of the current government will join outgoing president Mikheil Saakashvili for an event aboard a U.S. naval ship docked in Batumi.
Also outgoing Prime
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is expecting representatives of 30 countries to attend the inauguration of Giorgi Margvelashvili as new president on November 17.
Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze said Monday that among the guests will be two or three presidents, speakers