TBILISI, DFWatch — A former Interior Ministry official has been sentenced to pre-trial detention in absentia.
Data Akhalaia, former chair of the feared Constitutional Security Department of the Interior Ministry, is charged, together with Soso Topuridze and Geronti
TBILISI, DFWatch — Military Police in Georgia have seized about a hundred weapons of different types at an apartment in Tbilisi.
Vako Avaliani, Advisor to the Defense Minister, on Monday said the weapons were not registered.
The ministry learned about the location
TBILISI, DFWatch — Seven persons died Monday evening in a car accident in Western Georgia, according to the Interior Ministry.
In a statement the ministry writes that the accident took place at about 20:00 in the village Tseva, in the Imereti region. A truck
TBILISI, DFWatch — NATO’s Foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels December 4 and 5.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General, will chair the meeting. Maia Panjikidze, Georgia’s Foreign Affairs Minister arrived in Brussels Monday evening
TBILISI, DFWatch — The court released a former interior ministry official on bail until the trial, in the most controversial case among the recent detentions.
Tengiz Gunava on Sunday was sentenced to pay USD 6 000 bail. First he was detained for illegal possession
TBILISI, DFWatch — EU-Georgia today opened the fourth round of negotiations of the proposed Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) in Brussels.
In parallel, the twelfth session of negotiations of Georgia’s Association Agreement with the EU was also
TBILISI, DFWatch — Eric Rubin, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in EU and Eurasian Affairs, is visiting Georgia.
Rubin will have meetings during November 27-29. The US Embassy in Georgia informed DF Watch that Eric Rubin will meet representatives of
TBILISI, DFWatch — Catherine Ashton, EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, visits Georgia.
Her one day visit includes meetings with President Mikheil Saakashvili, Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanisvhili and Foreign Affairs
TBILISI, DFWatch — Three Georgian citizens have been released from prison in occupied Tskhinvali region.
The three were arrested for crossing the de facto border at the village Kirbali, near the town Gori.
Georgia’s Interior Ministry informs that Gia and Akaki
TBILISI, DFWatch — A friend of the Tbilisi Mayor suspected of money laundering was today released on a USD 90 000 bail for 30 days.
Giorgi Kelbakiani, Georgia Director of the construction company NCC, and Archil Chigogava, Financial Director of the same company