Tbilisi, DFWatch – Georgia had a 19.5 percent growth in tourism in the nine months in 2016, according to the data released by National Tourism Administration on Monday.
Tourism jumps by one fifth, statistics
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Pope Francis speaks of the importance of women during mass in Tbilisi
TBILISI, DFWatch–Pope Francis on Saturday conducted a mass on Mikheil Meskhi Stadium in the center of the Georgian capital Tbilisi.
In his sermon, the head of the Roman Catholic Church spoke about the importance of women in Georgia, quoting Mother Teresa,
Pope Francis visits Georgia
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Pope Francis’s aircraft landed at Tbilisi International Airport on Friday afternoon. Next day he’s having a mass and sermon in Tbilisi second largest football stadium, where he’ll likely touch political themes. However, Georgia’s ambassador at Vatican isn’t optimistic the Pope will use a term ‘occupation’.
Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II, head of Georgian Orthodox Church, as well as President Giorgi Margvelashvili met the Pope at the airport.
Anti-NATO, antigay MP withdraws from majoritarian race, express allegiance to Ivanishvili
Tbilisi, DFWatch – A member of Georgian parliament, notorious for his radical anti-NATO, antigay statements, Thursday withdrew his candidacy in a majoritarian district and expressed support to Georgian Dream and its founder, former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili. Nine days before the election Tamaz Mechiauri, MP and a leader of a party ‘Tamaz Mechiauri – United … Read more
Neo-Nazis marched Tbilisi center, 11 detained
TBILISI, DFWatch–Eleven people were detained for hooliganism Tuesday night during a rally of radical Georgian youth groups in downtown Tbilisi.
The police interfered only after the march of Georgian Power, an overtly neo-Nazi bunch of teenagers, went sour,
Burchuladze kicks out his major partner, Girchi, from coalition
TBILISI, DFWatch–Paata Burchuladze, a world famous operatic bass who recently formed a political coalition with three other parties, said that he asked Girchi, one of the most important parts of his coalition, to leave.
Saakashvili heard plotting revolution in Georgia in Youtube tape
TBILISI, DFWatch–An audio tape was published Tuesday which appear to capture a conversation between former President Mikheil Saakashvili and other UNM party members plotting a revolution in Georgia.
The tape was uploaded to Youtube by a user called Creative Georgia News.
Georgia's ruling party not planning final rally ahead of election
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s governing party denies that it is planning a final campaign rally before the parliamentary election, despite claims to the contrary from its challenger UNM.
One of Georgian Dream’s main challengers, the National Movement (UNM),
Tbilisi-Beijing flights launched by China’s Southern Airlines
TBILISI, DFWatch–Beijing-Urumqi-Tbilisi flights have been scheduled from Friday, according to Georgia’s National Tourism Administration.
China’s Southern Airlines, China’s largest flight companies, will carry out the flights two times in every week.
Three ex-officials including Vano Merabishvili found guilty of beating MP in 2005
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court has found a former interior minister and two other ex-officials guilty of beating a parliamentarian in 2005.
The guilty verdict against Vano Merabishvili, Erekle Kodua and Gia Siradze