TBILISI, DFWatch–Almost 200 people were taken ill with food poisoning at a wedding in the south of Georgia on Monday, 28 of them children.
The mass poisoning took place in the village Sadakhlo, near Marneuli.
The affected wedding guests mostly complained about feeling sick and disoriented.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian PM Giorgi Kvirikashvili on Tuesday promised to build a new highway that will improve the road connection between Tbilisi and the Russian border.
“Within the next four years, we plan to build a highway from Mtskheta to Vladikavkaz,”
TBILISI, DFWatch–A police officer in Georgia was Monday charged with causing a young man to commit suicide.
The police officer, Goderdzi Tevzadze in the western Georgian town Samtredia, has gone into hiding and was charged in absentia.
He is charged with abusing his official powers
TBILISI, DFWatch–Monday, the newspaper Kviris Palitra published an interview with the person who tipped off the State Security Service about a plot to blow up a pipeline which brings natural gas from Russia to Armenia.
Seven persons were arrested on August 22,
TBILISI, DFWatch–A new report shows that foreign tourists spend 450 laris a day in Adjara, a Black Sea region of Georgia heavily reliant on tourism.
Over a thousand tourists were asked about their stay as they left the country, and the results draws a picture
TBILISI, DFWatch–Fire devastated 50 hectares of agricultural land in the vicinity of Akhalsopeli, a village in Kvareli Municipality, Kakheti.
5 hectares of vineyards and hazelnut gardens had been almost totally destroyed, while in other areas the damage was not so serious,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The first episode of a new TV series about the crimes of the Saakashvili regime premiered at Rustaveli Theatre in Tbilisi on Saturday (watch trailer below).
Georgian filmmaker and political activist Goga Khaindrava finished work on the documentary TV series,
TBILISI, DFWatch–One Israeli and one German tourist were rescued Saturday in Mestia, a picturesque mountain region in the northwest of Georgia.
The two tourists were heading for the Tetnuldi peak, but not heard from.
A search was immediately started after they
TBILISI, DFWatch–Under the slogan ‘Let’s break free’, the Republican party has nominated nine women candidates for parliament under the single-seat majoritarian system for the October 8 election.
“We have to break free of a lot of things.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The stigma attached to family violence is still keeping women from seeking help. The campaign is simply not working, a Georgian human rights group has said.
In 2009, the United Natioins carried out a survey which showed that one in every 11 women in Georgia