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.
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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
Saakashvili’s ally in Odessa indicted by Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor General’s Office of Georgia (POG) has indicted a former Georgian official and Odessa governor confidant in Ukraine for directing a brutal dispersal of opposition rally back in 2011.
Gia Lortkipanidze, a deputy of then omnipotent
Orthodox group in Georgia threatens to protest against pope's visit
TBILISI, DFWatch–A group of orthodox Christian parents in Georgia are planning to demonstrate against Pope Francis during his visit the coming week.
The group is called the Union of Orthodox Parents and is well-known among locals for its confrontational style and conservative views.
Ex-official has no time to answer questions about police brutality in 2011
TBILISI, DFWatch–A former Georgian government official has refused to travel from Ukraine to Georgia to answer questions about a violent dispersal of anti-government protesters five and a half years ago.
Gia Lortkipanidze is head of police in Ukraine’s Odessa region,
Opposition journalist flees Russia, settles in Georgia
Tbilisi,DFWatch – Russian opposition journalist published a video on Tuesday stating he has to leave Russia and settle in Georgia ‘for some time’.
New charges against ex-officials for May 26, 2011 mass arrests
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor General’s Office in Georgia on Tuesday charged four former officials for their handling of the dispersal of an anti-government rally in Tbilisi on May 26, 2011.
The four are charged with exceeding their official powers.
Georgia arrests two bank robbers with some of the stolen money
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia arrested two men Monday who are suspected of robbing several banks and a convenience store in the Vazisubani district of Tbilisi two days earlier.
One of the men was arrested on the Armenian border at Sadakhlo,
Georgia condemns Russian election precincts inside breakaway territories
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia condemned the election Sunday for the Russian State Duma inside the two breakaway regions Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) called on the international community to react against this
17-year-old who was detained on border returned by South Ossetia
TBILISI, DFWatch–A 17-year-old Georgian who was detained Friday by Russian soldiers patrolling the border of South Ossetia was returned on Saturday.
Joni Gogichaishvili’s return was confirmed by the European Union Monitoring Mission to Georgia (EUMM),