TBILISI, DFWatch–After eleven days, the search operation for two missing soldiers has been called off in Gonio on Georgia’s Black Sea coast. The two are believed to have drowned on August 16 during a military exercise.
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Parties promise higher pensions, allowances without explaining how to fund it

TBILISI, DFWatch–As barely a month remains until the parliamentary election, political parties in Georgia are falling over each other to promise increased pensions and social allowances.
“Today, social allowances are distributed
200 wedding guests poisoned – 21 still hospitalized

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.
Georgian PM's latest election promise: a new road to Russia

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,”
Policeman on the run – charged with causing 22-year-old's suicide
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
More details emerge about Georgia pipeline plot
Foreign tourists spend 450 laris a day in Adjara
Fire devastates vineyards and hazelnut gardens in Kakheti

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,
WATCH TRAILER: New TV series about Saakashvili regime's crimes
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,
Two tourists rescued in Mestia, one man missing at sea
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







