TBILISI, DFWatch–The de facto president of Abkhazia Raul Hajymba (Khadzhimba) told Russian media that the murderer of Georgian IDP Giga Otkhozoria won’t be handed over to the Georgian side.
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CEC rejects referendum bid about gay marriage due to shortfall of signatures
TBILISI, DFWatch–One of the attempts to hold a referendum about same-sex marriage has been rejected by Georgia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) because the sponsors failed to collect the required 200,000 signatures.
The CEC’s decision was unanimous.
Tbilisi airport gets 24 hour bus service, ticket price 22 US cents
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi international airport is now serviced all night through by the regular daytime bus line number 37, Tbilisi City Hall informs.
Before the new schedule on July 4, line 37 had been operating until midnight, like other municipal bus lines in the capital.
Speaker of parliament wants full disclosure about Istanbul mastermind
TBILISI, DFWatch–The speaker of Georgia’s parliament says people must know the truth about the suspected Istanbul bombing mastermind and his role in a mysterious shooting incident in Georgia in 2012.
The same day, a member of government
'Mastermind of Istanbul attack was an agent for Saakashvili'
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two leading politicians in Georgia believe that Akhmed Chatayev, the suspected mastermind of the terrorist attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport, was an ‘agent of the previous government.’
“It turns out that this prominent terrorist [Chatayev] was an agent
Georgia denies that Istanbul airport attack's mastermind was its citizen
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russia and Georgia disagree about what citizenship the suspected mastermind behind the terror attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport June 28 has.
Russia claims Akhmed Chatayev is not a Russian but a Georgian citizen. Georgia, on the other hand,
Two flights diverted from Tbilisi airport as city braces for more extreme weather
TBILISI, DFWatch–A thunderstorm led to two planes being diverted from Tbilisi airport on Friday. One year ago, extreme flooding caused massive damage.
DFWatch spoke to one of the passengers of a flight that should have landed in Tbilisi but was diverted
Georgians may get visa-free travel to Europe by late September: Steinmeier
TBILISI, DFWatch–The European Union will begin offering visa-free short-term travel to Georgians in the end of September, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Friday during a visit to Tbilisi.
Steinmeier said on Friday that the visa-free rules
Kerry to visit Tbilisi on July 6
TBILISI, DFWatch–U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will come to Georgia and have talks with leaders and opposition, before heading for a NATO summit in Warsaw which begins July 8.
Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili announced Kerry’s visit on Thursday during a dinner
Was Istanbul airport attack organized by militant with links to Georgia?
TBILISI, DFWatch–The terrorist attack at Istanbul Atatürk Airport on 28 June, which claimed the lives of 44 victims and three suicide bombers and left 239 people wounded, is believed to have been organized by Akhmed Chatayev, a Russian national