Tbilisi, DFwatch – Population of Georgia declined by 15 percent from 4.372 million in 2002 to 3.714 million in 2014, according to the data released by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) on Thursday.
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No land transfer between Georgia and Turkey
Tbilisi, DFWatch – The information about the alleged transfer of 15 acres of land from Georgia to Turkey, which went viral on Georgian media, was untrue.
Yesterday, Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah published information about the alleged land transfer between Georgia and Turkey.
Parliament speaker fears visa-free travel for Georgians may be delayed
TBILISI, DFWatch–The EU’s plans to allow visa-free travel for citizens of Georgia may be postponed, the Georgian speaker of parliament said Monday.
Davit Usupashvili blamed members of the party of former President Mikheil Saakashvili of lobbying against visa
PM Kvirikashvili: Peace roadmap for Abkhazia and South Ossetia in the works
TBILISI, DFWatch–Giorgi Kvirikashvili announced the need for ‘decisive and brave’ steps in relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia and revealed that Georgia was working on a peace plan, which is to be consulted with Georgian public opinion and the de facto republics.
Pshavi historical province to get Protected Landscape status
TBILISI, DFWatch–Pshavi, the historical and cultural province of eastern Georgia, might soon be granted the official status of a Protected Landscape.
Pshavi is located in the mountains of Mtskheta–Mtianeti region alongside the Aragvi River, on the way to the historical
National Movement activist claims he was attacked by local officials in Rustavi
TBILISI, DFWatch–An activist for the National Movement claims that several officials at the Rustavi City Hall, including the deputy mayor, insulted and beat him Monday night.
Mamuka Chikovani, head of the UNM’s branch
Georgian charged with murdering mother and son arrested in Greece
Tbilisi, DFWatch – The extradition procedures have already been started, but yet it is not known when or whether Greece will extradite the suspect.
“I cannot tell you more details,” DFWatch was told at MIA press office.
the suspect Giorgi Kuparadze is at the hospital
Ramazzotti’s concert in Tbilisi
TBILISI, DFWatch–Eros Ramazzotti dedicated his concert in Tbilisi on Sunday to the American singer and songwriter Prince, who died April 21 at the age of 57.
Abkhazian MFA slams Georgia for blocking Montenegro exposition
Abkhazia accuses Georgia of pursuing a policy of isolation and puts a question mark on the restitution of the IPRM, while Georgia points towards individual countries’ policies of non–recognition of Abkhazia.
North & East European foreign ministers support visa-free travel for Georgia, Ukraine
TBILISI, DFWatch–Foreign ministers of Europe’s northern and eastern countries call on EU member states to go ahead with a plan to allow 90 days visa-free visits for Georgian and Ukrainian citizens.
On 21–22 April, a meeting of foreign ministers of Baltic,