Tbilisi, DFWatch – Five Defense Ministry officials who were detained in 2014 on embezzlement charges and released on the basis of personal guarantees from several MPs, have been sentenced to 7 years in prison each by Tbilisi City Court on Monday.
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Georgian feminists rally against the conservative Christian conference
A small group of Georgian feminist activists organised a protest in front of Radisson Blu Hotel in downtown Tbilisi, where the World Congress of Families (WFC) was taking place on Sunday.
Conservative Christians from different continents meet in Tbilisi
The 10th edition of the World Congress of Families (WCF) opened in Tbilisi yesterday, bringing together conservative Christian activists from four continents.
Georgia plans exhibitions, oath-taking ceremonies on May 26
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Georgia will mark Independence Day on May 26 in most of the cities and towns all over the country by organizing different events.
Harassment audio file is authentic, Imedi TV actress to sue former boss
TBILISI, DFWatch–The National Forensic Bureau has confirmed the authenticity of an audio file which appears to show that a well-known Georgian journalist threatened to ruin the career of an actress working for him if she did not sleep with him.
Tatia Samkharadze
Israel investigates a corruption case with former Georgian minister of defence
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Gal Hirsch, an Israeli suspect in bribing the former minister of defence, Davit Kezerashvili, was questioned under caution by the Israeli Police’s fraud squad, Haaretz reported.
Mr Hirsch was a brigadier general at the Israeli
Enormous wages/bonuses at Georgia’s CEC: Report
Tbilisi, DFWatch – The head and other senior staff members of the Central Election Commission of Georgia have been accustomed to get enormous bonuses, according to the recent report by ISFED, a Georgian NGO focused on monitoring electoral processes in Georgia.
Stalin bust erected in Gori, then paint-bombed and dismantled
TBILISI, DFWatch–A bust of Stalin was paint-bombed pink and later dismantled in the village Ateni in Gori, the hometown of Joseph Stalin, on Monday.
The bust of Stalin was erected for the 71th anniversary of victory over fascism, on May 9. It was dismantled
Offshore Leaks database premieres in Tbilisi
Global launch of the Offshore Leaks database revealed names of eighty-five Georgian citizens, some of who might potentially be implicated in illegal financial activities. On Monday, 9 May, an event organised by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) Caucasus celebrated the global launch of the Offshore Leaks database prepared by the International Consortium … Read more
In pictures: Georgia marks Victory Day
TBILISI, DFWatch–On May 9, Georgia marked the 71st anniversary of Victory Day, the day Nazi Germany surrendered to the Soviet Union.
As usual, there were events all over Georgia. World War II veterans came to the memorial in Tbilisi’s Vake Park, where