Tbilisi, DFWatch – The official car of Almas Japua, MP in Abkhazia’s de facto parliament called the National Assembly, was hit by an explosion on Saturday evening, Sputnik Abkhazia reports.
The car exploded on Sergei Bagapsh Square in
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Georgian no longer language of instruction in Gali, Abkhazia
TBILISI, DFWatch–There are now no schools using Georgian as language of instruction in Gali, a part of the breakaway region Abkhazia where 97 percent of the population are ethnic Georgians (Megrelians).
Georgian children have to study school subjects
Man arrested in Tbilisi for slitting wife's throat
TBILISI, DFWatch–A man was arrested a Tbilisi suburb Wednesday, suspected of slitting his wife’s throat with a knife.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, an investigation has been launched under article 108 of the Criminal Code about premeditated murder.
Constitutional Court deprives security service of surveillance access keys
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Constitutional Court ruled Thursday to take the access keys to secret surveillance away from the State Security Service, which until now has had the technical means to access data that may identify people.
Lika Sajaia, parliamentary
Poll: Georgian Dream 15%, National Movement 13%
TBILISI, DFWatch–Less than six months before the parliamentary election in Georgia, an opinion poll shows Georgian Dream in the lead with 15 percent and the National Movement second with 13 percent. But 38 percent don’t know who they would vote for.
Saakashvili blames sex tape scandal on Bidzina Ivanishvili
TBILISI, DFWatch–In a TV interview Tuesday, Mikheil Saakashvili blamed former PM Bidzina Ivanishvili of a series of sex tapes posted online with threats against politicians.
A fourth video was sent to a Georgian media outlet the same day as the former
Former head of Georgian military police charged with contract killing
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has charged the former head of the military police Megis Kardava with the murder of general Roman Dumbadze.
The decision was made on April 7, but published on Tuesday.
According to the Chief
Georgia improves on Freedom House index
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia slightly improved its position on the Nations in Transit index published by the human rights organization Freedom House, and has the best result over the past nine years.
Georgia’s score in the latest index is 4.61 points out of 7.
Georgian sex tape scandal continues, another video threat posted online
TBILISI, DFWatch–One more Georgian sex video was posted on the Internet on Tuesday.
The clip was sent to a media outlet; the same delivery method as the previous three times. This time, the website news.ge received an email with a video depicting
More Georgians think the country is moving in the wrong direction
TBILISI, DFWatch–A larger share of Georgians think the country is going in the wrong direction, according to new opinion poll published Monday by the National Democratic Institute (NDI).
According to the poll, 39 percent of people think that Georgia is moving