TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian businessman has proposed to create a commission to prevent media and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from insulting the country’s traditional values.
Levan Vasadze, who formally has status as ‘knight’
TBILISI, DFWatch–Ukraine’s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov Wednesday published a video showing a quarrel between him and Mikheil Saakashvili, Governor of Odessa, and former President of Georgia.
The video shows them bickering and Avakov
TBILISI, DFWatch–The question of whether politicians tried to use their influence to fast-track the pardoning of certain prisoners was no closer to being settled Wednesday, after prosecutors had questioned at least 30 people.
Prosecutor Koka Katsitadze said he doesn’t
TBILISI, DFWatch–The National Food Agency calls on parents to be careful during the Christmas period after a two-year old accidentally swallowed a firecracker hidden inside a package of sweet corn chips.
The boy didn’t notice the firecracker among the chips and swallowed it.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The the former head of the president’s pardon commission was questioned at the Prosecutor General’s Office on Monday.
Aleko Elisashvili claims he was pressured by authorities to give a favorable decision in the cases of specific prisoners,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The vice speaker of the Georgian parliament confirms that she approached the president’s pardon commission and requested to have certain prisoners pardoned.
The admission came after a newspaper published information based on
TBILISI, DFWatch–Four dead bodies were discovered in Khelvachauri in southwestern Georgia on Saturday, four kilometers from the border with Turkey.
The four bodies were frozen and almost covered in snow, and allegedly belong to citizens of Bangladesh.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Ministry of Economic Development is the most closed public institution in Georgia, in terms of providing public information.
This is one of the findings in a new report published Friday by the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI).
TBILISI, DFWatch–Government officials tried to pressure the president’s pardon commission into releasing certain prisoners, former commission head Aleko Elisashvili claims.
The current head of the pardon commission, Zviad Koridze, says he can confirm Elisashvili’s
TBILISI, DFWatch–On December 10, the International Human Rights Day, the Public Defender as usual published a brief report about the situation in Georgia in terms of human rights.
DF Watch compiled an overview of the most important issues discussed in the report.