TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s eighth swine flu victim was a young man who had an accompanying disease.
Amiran Gamkrelidze, director of the National Center of the Disease Control (NCDC), said the man died because he received treatment too late.
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Parliament will consider making it a crime to offend religious feelings
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia might bring in a new law that makes it a crime to offend ‘religious feelings’.
A member of parliament from the ruling Georgian Dream coalition has submitted a bill in parliament which was supported by the human rights committee.
The bill
Georgian, Armenian Ministers of Defense sign cooperation agreement
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Minister of Defence conducted a series of meetings with Armenia’s prominent politicians and commented on issues linked to Armenian–Georgian cooperation.
Minister of Defense of Georgia Tinatin Khidasheli concluded her three-day
Georgia may amend Constitution to bar same-sex marriage
TBILISI, DFWatch–A controversy is brewing in Georgia over whether it should be written into the Constitution that a marriage is union between a man and a woman.
The idea has been around at least since former Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili suggested it in March
Georgia's seventh swine flu victim did not have a chronic disease
TBILISI, DFWatch–A man who died of swine in Georgia on Saturday did not suffer from any other disease. But there is no reason to panic, authorities say.
“Unfortunately, we had one case when the virus resulted in the death of an almost healthy person,
Tbilisi Opera House reopened as protesters decry 'Soviet' style event
TBILISI, DFWatch–As Tbilisi Opera House was reopened Sunday after more than five years of rehabilitation works, protesters decried that the first performance was invitation-only.
Protesters who had gathered at the entrance did not like the policy to not have tickets
Georgian soldiers accused of sexual misconduct in CAR
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Defense Ministry has suspended six of its staff, including the deputy head of the joint military staff, pending an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct by Georgian soldiers in the Central African Republic.
Three girls in the Central
Georgian president visits valley Lavrov claims is IS training area
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s president visited the Pankisi valley on Saturday, a few days after Russia’s foreign minister claimed that Islamic State militants are being trained there.
Locals in Duisi, one of the villages in Pankisi in the northeast of Georgia, welcomed
5 dead, 6 injured in car crash
TBILISI, DFWatch–Five people died and six were seriously injured in a car crash in northwestern Georgia on Friday.
Two cars, a Ford and an Opel, crashed between the villages Lia and Jvari near Tsalenjikha in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti.
The accident happened
Human Rights Watch finds indications of political persecution in Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–In its latest world report, Human Rights Watch draws attention to a number of alleged violations in Georgia, including political persecution, pressure on the media and ill treatment.
The first chapter on Georgia in the World Report 2016