TBILISI, DFWatch–Tarkhan Batirashvili, a.k.a. Abu Omar al-Shishani, a notorious IS field commander from Georgia’s Pankisi Gorge, was reportedly seized by Kurdish and American commandos in Northern Iraq on Friday.
Abu Omar’s arrest was reported by the Russian
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s High Council of Justice on Friday appointed a new judge to the Appeals Court who was criticized as one of the court officials who decided to go easy on of those involved in the murder of a bank employee in 2006.
The murder of Sandro Girgvliani
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Finance Ministry’s investigation service have detained a group of ten people for manufacturing fake credit cards and stealing more than 1.5 million laris.
Investigators describe the case as ‘a large-scale international crime.’ The ten are suspected of illegally
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian president pardoned 238 prisoners on Friday, 18 of whom were women and three minors.
According to Zviad Koridze, head of the president’s pardon commission, 172 prisoners will leave jail today. 11 of them are women and two are minors.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Dream coalition has agreed on Giorgi Kvirikashvili as their candidate for new prime minister, as replacement for Irakli Garibashvili, who resigned Wednesday evening.
Kvirikashvili is former vice prime minister and minister of foreign affairs.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced his resignation in a brief TV address on Wednesday, after more than two years in the post.
He did not state any specific reasons for leaving, nor offer advice on who his successor should be, which ultimately
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili may announce his resignation at a special briefing planned at his office on Wednesday, at 8pm Tbilisi time.
The PM’s resignation was reported earlier by Georgian news agencies, and although
TBILISI, DFWatch–A woman who has twice been convicted of robbery is a participant in the talent show Voice of Georgia. Tuesday, she was told live during the show that she has been pardoned and given a car.
The Voice accepted Teona Kolbaia during casting
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Giorgi Margvelashvili on Monday declared 2016 as the Year of the European State.
He made the announcement at a ceremony to celebrate the 25 year anniversary of founding of the National Guard.
The president said
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russia is beginning a process of simplifying visa rules for Georgian citizens, a few days after the EU published a positive final report about fulfillment of a visa liberalization action plan.
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday that