TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia plans 140 million of budget cuts, about USD 60 million with today’s currency rate.
The finance minister on Monday presented an adjusted budget to the cabinet of ministers.
He said that the state budget,
TBILISI, DFWatch–As a penguin was discovered alive Tuesday, Tbilisi Zoo for the first time published the complete list of animals they had before the flood on the night of June 13-14.
The penguin was found by soldiers as they were cleaning the lower section
TBILISI, DFWatch–The search is still on for three people who are missing after a devastating flood in Tbilisi early morning on June 14 which killed at least 19 people.
Minister of Internal Affairs Vakhtang Gomelauri said on Tuesday that a large part of the gravel
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court has accepted evidence presented by the Prosecutor General’s Office in a criminal case against ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili.
The former leader was charged last November in a case that concerns the murder of a bank employee
TBILISI, DFWatch–The website biletebi.ge, which is responsible for selling tickets for UEFA Super Cup 2015, went down Monday morning.
Administrators claim they have been the target of a cyber attack and that enormous amounts of users have tried to enter the site at the same time.
TBILISI, DFWatch–A group of animal rights activists demonstrated Sunday outside City Hall in Tbilisi, demanding to shut down the zoo, after a flood killed more than 50 percent of the animals held there, and others escaped.
The demonstration was organized by Vegan Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Justice Ministry in Georgia has introduced a package of legislative amendments to prevent violence against women.
The amendments apply to about 20 different sections of laws and will target illegal spying, communication by phone or by
TBILISI, DFWatch–Five Defense Ministry officials who were detained last fall on embezzlement charges were released Friday on the basis of personal guarantees from several MPs.
The Prosecutor General’s Office wanted to set a bail bond, but backed down.
The so-called
TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili’s first comments about the flood disaster, which killed at least 19, destroyed forty homes and a zoo, were criticized for being too late.
It took six days until he commented publicly, but his organization
TBILISI, DFWatch–Law enforcement bodies are still searching for escaped predators from Tbilisi Zoo after the flood disaster on June 14.
Hunters involved in the search yesterday installed video traps fitted with meat as bait at possible locations of the predators. This is an area