Tbilisi, DFWatch – The Greek Supreme Court has upheld a decision by a lower court to reject an extradition request for Data Akhalaia, a former head of Georgia’s domestic intelligence agency.
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Group demands criminal investigation of prehistoric site's destruction
Tbilisi, DFWatch – An advocacy group in Georgia has asked the Prosecutor General’s
Office to launch an investigation into an explosion which destroyed an ancient gold mine on December 13.
Georgia celebrates Independence Day without military parade
Tbilisi, DFwatch – The Georgian government continues distancing itself from its predesessors’ military bravade as it announces, third year in a row, that Independence Day celebrations will go on without a military parade.
Georgia partners with Gilead Sciences for mass trials of hepatitis C medicine
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia has launched a project aimed at assisting people with hepatitis C after signing an agreement with the American pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences on April 21.
The government claims
Belarusian president calls on Georgia to join Russian 'family'
TBILISI, DFWatch–Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko Thursday called on Georgia to live in a ‘common family’ with Belarus and Russia.
“Europe’s last dictator” said he has never been to Georgia before, except Abkhazia, one of two Georgian regions
Lukashenko has arrived in Tbilisi
TBILISI, DFWatch–President of Belarus, who is on a first visit to Georgia, arrived in Tbilisi the day before official meetings, which are planned for April 23-24.
Even though the flight between Minsk and Tbilisi is over four hours, he arrived a day before with his
Georgian PM blasts media for 'hysteria' about recruitment for IS
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili scolded the media on Tuesday for their coverage of Pankisi youth who become radicalized and join Islamic State in Syria.
The media have shown an ‘unnatural hysteria’ about this problem, which
New showdown over location of presidential palace
TBILISI, DFWatch–Refurbishment work in a building intended as a new presidential palace is now finished and this has sparked a new round of bickering between the president and the government.
The minister of regional development and infrastructure stated during
Two dead as crane collapses at Norwegian hydropower project
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two persons died and one is in hospital with injuries after an accident at a construction site for a hydropower facility in Khulo, southwest in Georgia Friday night.
The two who died are Paata Iakobadze, a Georgian citizen, and Ahmed Chakmak,
Georgian volunteer soldier dies in Ukraine
TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian volunteer soldier was killed in Ukraine on April 18, fighting for the extreme right wing Azov battalion.
Giorgi Janelidze died during mine clearance work near the coastal town Shirokine.
The other fighters came under fire as they