TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was Friday officially confirmed as adviser to the Ukrainian president, despite being wanted for crimes in his home country.
Saakashvili will be head of the Advisory International Council of Reforms,
TBILISI, DFWatch–A large part of the governing coalition in parliament are against the criteria the president used when he recently selected candidates for new head of Supreme Court.
The initiative began with 16 MPs from the Georgian Dream coalition.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Traffic is still blocked along the road between Gudauri and Kobi in the north of Georgia due to danger of avalanche.
According to the Road Department, no vehicles are allowed through.
There are also the following restrictions on the Tkibuli
TBILISI, DFWatch–The head of the Supervision Service at Tbilisi City Hall was detained on Wednesday on suspicion of bribery.
Jokia Bodokia is accused of having accepted a bribe of USD 180,000; ten percent of the price of constructing a new hotel.
The money
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Dream coalition has lost its majority of seats in the regional assembly in Adjara after one deputy broke ranks last week.
Medea Vasadze explained in a statement that her decision was the result of two years and four months of analysis.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two more government officials resigned in Georgia on Tuesday; one regional police chief and a deputy department head in the Defense Ministry.
Robert Grigalashvili, deputy head of military reporting, yesterday evening handed in his resignation
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian president on Tuesday presented a list of 28 candidates for new head of Supreme Court. Most of the names on the list are unknown to the public.
Among the few known names is Zakaria Kutsnashvili; a member of the Georgian
TBILISI, DFWatch–The deputy head of the general inspection in the Georgian Defense Ministry resigned on Tuesday, explaining that he made the decision due to the accusations against him lately.
Explaining the decision, Valeri Zumbadze wrote in a statement published
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two teenage boys were hospitalized with serious injuries on Monday after being stabbed by another pupil at the same Tbilisi school.
Police detained a suspect, who is also a minor.
All three are pupils at Public School No 186 in Didi Digomi
TBILISI, DFWatch–The parents and relatives of a girl who died in a car accident three days ago in Kutaisi accuse the police of covering up what happened. They believe the real culprit is the wife of a policeman.
The family of the victim Nana Giglemiani demonstrated Monday