Tbilisi, DFWatch – Amid tensions over appointment of former Georgian officials on the high positions in Ukraine, Georgian parliamentary delegation visits Kiev Nov. 19, according to the chair of parliament’s foreign affairs committee.
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Saakashvili criticized for his Syria statement
TBILISI, DFWatch–President of Georgia slammed his predecessor Mikheil Saakashvili, accusing him of manipulating with important and strategic issues of the country’s security just for his own interests.
Mikheil Saakashvili earlier in Monday criticized
Man taken from his garden at South Ossetia border
TBILISI, DFWatch–One Georgian was detained Monday in a village that lies on the de facto border with the breakaway region South Ossetia. One more is missing in another village, and presumed detained.
The first incident took place in Dvani, a village which
One Chinese worker injured in fire at youth Olympic festival site
TBILISI, DFWatch–A Chinese worker was injured in a fire on Sunday on the construction site of the future Olympic village in Tbilisi.
About 700 square meters was burned in the fire. The Chinese worker who was injured was taken to hospital. The fire spread across
Ivanishvili has abandoned the idea of hosting TV show
TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Georgian PM Bidzina Ivanishvili has finally abandoned the idea to host a political talk show on a TV channel owned by his rapper son Bera.
The launch of the talk show has been postponed several times. Finally, in the end of 2014, it was announced
Another archaeological site in Georgia being destroyed
TBILISI, DFWatch–Another historical object allegedly more than 6,000 years old is believed to be destroyed by a construction company.
In a report by the TV channel Rustavi 2, archeologist Iulon Gagoshidze tried to raise the alarm about excavation work at Beri Kldeebi settlement,
Heavy snow and avalanche danger on Georgian roads
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Parts of the important roads in Georgia, including a highway connecting it with Armenia are still blocked due to heavy snow and danger of the deadly avalanches.
According to the most recent data of the Georgia’s Road Department,
Three suspects admit double murder during robbery
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Tbilisi on Sunday detained three suspects who all pleaded guilty of the murder of two brothers during a robbery of an office.
According to the Interior Ministry, the crime took place in Dighomi, a northern Tbilisi suburb. The perpetrators,
Three killed when train crashed with minibus
TBILISI, DFWatch–Three died and dozens were injured as result of a minibus crashing with a train in western Georgia on January 2.
The injured remain in hospital, several of them in a serious condition. Among the injured there were four minors.
The accident
Georgian priest who died in ferry disaster praised for heroic rescue effort
TBILISI, DFWatch–A witness has told how a Georgian priest helped save people before he himself perished in the Norman Atlantic disaster.
Father Ilia Kartozia reinforced other passengers’ confidence, which aided in the evacuation of the doomed ferry, Irakli, a Georgian survivor,