TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s foreign trade turnover in the first eight months of 2014 was 12 percent more than in the same period last year.
Preliminary data from Georgia’s National Statistics Department, GeoStat, published on Tuesday show that the total amount
TBILISI, DFWatch–Students protested on Tuesday against the level of education at Tbilisi State University.
Some of the students left the hall whistling after meeting the rector and the administration of the department for social and political studies.
They say that every time such
TBILISI, DFWatch–The conflict between the Georgian president and the government soured even more on Wednesday after the TV company Rustavi 2 exposed private correspondence between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the president’s administration.
TBILISI, DFWatch–A fire destroyed the ‘gypsy market’ in Tbilisi on Tuesday. Vendors claim the fire was started deliberately.
About 2500 square meters was burned. Vendors say they think the fire was started in order to get rid of them and build
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian parliament has begun discussing a draft bill which will require all public employees to pass a language test to prove that they know either the Georgian or Abkhazian language.
The latter is also an official language in Georgia,
TBILISI, DFWatch–A group of German tourists were robbed in Mestia Monday night, several Georgian news outlets reported.
The reports differ on important details, but most say three German tourists were robbed along the road from Zugdidi to Mestia, one of
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Tbilisi mayor says the city must tighten its belt, because the National Movement, which ruled the city for a decade, left ‘the worst budget ever’.
Newly elected Mayor Davit Narmania from the Georgian Dream Coalition said on Tuesday that
TBILISI, DFWatch–The former head of Georgia’s National Tourism Administration has said that the Georgian Orthodox Church demanded that he cancel a music festival shortly before he was sacked.
Giorgi Sigua was one of those who helped organize the festival, but was
TBILISI, DFWatch–A few days ago, in a town on Georgia’s Black Sea coast, local Orthodox Christians hung a pig’s head on the entrance to a Muslim madrasa school which was to be opened in few days, insulting the religious feelings of Muslims.
What are the reasons
TBILISI, DFWatch–Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, the Holy See’s Secretary for Relations with States, is visiting Georgia September 13-16.
The Vatican’s Section for Relations with States corresponds to the foreign ministry of civil governments.