TBILISI, DFWatch–The pathologist who conducted the autopsy on the body of Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania denies that he harassed a witness.
The trial about the prime minister’s death in 2006 continued Thursday with questioning of the pathologist Levan Chachua.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Turkish Ministry of Education has adopted a plan to teach Georgian in the schools, according to a Facebook post by the Georgian embassy in Turkey.
In its post, the embassy writes that if there are 10 or more students at a given school who want
TBILISI, DFWatch–An 18 year old Georgian has died in the Syrian civil war. He is the sixth fighter to die in the war who is a native of Pankisi Gorge.
Pankisi Gorge in the northeast of Georgia was used as a jihadist base during both Chechen wars, and this was where
TBILISI, DFWatch–On Friday, Georgia will join a new treaty which restricts the international trade in small arms.
The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on April 2, 2013, and is a first of its kind.
It will regulate the sale
TBILISI, DFWatch–A storm of strength five hit western Georgia early in the morning on September 24 and caused damage to infrastructure, floods and landslides in the Adjara and Guria regions.
In Guria, a river flooded a school in Shemokmedi, students and staff were evacuated by the
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government denies that it has offered the US to host a training facility for Syrian rebels fighting both the Assad government and the ISIS, against whom the US and some of its allies wage a military operation.
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TBILISI, DFWatch–A verdict in one Georgia’s most controversial murder cases is expected two weeks from now, with a former interior minister as one of the defendants.
The defense made its closing remarks in Tbilisi City Court Wednesday in the trial about the murder
TBILISI, DFWatch–The head of the healthcare committee in the Georgian parliament wants tougher punishment for illegal abortions.
In 2012, there were about forty thousand registered legal abortions in Georgia. But committee head Dimitri Khundadze stressed that
TBILISI, DFWatch–After slapping an asset freeze on former President Mikheil Saakashvili, the Georgian Prosecutor’s Office got court approval to do the same with the property of his almost inseparable head of security, Temur Janashia.
Sitting next to his attorney
TBILISI, DFWatch–The trial into the circumstances surrounding the death of Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania in 2005 continued in Tbilisi on Monday.
The investigation into Zhvania’s death was reopened after the change of government in 2012. During today’s hearing