TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian diplomat says Georgia must be on guard after the Russian Duma passed a bill which simplifies the rules for getting Russian citizenship.
The legislative amendment has been a cause of concern for groups in Georgia the last few weeks, with
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s culture minister promises to halt excavation work at an ancient a gold mine in the south of the country after protesters camped near the site raised the alarm that it was being damaged by RMG Gold.
Culture Minister Guram Odisharia
TBILISI, DFWatch–A memorial to the Armenian genocide was unveiled in Tbilisi on Monday. The memorial is made of stone and stands in the yard of Surb Etchmiadzin Church in the capital.
Levon Isakhanian, representative of the Armenian community in Georgia,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The foreign ministers of Germany and France will visit Georgia on April 23-24.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany and France’s Laurent Fabius were originally to have visited Georgia on March 3, but they both postponed due to events in Ukraine.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili says the proposal by Russia’s Vladimir Putin for a meeting has had no actual follow-up or preparations.
At the opening of the Sochi Winter Olympics, the Russian president said that there is a possibility
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is on top of a list of former Soviet countries from where the highest number of people get their visa application rejected by the EU.
For each country in EU’s Eastern Partnership plus Russia, the Schengen visa rejection rate in 2013 was:
TBILISI, DFWatch–There are 3.49 million registered voters for Georgia’s June 15 local elections.
This marks a gradual reduction in the Georgian electorate. In the presidential election in October 2013, 3.54 million people were eligible to vote, while a year before
TBILISI, DFWatch–Where and how to observe Easter is important for politicians in Georgia, and this year was no exception.
This Easter, the prime minister and other government members attended Easter Eve service in the recently constructed Trinity (Sameba) Cathedral in Tbilisi,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Protesters who are camped near an ancient gold mine in southern Georgia say the mining company RMG Gold started excavation work on a section of the mine on Tuesday afternoon, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs denied this.
The tent camp at Sakdrisi
TBILISI, DFWatch–69 prisoners were released from jail on Saturday, following a decision by local prison boards and the Prison Ministry’s pardon commission.
Altogether, the bodies have reviewed the cases of about 770 prisoners in three days, according to the Prison