TBILISI, DFWatch–In Georgia, two former officials in the city administration in Old Tbilisi were detained on Monday. The detained are the former gamgebeli of Old Tbilisi and his deputy. They are charged with illegal participation in industrial activity and money laundering. The charges are that they manipulated the prices of trees and plants for green … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia on Sunday created two new bodies to address urgent problems.
The first one is a temporary center for crisis management to deal with the problems caused by bad weather and earthquakes.
The second state body is a center to
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili on Monday began an official visit to neighboring Azerbaijan.
Gharibashvili will meet President Ilham Aliyev, and December 17 participate in a conference about the financing of the second phase of Shah
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia will receive 27 million euros from the EU which is to be spent on reforms in education, professional training and employment.
The EU will allocate 35 million euros for Moldova and 25 million euros for Armenia. According to Štefan Füle,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Activists on Sunday gathered in front of the old parliament building in Tbilisi demanding the creation of a committee to go through miscarriages of justice during former President Saakashvili.
The demonstration was organized by the organization
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia Saturday detained a former official in the Defense Ministry and charged him with illegally owning and keeping a weapon.
Alexandre Ninua, former head of the purchasing department at the ministry, was placed in pre-trial detention the same day.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The president’s pardon commission gave a positive recommendation in 54 of recent applications from prisoners.
The commission which is one of two such bodies, the other one part of the government, was recently staffed by the
TBILISI, DFWatch–In Georgia, the parliament has asked the government to investigate crimes committed during the Saakashvili regime.
The bureau of parliament on Friday recommended the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Prosecutor’s Office
TBILISI, DFWatch–Foreign pharmaceutical companies are preparing to enter the Georgian market, according to the Health Ministry.
Health Minister Davit Sergeenko said on Friday that foreign pharmaceutical companies plan to start operating in Georgia and negotiations
TBILISI, DFWatch–86 schools in Georgia are closed due to bad weather, according to the Education Ministry.
69 of them is in the Adjara region – Keda, Shuakhevi and Khelvachauri. Four schools are closed in Guria, six in Imereti, four in Svaneti, one school in Kakheti, one in