TBILISI, DFWatch–Ruins of what may have been an ancient palace were discovered on Monday in the old part of Tbilisi.
Archeologists Merab Dzneladze and Levan Latsabidze said the ruins may date back to the fourth or third century AD, going by the architectural style,
TBILISI, DFWatch–A third team of Russian experts are coming to Georgia on September 16 to check the quality of wine and mineral water.
The experts come from the consumer protection agency Rospotrebnadzor and will check approximately 30 Georgian wine
TBILISI, DFWatch–The EU Commission is sending a team of experts to Georgia in mid-October in order to evaluate the implementation of the action plan for visa liberalization, according to Georgia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry.
This was the outcome of
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Appeals Court in Georgia Tuesday upheld a decision by the Central Election Commission (CEC) to not allow Salome Zourabichvili to register as a presidential candidate.
Zourabichvili earlier lost an appeal in Tbilisi City Court.
The CEC’s decision,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The customs checkpoint at Kazbegi, on the border between Russia and Georgia, was opened on Tuesday after a year of construction work.
Finance Minister Nodar Khaduri told journalists that new checkpoint help boost Georgia’s export.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Alexander Kartvelishvili Air Show was held in Tbilisi on Monday, with a display of Sukhoi SU-25 “Frogfoot” and the Aero L-39 Albatros.
The first air show ever in the Georgian capital was held at the air field at the plane factory Tbilaviamsheni,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, has presented three candidates for head of the Central Election Commission (CEC).
Saakashvili’s proposed candidates are Tamar Zhvania, Manuchar Gamkrelidze and Konstantine Amirajibi. The candidates were
TBILISI, DFWatch–NATO on Saturday held a joint exercise with Georgia’s coast guard in Batumi.
According to the Interior Ministry, three mine sweepers arrived in Batumi on Friday.
The aim of the exercise was to demonstrate and test the existing mechanisms
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili continued his walk on Mount Kazbegi with one of the leaders of the Russian opposition, Andrey Ilarionov.
The Georgian president wrote about his trip on his official Facebook page.
“Who said we would not climb up
TBILISI, DFWatch–The first secretary at the Russian embassy in Abkhazia, Dmitry Vishernev, was Monday morning shot and killed in Sukhumi, the capital of the breakaway region.
According to Abkhazian and Russian media, Vishernev was shot in the morning