TBILISI, DFWatch–A date has been set for destroying the Soviet-style ‘dirty archive’ accumulated by the secret police during the Saakashvili regime: September 5 at 15:00.
Some of the archive consists of videos from hidden cameras pointing into the bedroom of
TBILISI, DFWatch–Doctors at the largest children’s hospital in Georgia accuse its new owner of sexual harassment, physical abuse and religious discrimination.
Staff of several hospitals gathered outside the main entrance of Iashvili Hospital on Monday to protest against what
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili seems to be sticking to his word and really plans to leave politics after two years in the game.
On Monday, he issued another open letter explaining the reasons for his leaving. But again, he left the main
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Foreign Ministry is holding a conference for its diplomats. Maia Panjikidze, Foreign Affairs Minister, opened the conference in Tbililsi Monday.
Prime Minister Ivanishvili and other government representatives will also attend the meeting,
TBILISI, DFWatch–In Georgia, the government is growing impatient as President Saakashvili has delayed for nine months the confirmation of seven new ambassadors.
Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze said Saakashvili has not fulfilled his promise, but National Movement
TBILISI, DFWatch–A monument of Stalin has been installed in Telavi, a town in Georgia’s eastern Kakheti region.
The new statue is the work of two organizations, Stalineli and Veteran Union, and the creation of the monument was financed by donations. It now stands at the
TBILISI, DFWatch–Rescue crew for the Georgian Interior Ministry’s emergency service have discovered a corpse of a Croatian climber who was lost in Caucasian mountains in 1974.
A group of Croatian rock climbers went on an expedition to Ushba in the Svaneti region
TBILISI, DFWatch–Muslims in Batumi have asked the central government for permission to build one more mosque in the Black Sea coastal city, as the one mosque they have is not big enough.
On Friday, people gathered and conducted prayers at the a deserted plot marked
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is without ambassador in seven countries, because the president has failed to sign their confirmation.
Foreign Affairs Minister Maia Panjikidze said on Saturday that President Mikheil Saakashvili still hasn’t signed the document to confirm
TBILISI, DFWatch–The minaret that was dismantled in southern Georgia earlier in the week and taken to Tbilisi has been returned to its village, but remains in pieces for the time being.
The Revenue Service, which promised to rebuild it where it once stood