TBILISI, DFWatch–Turkey has lowered the transit fee for Georgian registered trucks to a quarter after several Georgian trucks failed to pay the amount usually paid by every other country.
From September 1, so-called panel vans and minibuses will have to pay 150 or 300
TBILISI, DFWatch–The third day of Batumi Summer Set electronic music festival had to be canceled due to bad weather as water flooded the festival area and destroyed equipment.
The festival in Georgia’s largest Black Sea beach resort started on August 22 with Danish
TBILISI, DFWatch–Former member of parliament and chairman of the Olympic Committee Gia Natsvlishvili is charged with appropriation of 4 052 108 lari (USD 2.5 million) of public money. He denies guilt.
The investigative service of the Ministry of Finance said Saturday
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia will change from a presidential republic into a parliamentary one after the election on October 27. We give you the details.
The new president will start fulfilling his duties as soon as he has been sworn in, and after this ceremony, the
TBILISI, DFWatch–The pardon commission on Friday reviewed the cases of 500 prisoners. 217 were given a positive recommendation.
The commission received recommendations from the president, who has the right to pardon prisoners independently or based on the
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian soldiers Friday detained three Georgian citizens close to the breakaway region South Ossetia.
The incident took place as the father of one the detainees, Aleksandre Tsertsvdze, was being driven by his neighbor to the neighboring village,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili says journalists and employees of TV9 made a mistake when they closed down the channel immediately after his statement.
“Journalists didn’t come to TV9 from BBC and CNN. Many of them weren’t professionals; [they]
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prison Minister Sozar Subari on Friday responded to accusations made by the National Movement yesterday that the government has allowed the mafia to make a comeback in Georgian prisons.
Prisoners with influence over other inmates, called supervisors,
TBILISI, DFWatch–A mosque is going to be built in a village in Georgia’s eastern Kakheti region.
Badrudin Ibragimov, Chairman of National-Cultural Autonomy of Avar in South Caucasus, told Intepressnews that at the moment, the project is acquiring all the necessary
TBILISI, DFWatch–Eleven non-governmental organizations which work on election issues will Friday name their candidate to fill the vacant position as chairman of the Central Election Commission.
The NGOs plan to propose Tamar Zhvania, a project manager at