TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian interior minister says that an archive of secret recordings of people’s private lives will be destroyed next week.
Minister of Internal Affairs Irakli Gharibashvili said this during a public meeting at the Center of European Politics
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia will mark NATO week from 3 to 10th June. It will be opened by NATO envoy James Appathurai and the minister for Euro Atlantic integration.
Elene Gotsadze, director of the information center for NATO and EU, said Friday that James Appathurai,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Parliament in Georgia has forced through two more laws that were vetoed by President Saakashvili.
This is the latest in a series of vetoes by Saakashvili after the change of government in October, 2012. Under normal circumstances, his signature
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court on Friday released a Lithuanian businessman pending his trial.
Saulius Vaitkevičius was detained two days ago at Tbilisi airport and charged with a large amount of money appropriation and embezzlement.
The prosecutor
TBILISI, DFWatch–1 600 workers at the Ferro plant in Zestaponi called off their strike Friday. The strike lasted more than a week, and paralyzed the plant which accounts for 12% of Georgia’s national export.
Management agreed to enter into negotiations and finally
TBILISI, DFWatch–The farewell match of former AC Milan player Kakhi Kaladze on Friday ended with Kaladze’s friends losing 1-3 to Milan.
Kaladze, who is Energy Minister now, played for Milan against his friends, a team which was mainly filled by well-known Georgian
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian soldiers have detained two more Georgian villagers for illegally crossing the so-called administrative border around breakaway South Ossetia.
The detainees are Avtandil and Kakha Khaduri. They were detained two days ago and taken to Tskhinvali.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court placed Vano Merabishvili in pre-trial detention; the second time such a measures is imposed on the former interior minister.
This time additional charged were added since his hearing in Kutaisi City Court last week, dealing with
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Russian Federation has not yet reacted to a diplomatic note of protest from Georgia regarding the moving of the so-called administrative border into Georgian-controlled territory near breakaway South Ossetia.
But the Deputy Foreign Affairs
TBILISI, DFWatch–Six policemen who are in prison awaiting trial are not in any danger, according to the Prison Ministry in Georgia.
The six are being held at Gldani prison in northern Tbilisi, a large facility which became infamous last year in connection