TBILISI, DFWatch — 2012 ended differently than previous years for Tbilisians, as there was no concert or other event organized in the center of the city on New Year’s Eve.
Mayor Gigi Ugulava said the reason is that people don’t like outside concerts and therefore
TBILISI, DFWatch — The richest person in Georgia, Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, paid a total of USD 122 407 in taxes, according to property declaration published in accordance with legal requirements.
The declaration is 30 pages long and shows that apart from
TBILISI, DFWatch — Twenty Georgian companies are preparing to export their product to Russia.
A conference was organized at Tbilisi Marriott Hotel bringing together representatives of those companies and discuss the issue of Georgia exporting to the Russian market.
TBILISI, DFWatch — The crime situation in Georgia stabilized in December, as the number of criminal incidents has been significantly reduced, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
During a visit to a family who had been attacked by robbers, President Mikheil
TBILISI, DFWatch — A statue of Josef Stalin which had been torn down has been put up again in a village in eastern Georgia.
Locals in Akura restored the monument of the Soviet dictator two years after it was taken down.
Villagers rehabilitated the monument to
TBILISI, DFWatch — President Mikheil Saakashvili says there should be declared an emergency situation in the Georgian police.
He said it while visiting a family which a few days ago was attacked by burglars.
December 29, the Ministry of Internal Affairs detained
TBILISI, DFWatch — An attempt at demonstrating against Georgian NATO membership was Sunday quashed by a counter-demonstration.
The two rallies took place on Pushkin Square in the center of Tbilisi and started with a call the same day to support friendship with Russia,
TBILISI, DFWatch — A Georgian soldier who has been missing for ten days was found dead in Afghanistan December 29.
Sergeant Giorgi Kikadze is the nineteenth Georgian soldier to lose his life while carrying out his duties as part of the NATO-led ISAF mission
TBILISI, DFWatch — The Prosecutor’s Office in Georgia has questioned the wife of the former interior minister regarding a case of beating of policemen.
This is a case in which former officials in the Interior Ministry have been charged.
Tako Salakaia, wife of
TBILISI, DFWatch — The new government has decided to cancel tuition fees for many popular studies.
Bachelor students in 14 fields of specialization at state universities will have their tuition fees cut to zero from 2013.
The free subjects will be agronomy, education sciences, energy