TBILISI, DFWatch — The Rikoti tunnel, which connects the western and eastern parts Georgia, will be closed from January 18 to January 30, from 20:00 in the evening until 08:00 in the morning, because of work to repair the electric system.
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Further charges against Tbilisi vice mayor
TBILISI, DFWatch — Deputy Mayor of Tbilisi, Shota Khizanishvili, was given an additional charge in relation with the disappearance of Besik Surmava, a former security guard for Bidzina Ivanishvili.
Surmava disappeared shortly before the parliamentary election,
Ex Revenue Service head admits trying to bankrupt Cartu
TBILISI, DFWatch — The former chairman of the Revenue Service ‘kind of admits’ being part of an effort to bankrupt Cartu Bank.
Cartu Bank was one of the first targets of President Mikheil Saakashvili’s government after the billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili
Freedom House calls Georgia an electoral democracy
TBILISI, DFWatch — The human rights group Freedom House writes in a new report that Georgia is now an electoral democracy.
The group gives Georgia an improved democracy score in its report Freedom in the World 2013, as a consequence of the peaceful transfer
Ex intelligence official detained for abuse of powers
TBILISI, DFWatch — Police in Georgia have detained a regional director of the feared domestic intelligence service, the Constitutional Security Department (CSD).
Temur Pataridze, who headed the CSD (in Georgian abbreviated to KUD, or ‘Kudi’) in the Autonomous
Georgia TV channel hyped crisis over Karabakh comment
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian TV channel Rustavi 2 claimed there was a crisis between Georgia and Armenia after the Georgian Foreign Minister was misquoted regarding Nagorno-Karabakh.
The comment fell during a visit to Lithuania. Mrs Panjikidze was asked by
UK has new temporary ambassador to Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch — Ambassador David Moran on January 14 began work as the temporary trustee of the UK to Georgia, the UK embassy in Tbilisi informs.
On his arrival, Moran said he was pleased to be in Georgia and to start working and living in this beautiful country.
Musician says he was pressured by police
TBILISI, DFWatch — A well-known Georgian musician claims he was harassed by police during a short stay in Georgia.
Beka Gochiashvili, 16, a jazz pianist who lives in the US but spent his holidays here in Georgia, told the TV station Rustavi 2 about the incident
21 Georgians detained in France for bank card theft
TBILISI, DFWatch — French gendarmes have detained 21 Georgians suspected of cooperation with Russian mafia. According to reports in French media, they are accused of stealing hundreds of bank cards and attempting to break into accounts and steal money.
The operation
Released political prisoners demand Saakashvili's impeachment
TBILISI, DFWatch — The political prisoners who were released on Sunday demand to impeach President Mikheil Saakashvili.
The former prisoners think a person who allowed having hundreds of political prisoners, and having a torture policy in the prison system, where many