TBILISI, DFWatch – A series of protest rallies have erupted throughout the capital and large cities in Georgia, after shocking videos of prisoner abuse released by the interior ministry and aired on two opposition TV channels last night.
Some of the footage appeared
TBILISI, DFWatch – Four different videos showing physical and sexual abuse of prisoners in Georgian prisons has triggered a widespread public outrage and a demand for the prison minister to step down.
The videos were released on Tuesday by the Ministry of Internal
TBILISI, DFWatch – Negotiations a TV company and the government about installing satellite receivers have failed.
The director of Maestro TV claims the government’s offer to negotiate about the distribution of the equipment was just a ruse, and that it never planned
TBILISI, DFWatch – The energy sector receives the largest share of direct foreign investments this year.
Investments increased 7 percent in the second quarter of 2012 compared to same period in 2011, and totaled USD 219 million, according to preliminary figures
TBILISI, DFWatch – A Georgian actress who played in the anti-Islam movie ‘Innocence of Muslims’ has released an open letter explaining that she didn’t have any idea about the full plot of the film and only read part of the script.
Anna Gurji (21), whose real
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian emigrants Monday returned to their homeland to protest the restriction of their right to vote.
A number of Georgian emigrants today arrived in Batumi, a port city on the Black Sea coast, and held a protest rally in front of a public
TBILISI, DFWatch – The foreign ministers of Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia and the Czech Republic said during a visit to Georgia that the parliamentary election in two weeks are important.
The ministers met with Georgia’s foreign minister, and the main topic
TBILISI, DFWatch – The EU ambassador to Georgia on Saturday evaluated the election period in the country and once again remarked that it is important that participants recognize the election results if international organizations do so.
Philip Dimitrov on Saturday
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia is to conduct a consequence management field exercise together with Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC) in September, 2012.
Consequence management field exercise ‘Georgia 2012’ will be conducted in an area near
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia condemns the attacks on the embassies of Germany and UK.
Georgia’s Foerign Affairs Ministry on Saturday released a statement which says that the country is concerned about the incidents which took place in the capital of Sudan.
“There is