TBILISI, DFWatch–A priest awaiting trial for murder is suing Georgia at the European Court of Human Rights, claiming the country is depriving him of a fair trial.
Archpriest Giorgi Mamaladze is accused of planning to poison a member of the Georgian patriarch’s inner circle.
TBILISI, DFWatch–A false bomb alert caused a bridge close to a restaurant district in Tbilisi to be evacuated Wednesday afternoon.
Passers-by noticed a suspicious suitcase on the sidewalk of Metekhi Bridge at around 6pm.
Police sealed off the tourist destination,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Unknown assailants brutally beat a former interior ministry official in Tbilisi Monday morning.
The two masked men assaulted Gela Khvedelidze, a former deputy interior minister, close to his home in the center of Tbilisi, as he was leaving his flat.
TBILISI, DFWatch–A former vice speaker of parliament in Georgia has been sentenced to four years in prison.
Rusudan Kervalishvili (62), who served as vice speaker of parliament in 2008-2012 representing the National Movement, was detained inside the courtroom after the verdict.
TBILISI, DFWatch–An ally of the exiled former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich has been detained in Tbilisi by Interpol on suspicion of corruption.
Igor Kiriushin (59), a veteran official at the Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy, was detained at Tbilisi airport on Saturday
TBILISI, DFWatch–The daughter of the president of Georgia claims police framed her friend because he has been involved in political work for the president. It used to be an oft-heard story during the Saakashvili presidency: regime critics who are set up by police planting drugs in their pocket. But now activists raise the alarm and say police are … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch–An 11 year old girl was killed in a car crash on the outskirts of Tbilisi on Tuesday.
The tragic accident occurred in the morning hours Tuesday on Aghmashenebeli Lane on the northern outskirts of the city.
The car, presumably a BMW,
TBILISI, DFWatch–A Hungarian tourist died in an avalanche in Georgia on Friday while skiing near Gudauri, a mountain resort north of Tbilisi.
Authorities did not identity the victim beyond describing him as a man aged around 40.
The accident occurred when a group of tourists
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia arrested six more people on Thursday who are suspected of having been involved in a riot in the Black Sea city Batumi last weekend that started with a disagreement over a parking fine.
The six are expected to appear in court on Friday.
