TBILISI, DFWatch–In 2014, Georgia signed an international convention to end violence against women and impunity of perpetrators, but two years later the country has still not ratified it.
After Justice Minister Thea Tsulukiani had signed the Istanbul Convention on
TBILISI, DFWatch–A 53-year-old man died in an accident in a manganese mine in Chiatura on Saturday.
Paata Ghavtadze died from injuries while leaning out of the locomotive he was driving in the poorly-lit Itkhvisi mine in the mining town in the Imereti region in central Georgia.
TBILISI, DFWatch–One person died and eight were injured Saturday in an accident in the south of Georgia.
The accident happened on the Tbilisi-Akhaltsikhe highway near Atskuri at about 13:00.
The local newspaper Sknews.ge reported that a truck crashed with a minibus
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian alphabet has been recognized by UNESCO as part of humanity’s cultural heritage.
The decision to include three variations of the Georgian alphabet in the United Nations agency’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
TBILISI, DFWatch–Amid growing discontent with the economic situation in the country, and a national currency which plunges to new depths every day, the government announces a hike in excise the tax rate for fuel, tobacco, imported autos and gambling.
“As you know,
TBILISI, DFWatch–New grim figures from Georgia’s ombudsman show that 13 women have been killed in family violence during the first ten months of 2016.
In some cases, the police were alerted in advance, but did not intervene.
Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili spoke Friday about
TBILISI, DFWatch–Sir Alan Duncan, United Kingdom’s Minister for Europe and the Americas, visited Georgia this week to take part in bilateral talks about reforms and security.
The Waldrop dialogue is an annual conference between representatives of the two countries’
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian lari on Friday hit an all-time low at 2.5026 against the US dollar. The previous record was in January this year, when it was valued at 2.49 laris per USD.
Georgia’s National Bank has sold USD 180 million of its reserves
since August, but has not
TBILISI, DFWatch–Women carried dresses and skirts as flags through central Tbilisi on Friday to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
The march was organized by Movement of Women and began from Pushkin Square in the center toward the police station.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor General’s Office in Georgia is planning to take a fresh look at a high profile trial against the son of deceased former President Zviad Gamsakhurdia.
“Prior to this decision, a comprehensive and objective investigation had been repeatedly