TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Orthodox Church celebrated Easter May Day 5, as the parish attended traditional prayers at churches around the country and the Patriarch conducted midnight mass at Sameba Cathedral in Tbilisi.
The liturgy started at 11:00 pm Saturday
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police on Thursday published footage from street surveillance cameras which shows how participants in a May Day rally damaged private property by spray painting slogans on city walls and damaging police cars and private cars.
The students who
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia Wednesday dispersed a peaceful protest organized by students and youth groups that wanted to mark the International Workers’ Day, May 1.
About twenty persons, including a journalist, were detained by police and later released.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Armenian community in Georgia on Wednesday held a rally outside the Turkish embassy in Tbilisi. Their demand was that Turkey must recognize the Armenian genocide in 1915 and commemorate the victims.
Representatives of Armenian organizations
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Ministry of Justice has produced a six-minute commercial to explain that a new ID card with a micro chip is not a sign of the Antichrist, as many locals believe.
Clerics and part of the parish planned a rally at the Ministry of Justice
TBILISI, DFWatch–Locals in a village close to the Black Sea shore claim that a group of soldiers late at night verbally and physically abused seven locals based on religious views.
The locals say three military police department employees stopped Levan Meskhidze
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia will conduct a population census November 5-19, 2014.
An action plan is already ready and preparations for the census will start in 2013.
Minister for Regional Development and Infrastructure Davit Narmania and Head of the National
TBILISI, DFWatch–In 2014, Georgia will conduct its first population census in 25 years.
This was decided by the State Coordination Commission on Tuesday. Head of the commission is Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili.
The last census was conducted in 1989
Tbilisi, DFWatch – The Agricultural University got its authorization back on March 26, two weeks after it was suspended by the authorization commission. The university is now allowed to carry on with all its 25 accredited programs.
TBILISI, DFWatch–It has caused strong reactions in Georgia that a one year old child died of hunger late at night on March 22. All over the country people are demonstrating against hunger and poverty.
According to the doctors, one year-old Gogita Abashidze died