TBILISI, DFWatch — Military Police in Georgia have seized about a hundred weapons of different types at an apartment in Tbilisi.
Vako Avaliani, Advisor to the Defense Minister, on Monday said the weapons were not registered.
The ministry learned about the location
TBILISI, DFWatch — Seven persons died Monday evening in a car accident in Western Georgia, according to the Interior Ministry.
In a statement the ministry writes that the accident took place at about 20:00 in the village Tseva, in the Imereti region. A truck
TBILISI, DFWatch — NATO’s Foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels December 4 and 5.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General, will chair the meeting. Maia Panjikidze, Georgia’s Foreign Affairs Minister arrived in Brussels Monday evening
TBILISI, DFWatch — It has caused great controversy in Georgia that its representatives at a session of the United Nations General Assembly voted in favor of Palestine being given observer status in the world organization.
The vote comes amidst a time of criticism
Data Akhalaia, former chair of the Constitutional Security Department of the Interior Ministry, Georgia’s domestic intelligence service, has been charged in absentia for abuse of powers and illegal deprivation of liberty.
Akhalaia, the brother of the detained
TBILISI, DFWatch — Another Interior Ministry official has been interrogated regarding the murder of Buta Robakidze, who was killed by police in 2004.
This time Levan Gvazava, Former Deputy Interior Minister was interrogated. He was called in for questioning on
TBILISI, DFWatch — The court released a former interior ministry official on bail until the trial, in the most controversial case among the recent detentions.
Tengiz Gunava on Sunday was sentenced to pay USD 6 000 bail. First he was detained for illegal possession
TBILISI, DFWatch — Former Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili was Saturday interrogated. He did not comment except saying it’s a pity that the prime minister is using the interior ministry as a tool of repression against the opposition.
The interior ministry
TBILISI, DFWatch — Saturday evening around 30 local organizations marked World AIDS Day with an event on Freedom Square in Tbilisi.
Volunteers and organizers of the event stood and formed of giant ribbon holding candles in red plastic glasses as a sign of solidarity