TBILISI, DFWatch–In Georgia, campaigners are asking people to switch off their mobile phones for one hour on Friday to protest illegal wiretapping.
The campaign ‘This Affects You Too – They Still Listen to Us’ envisages turning off mobile phones every Friday
TBILISI, DFWatch–A delegation from the NATO Parliamentary Assembly is coming to Georgia March 24-26.
The NATO parliamentarians will be attending a round table discussion at the NATO office here.
Another part of the visit is a meeting with their Georgian counterparts
TBILISI, DFWatch–French President François Hollande will visit Georgia on May 13, the foreign minister of the host country said on Wednesday.
Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze said the schedule and other details of the visit are still being put together.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili is dissatisfied with the president that he selected as candidate.
Ivanishvili selected Giorgi Margvelashvili as the Georgian Dream coalition’s candidate before the presidential election in October
TBILISI, DFWatch–Ten persons have been convicted in the case about a secret weapons cache in Samegrelo, a region in eastern Georgia.
In summer of last year, the government found weapons, video and audio recordings buried in barrels in the ground in Samegrelo.
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TBILISI, DFWatch–A large number of dead fish has been discovered on the shores of Kumisi Lake.
Specialists at the National Food Agency claim the fish died due to a lack of water and oxygen.
Kumisi Lake is a popular place for anglers and lies about 20 km south
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has paid a visit to Afghanistan and met with Georgian soldiers participating in the ISAF mission.
Supporters of former President Saakashvili have criticized Margvelashvili for not being active, even though
TBILISI, DFWatch–Afghanistan is interested in Georgia’s location and prospects for cooperation in the fields of economy and transport, but nothing specific has yet been said about concrete project.
Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Zarar Ahmad Osman on Monday talked
TBILISI, DFWatch–A non-governmental organization founded by former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili is to offer training courses for journalists who work for Georgian media outlets.
In a statement on Monday, the organization, called Citizen, explained the
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor’s Office in Georgia has charged former Interior Ministry official Erekle Kodua with abuse of power and fraud.
Erekle Kodua is former head of the Interior Ministry’s Special Operative Department (SOD).
Investigators found that on August