TBILISI, DFWatch–There is a need for new people in the Georgian Dream government, businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili said Wednesday evening, in his first public comments on the change of prime minister and other recent developments in the coalition
Year: 2015
Police officer injured in shooting dies
TBILISI, DFWatch–A female police officer who was injured in a shooting on Wednesday in Telavi died later the same day.
Maia Javakhishvili was injured during a shooting in front of a police station, while her partner, Captain Gela Lamazoshvili, died on the spot.
19 year old shoots, kills police officer
TBILISI, DFWatch–A policeman was shot and killed on Wednesday outside the police station in Telavi, a town in Georgia’s eastern Kakheti region.
The officer, Gela Lamazoshvili, died on the spot.
A female police officer was also injured in the shooting
Tbilisi's waste collectors on strike
TBILISI, DFWatch–Part of the capital’s waste collectors and street sweepers went on strike on Wednesday morning, demanding a 50 percent pay increase.
Employees showed up today at the office of Tbilservice, the company responsible for keep Tbilisi clean.
Georgian parliament approves new Kvirikashvili government
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian parliament approved the new government on Tuesday by 86 votes against 28.
Lawmakers debated the government program all day, sparring with new Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili into late night hours.
Both the two
South Ossetia prepares to add ‘Alania’ to its name
TBILISI, DFWatch–The leader of the breakaway region South Ossetia has ordered a proposal to be put before the elected assembly about changing the entity’s name to South Ossetia – Alania.
Along with the proposed name change, a referendum
Citizens' appeal for pardoning fmr Tbilisi mayor rejected by president
TBILISI, DFWatch–A citizens’ appeal to pardon former Tbilisi mayor Gigi Ugulava has been rejected by President Giorgi Margvelashvili.
Ugulava has been in detention since July 2014. His supporters argue that there have been committed several violations
Incoming PM defends economic policy
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s prime minister in waiting defended his handling of the economic crisis as he answered questions from parliamentarians on Monday ahead of a confirmation vote today, Tuesday.
As expected, Giorgi Kvirikashvili’s tenure as economy minister
IS commander from Pankisi reportedly captured by US/Kurdish commandos
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tarkhan Batirashvili, a.k.a. Abu Omar al-Shishani, a notorious IS field commander from Georgia’s Pankisi Gorge, was reportedly seized by Kurdish and American commandos in Northern Iraq on Friday.
Abu Omar’s arrest was reported by the Russian