TBILISI, DFWatch–Supporters of Mikheil Saakashvili’s National Movement (UNM) and the ruling Georgian Dream coalition clashed in Zugdidi, western Georgia, resulted in injuries and bitter mutual accusations less than a week before the former plans
Month: March 2015
Restrictions on roads in some mountain areas in Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–There are traffic restrictions on the Ninotsminda road, which leads to the border with Armenia.
Restrictions are in effect along the 94km-100km section of the road, where trailers, half-trailers and vehicles with more than 30 seats are
Georgia modifies charges against five ex-officials including Saakashvili
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Prosecutor General’s Office on Saturday modified the charges against five former high officials, including ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili.
In Saakashvili’s and former Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili’s cases, the charges
Public Defender asks to investigate possible mistreatment by police
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Public Defender in Georgia has asked the Prosecutor General’s Office to investigate an instance of alleged mistreatment by police.
A prisoner at Kutaisi (“No 2”) prison told Public Defender’s staff about the incident, which took place
Ian C. Kelly nominated as new U.S. Ambassador to Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–Ian C. Kelly has been nominated as new U.S. Ambassador to Georgia.
Kelly is the U.S. State Department’s diplomat in residence at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
If confirmed, he will replace Richard Norland, the current ambassador.
Georgia's foreign trade in Jan-Feb fell 9%
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s foreign trade turnover in the first two months of 2015 fell by 9 percent compared to the same period last year.
This is indicated by new preliminary data published by the National Statistics Department (Geostat).
The total foreign trade
Georgian parliament again fails to hold crisis session
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian parliament again failed to hold an extraordinary session about how to tackle a drastic drop in the value of the national currency, the lari.
Again, the reason for cancelling the plenary session was that parliament members from the governing
New ski resort to open in Svaneti
TBILISI, DFWatch–A new ski resort is to open in the Svaneti region in the northwest of Georgia.
The facility in Tetnuldi will open for tourists from December, 2015, according to the government’s press office.
It will have the longest ski slope in South Caucasus
Activists clash at Interior Ministry building
TBILISI, DFWatch–The leader of a small Georgian opposition party was detained by police for hooliganism on Thursday.
The incident took place at an Interior Ministry building in the capital Tbilisi.
Kakha Kukava, leader of Free Georgia, was there for some business, when
Six detained in clashes outside parliament in Tbilisi
TBILISI, DFWatch–Six people were detained during clashes at a rally against the government’s economic policy outside the old parliament building in Tbilisi on Thursday.
Free Zone, an activists group which supports the National Movement, demonstrated