TBILISI, DFWatch–Rustavi Poladi, a smelter plant in a town 20km away from the capital, has fired hundreds of employees because of a lawsuit.
Nugzar Kachukhashvili, Director of Rustavi Poladi Ltd, said at a press conference on Monday that the
Month: June 2015
Dances with a bear
The lukewarm Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga further outlined the value of Georgia’s two most important interconnected strategic goals: transforming the country into a modern European state and its European perspective of joining the EU.
Thousands of Georgians despair as Greece halts money transfers
TBILISI, DFWatch–The crisis in Greece has also hit hard for as many as 200,000 Georgians who are living and working in the country, and their families back home in Georgia.
Money transfers are currently halted, as well as trailer transport. The crisis in Greece
On the road. A story of one Iraqi refugee in Georgia
Tbilisi, DFWatch – According to the estimates from the UNCHR, as of December 2014 there were over 1200 asylum seekers and over 800 refugees in Georgia. 26 year old Mustafa Shalan is one of them. His story, which he told me one spring afternoon in a sunny balcony in the center of Tbilisi, is a tale of a young man seeking a place to settle, as he is no longer welcome at home.
PM Garibashvili: We'll decide same-sex marriage issue by ourselves
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Georgia’s PM will do his best to fix definition of a marriage as ‘union of a man and a woman.’
In a lengthy interview published on Monday by a popular Georgian ultra-conservative newspaper Asaval-Dasavali, Irakli Garibashvili, PM, says that the state firmly stands
Members of U.S. congress to visit Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–A delegation from the U.S. congress is to visit Georgia from July 2 to 5.
Among the delegation are members of congress from the Republican and the Democratic parties, according to Foreign Ministry spokesperson Davit Kereselidze.
Peter Roskam
Georgian parliament approves controversial bank bill
TBILISI, DFWatch–Parliament in Georgia approved a bill on Sunday which will relieve the National Bank of responsibility for supervising private banks and instead transfer such authority to a new agency.
The vote was preliminary, as the bill must go through
Thirteenth Georgian dies fighting in Syria
TBILISI, DFWatch–A 23 year old was reported by locals in his hometown in Pankisi Gorge Sunday to have died in the Syria war.
Turpal Borchashvili is at least the thirteenth Georgian citizen who has died in Syria fighting for Islamists.
Borchashvili was from
Anaklia hosts GEM Fest, instead of KaZantip, in July
Tbilisi, DFWatch – A western Georgian Black Sea resort Anaklia is going to host one of the largest electronic music festivals this summer.
GEM Fest features popular electronic music stars, such as world renowned Dutch DJ and trance guru Armin van Buuren,
Georgian parliamentarian criticizes U.S. Supreme Court same-sex ruling
TBILISI, DFWatch–The deputy speaker of the Georgian parliament, Manana Kobakhidze, is criticized for recent remarks about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage.
“Even if we are left all alone on earth, if every one of our friends or partners abandons us, I will not