TBILISI, DFWatch–Two people died and one was seriously injured in a car crash in eastern Georgian Wednesday.
Local media report that a Toyota SUV and a BMW crashed on a road near the village Shroma in Lagodekhi region.
Five people were injured
Month: August 2015
Tbilisi minibus drivers on strike
TBILISI, DFWatch–Part of Tbilisi’s minibus drivers went on strike Wednesday morning, demanding a reduction in the daily fee they pay to the company.
The company, Tbilisi Minibus, demands 55 laris (USD 24) a day from each driver, which they have to pay at the end
Fire at Tbilisi bazaar claimed two lives
TBILISI, DFWatch–A massive fire at a Tbilisi bazaar on Tuesday claimed the lives of two people. The bodies were found at night at Eliava, in the center of the capital.
The bodies could not be immediately identified, as they had been burned almost to ashes,
Russia weighing new ban on import of Georgian wine
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian wine producers may be hit by another Russian embargo as the Kremlin draws up plans to retaliate against the extension of European sanctions.
The Russian consumer safety bureau Rospotrebnadzor apparently is preparing
Georgian Dream ramping up for the parliamentary election
TBILISI, DFWatch–As Bidzina Ivanishvili’s party is ramping up for the 2016 parliamentary election, it is still unknown whether Georgian Dream will run as a coalition, as in previous elections.
The political council of Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia
Over a dozen firetrucks scrambled to combat blaze at Tbilisi market
TBILISI, DFWatch–A huge plume of smoke seen over Tbilisi Tuesday afternoon turned out to be a fire in a warehouse selling paint at a bazaar in the city center.
Rescue workers evacuated people from the warehouse at Eliava bazaar on the left bank of the Mtkvari river and
Explosion hits South Caucasus gas pipeline
TBILISI, DFWatch–An explosion in eastern Turkey on Monday damaged part of the Baku–Tbilisi–Erzurum pipeline, which carries gas from the Shah Deniz field in Azerbaijan and runs through Georgia.
The cause of the explosion, which happened in Kars province,
Georgia’s Yazidis honour the victims of the Sinjar Massacre
Georgia’s Yazidi community marked the first anniversary of the Sinjar massacre and prayed for peace in the Yazidi temple in Tbilisi.
Georgia’s Yazidi community gathered on 3 August in the Yazidi temple in the Varketili
Drop in Georgian wine export explained by problems in Russia and Ukraine
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s wine export in the first seven months fell by 46 percent, compared to last year, according to the National Wine Agency.
The agency explains the drop as a result of ‘unstable political economic situation’ in two of the most important
Three dead after pickup truck plunged off mountain road
TBILISI, DFWatch–A car accident claimed the lives of one man and two children in the mountainous Adjara region in the southwestern part of Georgia on Tuesday.
A pickup truck was driving along a mountain road in Keda as it veered off the road and plunged down.