TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor General’s Office has launched an investigation prompted by a live TV speech on Wednesday in which the director of Rustavi 2 claimed he was blackmailed.
According to the short statement by the Prosecutor General’s
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Four detained for extortion, again
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia have detained four persons for for extortion.
Wednesday, the Interior Ministry said that the four, Giorgi, 24, Giorgi, 25, Vladimer, 31 and Mikheil, 58, had threatened to kill their victim if he didn’t pay them 55,000 laris (USD 23,000).
Rustavi 2 staff will resist if police try to enforce takeover
TBILISI, DFWatch–A day before Tbilisi City Court is to announce a ruling in a lawsuit about Rustavi 2, the director of the TV company went on the air to tell viewers that he was threatened by representatives of the government.
Instead of the ordinary news program
‘Radicalisation’ obscures core issues faced by Pankisi inhabitants
Duisi, DFWatch – Counterextremism efforts in the Pankisi Valley fall short as they fail to address root causes of radicalisation processes in the region.
Following the reporting on Georgian citizens leaving the country to join the ranks of foreign fighters in the civil war in Syria and Iraq, the question of religious radicalisation in the Pankisi Valley has become one of the most debated security issues in Georgia.
Georgia's energy minister explains what Gazprom negotiations are about
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Energy Minister Kakhi Kaladze on Tuesday sought to downplay criticism against his call for increasing the import of Russian natural gas, explaining that the extra supplies from Gazprom
Tbilisoba – a celebration of the Georgian capital
TBILISI, DFWatch–The street fair Tbilisoba was this year mostly concentrated in Rike Park and the old part of the capital.
Tbilisoba has been celebrated in the second half of October every year since 1979. It usually includes squeezing grapes in massive
UNM regional offices assaulted amid rape video scandal
Tbilisi, DFWatch – United National Movement’s several regional offices were attacked in Georgia on Monday, in the wake of publication of disgusting video depicting rape of a detainee allegedly during the previous government.
Small crowds of 30 to 100
More Georgians turn their backs to the EU
TBILISI, DFWatch– Georgians still prefer European Union over the Russian-led Eurasian Union, but the difference declined significantly over the last year, results of the last NDI polls show.
Over the last year, the support of
Unchallenged stereotypes blight Georgian–Armenian relations
DF Watch discusses roots and manifestations of the anti-Armenian sentiment in Georgia with director of Cultural, Educational and Youth Centre Hayartun, Levon Chidilyan.
DF Watch: Mr Chidilyan, how representative is Hayartun for Georgia’s Armenian c
Poll shows Georgian voters increasingly apathetic
TBILISI, DFWatch–In a new poll, 35 percent of Georgians say they don’t know who they would vote for if there were a parliamentary election tomorrow.
The poll, which was published by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) shows that both the Georgian Dream