TBILISI, DFWatch–The candidate for new prime minister will be discussed at a session of the Georgian Dream coalition on Friday, the speaker of parliament said Wednesday evening after the PM announced his resignation.
Speaker Davit Usupashvili
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced his resignation in a brief TV address on Wednesday, after more than two years in the post.
He did not state any specific reasons for leaving, nor offer advice on who his successor should be, which ultimately
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili may announce his resignation at a special briefing planned at his office on Wednesday, at 8pm Tbilisi time.
The PM’s resignation was reported earlier by Georgian news agencies, and although
TBILISI, DFWatch–A woman who has twice been convicted of robbery is a participant in the talent show Voice of Georgia. Tuesday, she was told live during the show that she has been pardoned and given a car.
The Voice accepted Teona Kolbaia during casting
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia have identified a taxi driver in Tbilisi who allegedly beat a woman who rejected his attempts at physical contact.
The suspect has not yet been apprehended, but an investigation has been launched based on article 125
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Giorgi Margvelashvili on Monday declared 2016 as the Year of the European State.
He made the announcement at a ceremony to celebrate the 25 year anniversary of founding of the National Guard.
The president said
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russia is beginning a process of simplifying visa rules for Georgian citizens, a few days after the EU published a positive final report about fulfillment of a visa liberalization action plan.
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday that
TBILISI, DFWatch–A local politician in Georgia bit off part of the ear of a colleague during a fight on Monday.
Emiko Peikrishvili, the former head of Kareli municipality in the Shida Kartli region, bit off a small part of the ear of Ilia Kelekhsashvili, assistant to the current municipal
TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian football official died in a car accident Tuesday morning. Davit Petriashvili (46) was hit by a police car in the center of Tbilisi and died on the spot.
Petriashvili who used to manage relations between the Georgian Football Federation
TBILISI, DFWatch–A man in Georgia was Monday sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a policeman and trying to murder four other police officers.
According to Shalva Khachapuridze, a lawyer representing the murder convict Shalva Abuladze,