Tbilisi, DFWatch – At least 13 dogs drowned in flood on Wednesday night in Tbilisi at Tamaz Elizbarashvili’s dog shelter.
A heavy rain flooded river Vere and the water flushed the shelter’s ground floor.
Patrol police crew and several employees came at the shelter at night to help the pets, but some of the dogs had already been swept away.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s public defender recommends amending the Civil Code so that only the courts may give permission for 16 to 18 year olds to marry.
The public defender has prepared a draft bill which was submitted to parliament on May 25.
Youth between 16 to 18 may
TBILISI, DFWatch–Hundreds of mostly young people gathered outside the government office in Tbilisi, Georgia, Tuesday to demand the decriminalization of marijuana.
The annual protest brought together youth, politicians, journalists, non-governmental organizations and others.
TBILISI, DFWatch–One man and about 500 sheep and 40 cows were caught up in a landslide in the village Khone, in Khevsureti on Tuesday.
According to Information Center of Mtskheta, shepherd Giorgi Shetekauri is missing after the glacial mudslide.
Rescue workers
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Zurab Adeishvili, a key figure in the Saakashvili government throughout its rule in 2003-12, may soon be appointed as a chief prosecutor of Odessa Oblast, Ukrainian media reports.
Although the information hasn’t been confirmed officially, various media
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government is not planning to send a note of protest to Ukraine after former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was appointed governor of Odessa.
Saakashvili, or “Misha” as he is called at home, lost government power in an election
TBILISI, DFWatch–Three Polish tourists have been airlifted by helicopter from Mount Tetnuldi near the Russian border, after being trapped by heavy snowfall at 4,200 meter’s height.
News of the rescue operation appeared on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Monday evening,
ALVANI, DFWatch–The last Sunday of May is a day of celebration in the Tush villages Kvemo Alvani and Zemo Alvani in Kakheti.
Zezvaoba is the festival to honour the warrior Zezva Gaprindauli, who lead the Tush alongside the Georgian army against Persians at the Bakhtrioni
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government is not in a hurry to go through with the formal procedures that will strip ex-President Mikheil Saakashvilli of his native citizenship after being appointed governor of Odessa and acquiring Ukrainian citizenship.
“Let this issue hang over his head like
Former Prime Minister, Bidzina Ivanishivli, purchased a painting of the iconic Georgian artist, Niko Pirosmani at Christie’s Auction for £962,500 (about USD 1.486 million) and donated it to Tbilisi Museum of Arts on Monday.
“Niko Pirosmani’s ‘Arsenal Hill at Night’