TBILISI, DFWatch–The famous Georgian film director Revaz (Rezo) Chkheidze has died in Tbilisi at age 88.
Rezo Chkheidze rose to fame in the Soviet Union for his iconic 1964 World War 2 black-and-white drama Father of a Soldier, with a powerful performance by Sergo
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Prosecutor General’s Office told DF Watch that they still haven’t received a response from Azerbaijan to a request to extradite former President Mikheil Saakashvili.
Last week, Saakashvili visited Baku to participate in a political
TBILISI, DFWatch–An armed man robbed a bank in Tbilisi on Saturday.
The crime took place at about 10:45 in the morning at a branch of ProCredit Bank at 54 Chavchavadze Avenue in the Vake district.
No-one was injured.
According to witnesses,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Youth activists marched through the streets of the Georgian capital on Friday to mark the International Workers’ Day and protest against intolerable work conditions.
There were demonstrations and gatherings several places in Tbilisi on May 1, separately organized
ASURETI, DFWatch–In the 1940s, there were over 20,000 Germans living in Georgia. Today almost none are left. Stalin deported them in 1941-42, and barely anyone came back. Now, Germans are rediscovering this part of their past.
Manfred Tikhonov (67) moved to Asureti
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili named three new ministers on Friday, two of whom are members of the Republican Party, which is regarded as a more western-oriented coalition member.
The nominations are made against the backdrop
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government has announced the start of long-awaited reform of the powerful Interior Ministry.
It is formally known as the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), and was created during Saakashvili when the counterintelligence
TBILISI, DFWatch–Businessman and retired politician Bidzina Ivanishvili has again blamed the National Bank for not helping to prevent a drop in the Georgian lari.
“I suspect that the National Bank is still acting inadequately,” he told journalists on Thursday.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The two English bands Placebo and Archive are headliners at this year’s Tbilisi Open Air festival, to be held by a lake near the capital July 3 to 7.
Tickets sales have started for the festival, which has been organized every year since 2009 by the AlterVision Group.
