TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Irakli Garibashivli says Georgia is ready for negotiations with Russia. The two countries have not had diplomatic relations since fighting a brief war more than six years ago.
Georgia’s pro-European course stands firm, the PM
TBILISI, DFWatch–Poland ratified the association agreement between Georgia and the EU on Friday; the 13th EU member state to do so.
The vote in the Sejm was 439 for ratification, none against and one abstaining.
The agreement gives Georgia free trade access
TBILISI, DFWatch–A woman died during a robbery of her house on Friday in Tbilisi. Her colleagues believe she was murdered and demand a proper investigation.
Lela Avlokhashvili, 43, died while robbers were in her house stealing money and gold jewelry.
Vendors
TBILISI, DFWatch–Owners of about 40 fishing boats in Poti demonstrated Friday to demand less strict environmental protection in order to compete with the Turkish fishing fleet.
The boat owners, who use seines to catch anchovy, think the law puts them
TBILISI, DFWatch–A prisoner who escaped from a court building two days ago has been apprehended in Batumi on the Black Sea coast.
The prisoner escaped from the court cell in Gurjaani Regional Court on February 2 after hearing that he was being placed in
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two people were detained in Georgia on Friday for making fake US visas.
Police working together with staff of the US embassy’s security department found that two people – a man about 40 and a woman about 50 – were making forged documents
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government has downgraded its economic growth outlook for 2015 from five to four percent.
Finance Minister Nodar Khaduri said on Thursday that stagnation is expected in all neighboring countries, and this is reflected in the new
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s new interior minister says ‘certain forces’ are attempting to destabilize the country, but Georgia won’t allow a ‘Ukraine scenario’ to be repeated in Georgia.
After journalists asked Vakhtang Gomelauri to specify if he meant the former ruling
TBILISI, DFWatch–City Hall temporarily halted construction work on a new hotel in Vake Park in central Tbilisi on Wednesday.
Environmental activists from a group called Guerrilla Gardening gathered in the park warning that the workers are in violation of law
TBILISI, DFWatch–A former chief prosecutor and a deputy head of the National Forensic Bureau were Wednesday charged with involvement in the murder of PM Zurab Zhvania in 2005.
The Prosecutor’s Office claims the two exceeded official powers