TBILISI, DFWatch–Disagreement over a cemetery led to exchange of insults between Muslims and Christians in a village in southern Georgia on Monday.
Samkhretis Karibche, a local online newspaper, reported that the locals verbally insulted each other.
Month: February 2016
Court in Georgia to hear case of man who married 15 year old girl
TBILISI, DFWatch–The regional Court in Sighnaghi in eastern Georgia is considering the case of a 25 year old man who married a 15 year old girl who is pregnant.
A few weeks ago, the couple showed up at a talk show on Imedi TV called the Gia Jajanidze Show. The man told of how he and the girl found
Two Georgians who avoided hanging in Malaysia returned home
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two Georgian citizens who barely avoided being hanged in Malaysia for drug-related crimes returned to Georgia on Sunday.
Babutsa Gordadze, who was arrested in Malaysia along with Darejan Kokhtashvili, was convicted of illegally
Georgia's by-election last October to be investigated for fraud
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor General’s Office in Georgia has launched an investigation two weeks after allegations were put forth by a member of parliament about election fraud in last year’s by-election in Sagarejo in eastern Georgia.
Gogi Topadze, leader
Hundreds rally against Ivanishvili’s ‘Panorama Tbilisi’ project
TBILISI, DFWatch–Activists demand putting halt a large construction project amidst environmental, urban, social, and conflict-of-interest controversies.
Up to 400 activists gathered on Tbilisi’s Freedom Square on 27 February in order to protest against the construction
Tbilisi’s Azerbaijani activists call for recognition of the ‘Khojaly Genocide’
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Azerbaijani activists marked the anniversary of the Khojaly tragedy and called for its recognition as a genocide.
On 25 February, a conference on the Khojaly (Xocalı) genocide was held in Tbilisi. The event was organised
Protesters support Tkibuli miners’ strike in Tbilisi
TBILISI, DFWatch–Activists demonstrated in front of the headquarters of Georgian Industrial Group in Tbilisi in solidarity with the miners who are on strike in Tkibuli.
In the evening of 26 February, a group of up to 200 protesters
Ex-minister in a stable condition after being shot
TBILISI, DFWatch–Doctors say former government official and now opposition member Alexi Petriashvili is in a stable condition. He was shot in the legs and abdominal area on Friday at a cemetery in Tbilisi.
The director of the Republican Hospital
Georgian ballerina criticized for Moscow performance on 'Soviet Occupation Day'
TBILISI, DFWatch–Nino Ananiashvili, a former prima ballerina at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater, was criticized in Georgia for performing at the theater in the Russian capital on February 25, because in her home country, the day is observed as the Day of Soviet Occupation.
Report from the miners' strike in Tkibuli
TKIBULI, DFWatch–More than two weeks have passed since coal miners in Tkibuli in western Georgia began standing watch day and night in front of the company’s office, demanding higher salaries. So far, without results.
Their demand is to increase their salaries