TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian president on Monday criticized his country’s envoy for failing to respond adequately to criticism from a Russian diplomat during a bilateral meeting in Prague last week.
President Margvelashvili
Month: March 2016
Fire burns 1,200 square meters at Sameba Cathedral in Tbilisi
TBILISI, DFWatch–An area of more than 1,200 square meters was burnt at Sameba Cathedral in Tbilisi on Sunday after a fire started on the ground floor of the cathedral.
More than a hundred firefighters worked to extinguish the fire, which started at about 14:00 and lasted
Inequality lowers Georgia's happiness score: Report
TBILISI, DFwatch–According to the World Happiness Report 2016, published today, Georgia is in 126th place out of 157 countries included in the study.
The result places Georgia as the ‘least happy’ country of the former Soviet Union, while Uzbekistan
Campaigners demand action against secret surveillance blackmail
TBILISI, DFWatch–Activists from campaign Es Shen Gekheba rallied against use of people’s private life for intimidation and blackmail and demanded concrete steps from the government.
Up to one thousand activists walked through Tbilisi’s Rustaveli Avenue
Georgian leaders send condolences to Russia after Rostov-on-Don plane crash
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President and Prime Minister expressed their condolences to the families of victims of a deadly plane crash in Rostov, Russia.
“I express my deepest sympathy to the victims of Flydubai passenger plane crash in Rostov, where dozens
Tbilisi State University initiates impeachment procedures
TBILISI, DFWatch–The academic council at Tbilisi State University (TSU) has started impeachment procedures against the rector after a meeting with members of the student’s union (Tvitmmartveloba).
Classes were resumed Friday at TSU after more than a week of conflict
Classes resume at TSU, but conflict still simmers
TBILISI, DFWatch–After a week-long student sit-in, teaching has resumed at the main building of Tbilisi State University (TSU), while the opposing groups continue to fight for their demands.
Friday, Professor Gogi Gogsadze at the Social and Political Studies Faculty
House used for checkpoint should be compensated: Ombudsman
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian ombudsman says the Ministry of Internal Affairs failed to compensate a man for using his house as a checkpoint in a village bordering South Ossetia.
In a statement published Friday, the ombudsman writes that the
LGBT rights activists protest against politicization of the definition of marriage
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Dream MP slurs Identoba’s activists who stage a protest against proposed constitutional changes in the definition of marriage.
A group of activists from NGO Identoba (‘Identity’) gathered today in front of the Parliament