TBILISI, DFWatch–Direct foreign investments in Georgia went 23 down percent in 2015 compared to the previous year, according to preliminary figures from Georgia’s National Statistics Department, GeoStat.
According to the report, the amount
Month: March 2016
17% of teachers pass professional exams, up from 4% in 2015
TBILISI, DFWatch–The vast majority of Georgian school teachers have failed their professional exams.
On Thursday, Businesscontact.ge published statistics which shows that the teachers in primary school had the worst exam results of all.
Teachers
Georgians, please behave well in Europe: justice minister
TBILISI, DFWatch–Minister of Justice Thea Tsulukiani called on her country’s citizens not to shame themselves after the visa liberalization comes into force and the borders of Schengen will be open for Georgians.
Tsulukiani told journalists after
Free Democrats support constitutional ban on gay marriage
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Free Democrats, an opposition party which until 2014 was a member of the ruling Georgian Dream coalition, supports a Constitutional amendment that will define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
Four members
EU Commission proposes visa-free travel to Schengen for Georgians
TBILISI, DFWatch–The EU Commission on Wednesday proposed to lift visa requirements for Georgian citizens. If approved by the Union’s legislative bodies, Georgians may be able to visit the Schengen area without a visa from this summer.
EU Commission to announce visa liberalization for Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–The EU Commission is expected to announce its proposal for visa-free travel for Georgians today at a press conference in Brussels.
The press conference is scheduled for today at 20:30 Tbilisi time. There is a three hour difference between
Georgian medical student confirmed dead in the Syrian war
TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian member of Jabhat an-Nusra is confirmed dead after spending one month alongside Syrian Turkmen in Syria’s Latakia region.
30-years-old Beslan Mukhtarov was confirmed as the 17th Georgian citizen who was
Georgian defense minister: We have been informed of al-Shishani's death
TBILISI, DFWatch–Defense Minister Tina Khidasheli says the U.S. government has informed that there is an assumption that Tarkhan Batirashvili, known as Omar al-Shishani or Omar the Chechen, was killed on Friday, but they are studying the situation.
March 8 rally in Tbilisi calls for more women in politics
TBILISI, DFWatch–Labour rights and women’s political participation were the central issues during the International Women’s Day rally in Tbilisi.
The rally included speeches and performances organised by a coalition of various feminist, LGBT,