TBILISI, DFWatch–A committee in the European Parliament will discuss today whether to offer visa-free travel to the Schengen area for Georgian and Ukrainian citizens, as well as citizens of Kosovo.
Claude Moraes, head of the Civil Liberties, Justice and
TBILISI, DFWatch–The City Court in Zugdidi last Friday sentenced a man to seven years in jail for raping a woman and attempting to force her into marriage.
Defense lawyers say the man, who was arrested April 11, will appeal the verdict.
According to the Prosecutor
TBILISI, DFWatch–A man was arrested in western Georgia on Saturday for harassing a witness in the Demur Sturua case.
Sturua committed suicide on August 7 and left a note indicating that a local policeman had pressured him to give up names of people who were cultivating
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s State Audit Office (SAO) has asked the court to fine six political parties for bribery, illegal donations and other election violations.
The office asked the court to issue a 4,000 lari fine to Rima Beridze, a majoritarian candidate for Georgian Dream,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The eco-activists of Guerilla Gardening rallied in front of Tbilisi City Hall again on Friday, demanding the dismissal of the two bureaucrats in charge of tree cutting in the capital.
They demand the dismissal of the head and the deputy of City Hall’s
TBILISI, DFWatch–The economy minister on Friday summed up the summer tourism season in Georgia together with the head of the National Tourism Administration.
According to Minister of Economy Dimitry Kumsishvili, 4,247,729 foreigners visited Georgia in the
TBILISI, DFWatch–This year’s grape harvest has begun in Georgia’s eastern Kakheti region.
More than 1,850 tons of rkatsiteli grape and more than 1,110 tons of saperavi has been processed in Dedoplistskaro.
Wine producing companies pay 80 tetris for saperavi,
TBILISI, DFWatch–One man died and one was injured in an execution style shooting in central Tbilisi on Friday.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs arrested a man born in 1981 who is charged with premeditated murder and illegally carrying a weapon.
The accused fired multiple
TBILISI, DFWatch–Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili has called on the municipal council in a valley in Georgia’s southwestern Adjara region to stop making sexist statements.
After a meeting of the Keda Council on August 26, a member of the National Movement
TBILISI, DFWatch–A funeral service was held Thursday for two Georgian military divers who disappeared during an exercise in the Black Sea more than two weeks ago.
The funeral service was held at the location where the soldiers were last seen during a training course on August 16