TBILISI, DFWatch–A government spokesperson says she had never imagined that female genital mutilation is being practiced in Georgia, and that the practice will be ended very soon.
Three villages in the eastern Kakheti region are maintaining the practice which
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s acting head of government Giorgi Kvirikashvili on Tuesday unveiled his new cabinet, with only minor personnel changes from the last one.
One notable change is the promotion of Dimitri Kumsishvili from Economy Minister to the more important
TBILISI, DFWatch–A new study presented on Monday shows that every fifth child in Georgia is living in poverty.
The findings in the welfare monitoring study, a household survey published every two years by United Nations Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF), emphasized
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Before the America’s president-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of the office, a leading Republican Senator, Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, and his fellow party member Lindsey Olin Graham will lead a congressional delegation to Ukraine, Georgia and Estonia January to push back against Trump on Russia policy.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia has won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest for the third time.
At the final, which was held in Malta, Mariam Mamadashvili won with a performance of the song ‘Mzeo’ which garnered 239 points.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Patriarch Ilia II joined other Eastern Orthodox leaders in Moscow on Sunday to attend the 70-year anniversary of the Russian Orthodox Church.
According to the Patriarchate of Georgia, Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II was invited by the Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
TBILISI, DFWatch–The International Transgender Day of Remembrance was observed in two cities in Georgia on Sunday.
In Kutaisi and Tbilisi, small gatherings commemorated transgender people who have been murdered as a result of transphobia.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The newly elected parliament mits first session on Friday, and one of its first decisions was to register five factions and the majority and minority.
The Georgian Dream majority consists of 116 MPs. 115 are members of Georgian Dream, which received
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian parliament approved the composition of the new parliament on Friday, and the government now has a caretaker role until lawmakers has approved a new government.
MPs voted to recognize the authority of the ninth parliamentary assembly.
TBILISI, DFWatch–A large, colorful abstract Willem de Kooning painting from one of the artist’s most productive periods was Tuesday sold at Christie’s post-war and contemporary auction in New York. The price: USD 66.3 million.
The Dutch-American artist’s ‘Untitled XXV’ from 1977