Tbilisi, DFWatch – An Institute War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) has unveiled that a small native Caucasian ethnic group living in a remote east area of Georgia, has been performing female genital mutilation (FGM) practice during past two decades.
Month: November 2016
Tbilisi reacts to Trump's victory
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian leaders congratulated Donald Trump with being elected as president of the United States, while political analysts in Tbilisi tried to predict how the result will affect US-Georgian relations.
Georgian Dream parliamentarian Gia Volski
Georgia’s President: two-party dominated parliament won't encourage development
Tbilisi, DFWatch- President Giorgi Margvelashvili has announced that he feels disappointed regarding country’s parliamentary elections, as he was expected a multi-party system in the newly elected parliament, but it turned into a bipolar.
ქართველი პოლიტიკოსების გამოხმაურებები ტრამპის გამარჯვებაზე
აშშ-ს რიგით 45-ე პრეზიდენტი დონალდ ტრანპი გახდა, მიუხედავად იმისა, რომ წამყვანი მედიასაშუალებები, სოციოლოგიური ცენტრები და პოლიტიკოსები აშშ-ის ყოფილ პირველ ლედისა და ექს-სახელმწიფო მდივნის ჰილარი კლინტონის გამარჯვებას წინასწარმეტყველებდნენ.
US support for Georgia will be even stronger: Ambassador Kelly
Tbilisi,DFWatch – Following the tense electoral night in the United States, Ian Kelly, US Ambassador to Georgia has emphasized that no matter who wins, US will remain strong alley to Georgia.
New Rights leaves Paata Burchuladze-led coalition
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Political party New Rights left a coalition led by operatic bass Paata Burchuladze after it suffered sound defeat in the parliamentary elections in October.
Mamuka Katsitadze, lead figure at the New Rights,
Sandra Roelofs refuses to serve as member of Georgia's parliament
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s former first lady Sandra Roelofs has turned down her mandate to serve as a member of parliament despite being among the top ten names on the National Movement’s party list.
On Monday, Roelofs asked the Central Election Commission (CEC)
Head of Georgian Church to attend patriarch Kirill's 70th Jubilee in Moscow
Tbilisi, DFWatch – The head of Georgian Church is expected to pay a visit to Moscow in November to attend a 70-year jubilee of his Russian counterpart.
According to the Patriarchate of Georgia, Catholikos-Patriarch Ilia II was invited by the Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
Pankisi native, reportedly ISIS member, killed in Middle East
TBILISI, DFWatch–One more Pankisi native has been killed in the Middle East. Reports vary about where the 24 year old Mukhad Khangoshvili was killed.
According to Interpressnews, which relies on an unidentified source in Pankisi, it happened in Mosul,
Georgia reintroduces compulsory military service
TBILISI, DFWatch–Defense Minister Levan Izoria said Monday that he is reversing a decision by his predecessor Tina Khidasheli to end compulsory military service.
He made the announcement on Monday during a meeting with the media to present a report about his first 100 days on the job.