TBILISI, DFWatch–There are road restrictions all over Georgia due to bad weather, the Roads Department warned Thursday.
Trailers and semi-trailers are prohibited from driving between the 1km and 50km mark on the S-8 Khashuri-Akhaltsikhe-Vale road,
Month: December 2016
Georgian man sentenced to ten years in jail for murdering US tourist
TBILISI, DFWatch–The district court in Telavi, in Georgia’s eastern Kakheti region, on Thursday sentenced a man to 10 years in jail for murdering a US citizen last August.
The court determined that on August 12, 2016, Mikheil Chincharashvili met the US tourist
Yalowitz: No radical changes in US-Georgia relationship under Trump
DFWatch recently had a Skype interview with Kenneth Yalowitz, former US Ambassador to Georgia (1998-2001).
Mr. Yalowitz emphasized that Georgia is a country which expects problems and delays on the way toward democratic reforms, while firmly moving forward
Convention to combat violence against women still not ratified after two years
TBILISI, DFWatch–In 2014, Georgia signed an international convention to end violence against women and impunity of perpetrators, but two years later the country has still not ratified it.
After Justice Minister Thea Tsulukiani had signed the Istanbul Convention on
Under-staffing indicated as cause of miner's death in Chiatura
TBILISI, DFWatch–A 53-year-old man died in an accident in a manganese mine in Chiatura on Saturday.
Paata Ghavtadze died from injuries while leaning out of the locomotive he was driving in the poorly-lit Itkhvisi mine in the mining town in the Imereti region in central Georgia.
Compromise it took two years to plan failed to solve mosque dispute
TBILISI, DFWatch–Muslims in Mokhe in southern Georgia do not accept a compromise suggested by a government commission and continue to pray on the ruins of a mosque in the village.
Local Muslims and Orthodox Christians have disagreed for two years
One dead, eight injured as truck slams into minibus
TBILISI, DFWatch–One person died and eight were injured Saturday in an accident in the south of Georgia.
The accident happened on the Tbilisi-Akhaltsikhe highway near Atskuri at about 13:00.
The local newspaper Sknews.ge reported that a truck crashed with a minibus
19.3 percent more tourists so far in 2016
Almost 5.9 million international visitors arrived in Georgia during 2016, which is 7.9 percent more than in the same period last year, the head of Georgian National Tourism Administration said on Friday.
Out of these tourists (who stayed in the country during 24 hours and longer)
UNESCO recognizes Georgian alphabet as part of humanity's shared heritage
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian alphabet has been recognized by UNESCO as part of humanity’s cultural heritage.
The decision to include three variations of the Georgian alphabet in the United Nations agency’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage