TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian media reported about three cases of homophobic violence which took place last month in Tbilisi.
The Facebook user, Jemal Beridze wrote on 23 April that he was assaulted by three unknown attackers for wearing an earring.
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61 more villages abandoned in Georgia in 12 years: Census
TBILISI, DFWatch–There are 223 deserted villages in Georgia, according to the census conducted in 2014 and published last week by the National Statistics Office (GeoStat).
In 2002, when the previous census was conducted,
North & East European foreign ministers support visa-free travel for Georgia, Ukraine
TBILISI, DFWatch–Foreign ministers of Europe’s northern and eastern countries call on EU member states to go ahead with a plan to allow 90 days visa-free visits for Georgian and Ukrainian citizens.
On 21–22 April, a meeting of foreign ministers of Baltic,
Shots fired at Georgia's ex-minister for Euro-Atlantic integration
TBILISI, DFWatch–A former member of government and secretary of an opposition party was shot by unknown attackers on Saburtalo cemetery on Friday afternoon. His injuries are not life-threatening.
Aleksi Petriashvili was shot at and wounded at the Saburtalo
Georgian PM expects 'adequate assessment' of his efforts
Tbilisi, Dfwatch – Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili hopes that a progress done by Georgia will be ‘adequately assessed’ on the upcoming NATO Summit in Wales, but he also thinks it is not advisable to speak of this issue in advance, as it raises false expectations among his fellow counterparts.
10 years after the peace plan
Almost 10 years have passed since the UN, in an attempt to help solve the Abkhaz conflict, launched the Document on “Distribution of Competences between Sukhumi and Tbilisi”. Basically, this was an effort to have the Abkhaz and the Georgian sides to the conflict sit down at the negotiating table and work out modalities for … Read more