illegal border crossings (not South Ossetia related)

Four dead bodies discovered in Georgia near border with Turkey

By | December 13th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , |

Vladimer Gogidze found the bodies while he was out hunting with a friend. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Four dead bodies were discovered in Khelvachauri in southwestern Georgia on Saturday, four kilometers from the border with Turkey. The four bodies were frozen and almost covered in snow, and allegedly belong to citizens of Bangladesh. […]

Eleven detained in Georgia for attempting to jump Turkish border

By | November 27th, 2015|Categories: In brief|Tags: |

The Georgia-Turkey border crossing at Sarpi. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian border police arrested nine Bangladeshi and two Turkish citizens on Thursday for illegally trying to cross the border with Turkey. The Interior Ministry said in a statement that the group was attempting to cross the border in an area near Akhaltsikhe, […]