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Librarians on strike in Kutaisi

TBILISI, DFWatch–Employees at the Ilia Chavchavadze Scientific Library in Kutaisi have gone on strike. According to the library’s director, Nargiza Chogovadze, around 80 staff members are currently participating in the strike, with a single demand: higher wages. Chogovadze told Interpressnews that the library is funded by the Kutaisi municipal budget, and the striking workers are … Read more

Wizzair to add two Polish cities to new destinations out of Kutaisi

A Hungarian lowcoster Wizzair has increased the list of new destinations from Kutaisi scheduled to become operational by August to eight from the previous six. The new destinations are two Polish cities of Gdansk and Krakow. Earlier in February Wizzair announced it would add new regular flights to Basel, Copenhagen, Brussels, Tallinn, Eindhoven and Bari … Read more

Wizzair announces seven new destinations from Kutaisi airport

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Kutaisi Airport (IPN)

Tbilisi, DFWatch – As of September, Kutaisi will be connected with cities in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, and Italy.

Wizzair, a Hungarian cheap airline, announced seven new flight destinations operating from the David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport to Berlin,

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Policeman arrested after fatally shooting 21 year old

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21 year old Mirza Gochuadze died after being shot by police during a car chase in Kutaisi Friday. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A police officer who shot to death a 21 year old man in Kutaisi on Friday has been arrested.

The Ministry on Internal Affairs has not released the name of the officer, who is suspected of exceeding his power. Details about the shooting are sketchy,

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Georgian president plans details of his own cremation

Mikheil Saakashvili says he wants his ashes to be spread in Anaklia, a holiday resort close to where Russian security police, FSB, are guarding the Abkhazian border. (Photo: Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian president says that after he has passed away, he wants his ashes to be spread over a holiday resort on the shores of the Black Sea.

President Mikheil Saakashvili said this during a visit to Kutaisi, Georgia’s second largest city, where he is to

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