Tag: Zestaponi

13 injured as bus veers off road in Zestaponi

July 27, 2026July 26, 2026 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, July 26 – Thirteen people were injured Sunday when a passenger bus ran off the road in Zestaponi, in the central Imereti region of Georgia. The accident happened at Argveta, just west of the city limits. All those injured were brought to two clinics in Zestaponi, Peromed and Geo Hospitals, Interpressnews reported. The news … Read more

Clothes market in Zestaponi partly destroyed by fire

August 4, 2016 by DFWatch staff

fire_zestaponi_clothes_market — (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A clothes market was partly destroyed by fire in Zestaponi Tuesday night.

According to the Emergency Service, more than 1,000 square meters was destroyed by the fire in the center of the western Georgian town.

No one was injured.

One man arrested for bribing official and stealing manganese slag

May 12, 2016 by DFWatch staff

illegal_mining_zestaponi — (State Security Service/Facebook.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The State Security Service on Thursday arrested a Georgian citizen for bribery and stealing silicon manganese slag.

The Anti-Corruption Agency and the State Security Department of the State Security Service conducted a joint

Georgia's main east-west highway has been blocked for two days

November 13, 2015 by DFWatch staff

Road department, River Chkhara — Works at River Chkhara (Road Department photo)

TBILISI, DFWatch–E60, the central highway through Georgia, has been blocked for two days due to bad weather. Vehicles are currently rerouted near Kutaisi in the western part of the country.

According to the Infrastructure Ministry’s Road Department,