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NGO holds action in support of the unemployed at the parliament of Georgia
The action "Empty Pots", organized by the NGO named "Union of Unemployed for Employment", was held near the building of parliament in Tbilisi.
Jan 25 2012, 23:00; CK correspondent
Georgia's MIA: policemen who dispersed the rally duly punished
| The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reacted to the "World Report 2012: Georgia", published by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) and dealing with the dispersal of the protest action in Tbilisi on May 26, 2011, and absence of proper inquiry into the incident. Shota Utiashvili, the head of the information-analytical service of the MIA, has reported about an objective inquiry and punishment of those guilty. |
Jan 25 2012, 22:00
Georgian pilots-veterans stage protest in front of President's residence
| Today, ten former pilots have held a protest action outside the Georgian President's residence in Avlabari. |
Jan 25 2012, 18:00
Bidzina Ivanishvili appealed against denial of restoration of his Georgian citizenship
| On January, 24, attorneys of billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili appealed to the Appellate court of Tbilisi in order to lodge a complaint against the judgment of the city court on the case of restoration of his Georgian citizenship. |
Jan 23 2012, 22:20; CK correspondent
In Georgia, Christian Democrats offer to cancel arrests for administrative offences
| In considering the second reading of the new Georgian Administrative Code, Christian Democrats will demand a moratorium on administrative detention. This was announced by Levan Vepkhvadze, the representative of the faction in the Legal Committee of the Georgian Parliament. According to Zurab Dekanoidze, the head of the administration of the Committee on Legislation of the Parliament, the date of consideration of the Code is still unknown. |
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Jan 21 2012, 08:00
Facebook has set up a group demanding to rebury Jaba Ioseliani
| In the social network Facebook, a group has been created named "Let's rebury Jaba Ioseliani out of the Pantheon", which already has more than 2100 members. |
Jan 20 2012, 21:00
United Trade Unions of Georgia: it was not the authorities of the country who paid the ransom for release of the sailors
| Money was paid for release of 15 Georgian and three Turkish sailors from the Somali pirates' prison but it was not done by the government of Georgia, Chairman of United Trade Unions of the country Irakly Petriashvili said. |
Jan 19 2012, 21:10
An action of students' protest against the Labour Code in force in Georgia passed off in Tbilisi
| An action of protest against the Labour Code of Georgia was held in the center of Tbilisi on the initiative of students' organization "Laboratory 1918". |
Jan 17 2012, 19:00
A citizen of the Russian Federation detained in Georgia for accusation of illegal crossing the border
| Servicemen of frontier police in Georgia detained citizen of the Russian Federation Armen Gasparyan. He is accused of illegal crossing the Armenian-Georgian border. |
Jan 16 2012, 23:00
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 9-15 January
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Fifteen Georgian seamen back at home after Somalia captivity; Aslan Tkhakushinov re-enters presidency of Adygea; appointment of oppositionist as State Adviser to President of South Ossetia; re-qualification of indictment to Dagestan athlete, whose punch led to death of Moscow student; commissioning of cottage settlement in Ingushetia for resettlers from landslide area; investigation in the Rostov Region into the death of a child attacked by dogs, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of January 9-15, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Rostov region, South Federal District, North-Caucasian Federal District, Dagestan, Adygeia, Georgia, Russia, Ingushetia, South Osetia, South Caucasus
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- Citizen war-reporter? The Caucasus test
- Misunderstanding cyberwar
