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Tbilisi

Type: City

Name: Tbilisi

Country: Georgia

Latitude: 41.720001

Longitude: 44.790001

population: 1,049,516

First reported 13 mins ago - Updated 13 mins ago - 1 reports

Georgia: Police Press Charges against Priests for LGBT Rally Attack

Georgian police on May 23 pressed charges against two priests for participating in a mass disturbance of an anti-homophobia rally in Tbilisi that injured dozens and sparked international censure.The two priests detained were caught on camera as they participated ... [Published EurasiaNet - 13 mins ago]

Entities: LGBT, Georgia, Georgian Orthodox Church, Police

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 3 reports

Georgia charges 2 priests for attacking gay rights rally

TBILISI (AFP) - Georgia has charged two priests from the country's influential Orthodox church over the violent disruption of a gay rights rally by thousands of ultra-conservative believers, the interior ministry said on Thursday.The interior ministry ... [Published Dunya News - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Gay Rights, Georgia, Tbilisi, Orthodox Church, Anti-Gay

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Two Georgian Orthodox Priests Charged With Antigay Violence

TBILISI -- Two Georgian Orthodox Church clerics have been charged in connection with antigay violence that broke out last week in Tbilisi.The Interior Ministry announced on May 23 that one priest at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Antimoz Bichinashvili, and ... [Published Radio Free Europe - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Tbilisi, Georgian Orthodox Church, Homophobia, Vandalism, Ministry of Interior

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 4 reports

Chiaberashvili bailed out against 20,000 GEL

Ex-minister of health and currently the president`s representative to Kakheti Region, Zurab Chiaberashvili has been released from the Kutaisi N2 prison after his family paid 20,000 GEL bail according to the ruling of the Kutaisi city court announced late ... [Published Rustavi2 - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Zurab Chiaberashvili, Ivane Merabishvili, Kutaisi (Georgia)

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Visitors from Tbilisi

Delegate from in the Republic of Georgia took a tour on Wednesday of the in Albany. ... [Published Times Union - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Tbilisi, Georgia

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 6 reports

Former Georgian PM arrested on corruption charges

Georgia's former Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili was arrested on May 21 and faces up to 12 years in prison if found guilty on several charges of corruption. The move appears part of the ongoing power struggle between current PM Bidzina Ivanishvili and ... [Published Business New Europe - May 22 2013]

Entities: Ivane Merabishvili, Corruption, Zurab Chiaberashvili

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

Ivane Merabishvili

Detectives searched houses of Merabishvili and Chiaberashvili

Detective searched up the houses of UNM Secretary General Vano Merabishvili and the president`s representative to the Kakheti Region Zurab Chiaberashvili last night. They found and took away 54,000 EURO, 33,000 dollar and 29,000 GEL in the apartment of ... [Published Rustavi2 - May 22 2013]

Entities: Ivane Merabishvili, Zurab Chiaberashvili, Georgia

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Hundreds of supporters and opponents of gay parades flood Tbilisi streets

The actions of supporters and opponents of the gay parades, held today in front of the Georgian government, have gathered a few hundred people.On May 17 in Tbilisi, a rally in support of sexual minorities was interrupted by opponents of the action and ... [Published Caucasian Knot - May 22 2013]

Entities: Tbilisi, Gay, protest, LGBT, Georgia

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

4 Arrested in Attack on Georgia Gay Rights Demonstration

MOSCOW -- Georgian police have arrested four men who took part in a mob attack on a gay rights demonstration in Tbilisi that injured dozens, the Georgian Interior ministry announced Tuesday.The police said the men, the first to be arrested in the violence ... [Published Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - May 21 2013]

Entities: Gay Rights, Georgia, Demonstration

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 4 reports

Georgia detains ex-PM on misspending charges

TBILISI, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Georgian authorities detained former prime minister Vano Merabishvili and another former senior official Tuesday on multiple charges, including misspending public funds.The arrests, carried out after initial interrogations ... [Published Xinhua News Agency - May 21 2013]

Entities: Georgia, Ivane Merabishvili, United National Movement

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

CoE secretary general offers Moscow, Tbilisi to use new atmosphere in bilateral relations

MOSCOW. May 21 (Interfax) - The Council of Europe stands for the territorial integrity of Georgia but hopes for an improvement in Russia-Georgia relations, Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland said at a joint meeting of the State Duma ... [Published Interfax - May 21 2013]

Entities: Tbilisi, Atmosphere, Council of Europe, Bilateral

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

U.S. Department of State Condemns Tbilisi Confrontation

confrontation in Tbilisi, deputy spokesperson of U.S. Department of State Patrick Vetnrell said at a press conference.“U.S. condemns the attack on the peaceful march planned on the international day against homophobia in Tbilisi. Such intolerant actions ... [Published InterpressNews - May 21 2013]

Entities: Tbilisi, US Department of State, Homophobia, Condemnation

Quotes

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Kite Surfer - Lemondo Entertainment Launches New Game [Published 24-7PressRelease.com - 2 hours ago]

` "Vano Merabishvili is a politician of heavy weight and it`s very hard to remove him from political stage so easily. So, nobody should think that by sending him to custody for two months, he will disappear from political activity" ` Shashkini announced

Ex-minister of defense comments on Merabishvili`s detention [Published Rustavi2 - 2 hours ago]

` "The case is entirely absurd. In the country, where the key problem is unemployment and many people are waiting for new jobs, the government is busy with political oppression of former prime minister and health minister. This is a political persecution and it is directly connected with our political activities" ` Zurab Chiaberashvili said. He also added that for no reason he will flee the country

Chiaberashvili released against 20,000 GEL bail [Published Rustavi2 - 2 hours ago]

"The interior ministry has filed charges against two clergymen who participated in the May 17 incident" the interior ministry said in a statement

Georgia charges two priests over anti-gay attack [Published Focus Bulgaria - 2 hours ago]

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Man throws his baby from window [Published Rustavi2 - 2 hours ago]
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Chiaberashvili released against 20,000 GEL bail [Published Rustavi2 - 2 hours ago]
Georgia charges two priests over anti-gay attack [Published Focus Bulgaria - 2 hours ago]
Two Georgian Orthodox Priests Charged With Anti... [Published Radio Free Europe - 3 hours ago]
Visitors from Tbilisi [Published Times Union - 3 hours ago]
Further EU Enlargement: An Unrealistic Mantra [Published Eesti Televisioon - 4 hours ago]
Irakli Alasania - Clergy, Common Citizens, Mini... [Published InterpressNews - 5 hours ago]
Anti-gay protesters attack IDAHO gathering [Published Bay Area Reporter - 5 hours ago]
YEREVAN-TBILISI FLIGHTS FROM JUNE 1 - OCTOBER 26 [Published Armtown.com - 5 hours ago]
Chiaberashvili bailed out against 20,000 GEL [Published Rustavi2 - 6 hours ago]
Merabishvili`s wife, Tbilisi mayor return from ... [Published Rustavi2 - 7 hours ago]
U.S. embassy condemns May 17 violence in Tbilisi [Published Rustavi2 - 7 hours ago]
Patriarch, Patriarch`s administration condemn M... [Published Rustavi2 - 7 hours ago]
Margvelashvili says the state of Georgia is gua... [Published Rustavi2 - 7 hours ago]
Court orders pre-trial detention of Georgian fo... [Published Xinhua News Agency - 7 hours ago]
Merabishvili transferred to Tbilisi N9 prison [Published Rustavi2 - 9 hours ago]
Georgian court orders ex-PM's pre-trial detention [Published Balita.org - 11 hours ago]
Georgian Court Orders Pre-Trial Detention of Fo... [Published RIA Novosti - 16 hours ago]
22 May.'13 22:40 Merabishvili Sent to Pretrial ... [Published Civil Georgia - 20 hours ago]
Georgian ex-prime minister jailed for 2 months [Published York Daily Record - 20 hours ago]
Bala Town cap a season to remember for north Wa... [Published Morning Star Online - 20 hours ago]
What is the Endgame of the Anti-Gay Movement? [Published Falls Church News-Press - 22 hours ago]
Department of State: Patrick Ventrell Acting De... [Published HighBeam Research - 22 hours ago]
Who In Georgia Is Merabishvili's Arrest Meant T... [Published Radio Free Europe - 22 hours ago]

Blogs

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Georgian ex-PM detained on abuse of office charge [Published The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Rese ... - May 21 2013] TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Two allies of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili — a former prime minister and a provincial governor — were charged on Tuesday with embezzlement and abuse of office in another sign of an ongoing power struggle between the country’s ...
A gay rights rally under attack [Published Eastern approaches - The Economist - May 20 2013] NOT even Georgia’s bitter election campaign last year saw this level of animosity. To mark the International Day against Homophobia on May 17th, a small number of gay rights activists planned a rally in central Tbilisi. In response, several thousands ...
If those were Muslims [Published The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي ... - May 18 2013] " A throng of thousands led by priests in black robes surged through police cordons in downtown Tbilisi, Georgia, on Friday and attacked a group of about 50 gay rights demonstrators ." ...
Orthodox Priests Lead Violent Attack On LGBT Ri... [Published Box Turtle Bulletin - May 18 2013] Orthodox priests led a mob of anti-gay extremist in a violent confrontation with LGBT rights marchers in the Georgian capitol of Tbilisi in observance of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. Georgian police, which had been charged ...
Own private Idaho: International day against ho... [Published Harry's Place - May 17 2013] Today people around the world have been marking (or trying to mark) IDAHO, the international day against homophobia. An LGBT march in Kenya , where homosexuality is a criminal offence, was stopped from going ahead. LGBT protestors in Tbilisi, Georgia ...

Press Releases

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Amistad Tour Reinforces Its Presence in Georgia... [Published PR.com Press Releases - Apr 17 2013]
SES and MagtiSat Mark First-Year Partnership wi... [Published EON Computers & Technology - Jan 24 2013]
SES and MagtiSat Mark First-Year Partnership wi... [Published Business Wire Technology News - Jan 24 2013]