Democracy & Freedom Watch

TBILISI, DFWatch--According to preliminary data, Georgia’s foreign trade turnover has decreased by four percent in the months January through April ...

TBILISI, DFWatch--Georgia's foreign trade turnover in the first three months of 2013 was USD 2 144 million. This is five ...

TBILISI, DFWatch--The e-commerce company PayPal will now offer its services in the country Georgia. It is not easy to get onto ...

TBILISI, DFWatch--After a second round of inspection, the Georgian mineral water Borjomi has been allowed to export to Russia. The watershed ...

Tbilisi, DFWatch - Rospotrebnadzor, a Russian state customer rights’ service, unexpectedly blocked comeback of Borjomi, the best-known Georgian mineral water ...

Twin deficit is a situation where a country’s economy is running two deficits at the same time: a fiscal deficit, ...

Tbilisi, DFWatch - A second group of Russian experts who should have arrived in Georgia on March 25 to monitor ...

TBILISI, DFWatch--Direct foreign investments in Georgia dropped by 47 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared to the previous ...

TBILISI, DFWatch--The Russian consumer safety bureau Rospotrebnadzor confirms that 36 Georgian wine companies and four mineral water companies are ready ...

TBILISI, DFWatch--The level of inflation did not significantly change in February, 2013, compared to the preceding month. According to Georgian National ...

TBILISI, DFWatch--Georgia's economy has shifted toward processing industry, after many years of basing its exports on used cars and scrap ...

TBILISI, DFWatch--President Mikheil Saakashvili is concerned that Russian banks lately have bought two Georgian banks and plan to make more ...

TBILISI, DFWatch--Six Russian experts yesterday landed in Georgia to inspect the production process of wine with an eye to returning ...

TBILISI, DFWatch--More than USD 94 million was transferred to Georgia from abroad in January, 2013. This is more than USD ...

TBILISI, DFWatch -- Georgia’s finance minister Nodar Khaduri says the government expects 6 % growth in 2013, low inflation and ...

TBILISI, DFWatch -- Georgia's foreign trade turnover experienced a sharp downward trend at the end of 2012, according to precise ...

TBILISI, DFWatch -- Georgia’s Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili is invited to a Russian breakfast on Friday at the World Economic ...

TBILISI, DFWatch -- The party of President Mikheil Saakashvili has started a campaign to gather signatures in support of his ...

TBILISI, DFWatch -- Georgia’s foreign trade turnover increased by 11 percent in 2012 compared to the previous year. Georgia’s National Statistics ...

TBILISI, DFWatch -- Georgia’s direct foreign investments have significantly decreased in the third quarter of 2012 compared to the same ...

TBILISI, DFWatch -- What does it take to get a company listed on London Stock Exchange (LSE)? That was one ...

TBILISI, DFWatch -- Georgia increased its foreign trade turnover with 15 percent in the first ten months of 2012. In plain ...

TBILISI, DFWatch -- One of Georgia's richest businessmen increased his share of ownership in one of the country's largest chains ...

TBILISI, DFWatch -- The minimum wage has increased by about one dollar in October compared to September, 2012, according to ...

TBILISI, DFWatch -- Moscow is ready to consider allowing Georgian wine back onto the Russian market. Andrei Denisov, First Deputy Foreign ...

TBILISI, DFWatch -- Georgia’s Energy Minister says Enguri hydro power station has not been sold but is the property of ...

TBILISI, DFWatch -- One of the controversial cuts Prime Minister Ivanishvili wants to make in next year's budget is to ...

TBILISI, DFWatch -- The president of the Georgian Bank Association says the interest rate on loans will go down. Zurab Gvasalia ...

TBILISI, DFWatch -- The new government has still not decided whether to implement Saakashvili’s idea of building a completely new ...

TBILISI, DFWatch -- New nine month figures from 2012 show a 16 percent increase in foreign trade turnover compared to ...

TBILISI, DFWatch -- The outgoing and new government disagree over the size of the state coffers. Former government members claim that ...

TBILISI, DFWatch -- Georgia's state accounts by are by September 2012 at one of the highest levels during the past ...

TBILISI, DFWatch -- One of the largest petrol companies reduced the price of petrol by 8 tetris. A spokesman for ...

TBILISI, DFWatch – The energy sector receives the largest share of direct foreign investments this year. Investments increased 7 percent in ...

TBILISI, DFWatch - Georgia's richest says he has sold his last assets in Russia. A US fund purchases Stolenskaya Niva ...

TBILISI, DFWatch – The Swiss company SGS will monitor the movement of goods on Russian-Georgian border from September 1, 2012. November ...

TBILISI, DFWatch – A Georgian bank affiliated with the largest opposition bloc has been fined with USD 11 609 500 ...

TBILISI, DFWatch – Prices for all types of fuel have gone up 5 tetri in Georgia, which is a two ...

TBILISI, DFWatch – A new report shows that legislative changes ushered in by the Georgian government to counter the influence ...

TBILISI, DFWatch - A new survey says that the fuel and food market in Georgia is an oligopoly.  The new study ...

TBILISI, DFWatch – The government plans to spend four billion lari to develop agriculture, six billion on pensions, three billion ...

TBILISI, DFWatch - A new report shows that President Saakashvili turned his back on Georgian farmers in order to develop ...

TBILISI, DFWatch – The labor code should contribute to employment, faster investments and motivate investors, and only after this may ...

TBILISI, DFWatch - There are two articles in Georgia’s Labor Code which entitles employers to terminate a labor contract without ...

TBILISI, DFWatch - According to unofficial information, 13 people died in the work place in 2011 in Georgia. No official numbers ...

TBILISI, DFWatch - One of the largest electronics chains in Georgia has been taken away from its founder, as the ...

TBILISI, DFWatch - There are many reports in Georgia these days of deprivation of property rights. People abandon their property ...

TBILISI, DFWatch - How can Armenia and Georgia create more growth – literally – in their border region? Agriculture was ...

TBILISI, DFWatch - Givi Maisuradze (41) is one of many independent taxi drivers in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi. He works day and ...

TBILISI, DFWatch - Among all the other problems the weather is causing, Tbilisi citizens have one more worry: Their garbage ...

TBILISI, DFWatch - Nodar has been working in Georgia's mountainous Bakuriani region for three years with his team of construction ...

TBILISI, DFWatch - Georgian workers have almost no job security due to a weak labor code. This is a conscious ...