Daily Archives: October 22, 2011

Fears ‘wave of repressions’ in prisons

By | October 22nd, 2011|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch - Georgia imposes three months isolation for prisoners who misbehave. The opposition fears that the government is getting ready for a ‘new wave of repressions’. There are suspicions now of what the motive is for the new bill to change the Imprisonment Code. After the amendments come into force, the prisoners may be cut [...]

Challenger’s plan: ‘Significant changes’, then leave

By | October 22nd, 2011|Categories: Europe, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch - The man who challenges Saakashvili's power in Georgia will get rid of the current president's people and inoculate the country from something like this ever happening again, then leave office to join the opposition. For the first time speaking with Georgian press, businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili said he will fire the Interior Minister and [...]

Access to public information in Georgia

By | October 22nd, 2011|Categories: Opinion|Tags: |

“According to the survey, which was carried out in 80 counties of the world, Georgia is the first country after New Zealand in terms of the most effective and transparent functioning of the state office. Nothing to say about Russia, Venezuela and other countries, even France, Germany and Japan are behind us in the list of [...]