Daily Archives: January 8, 2012

Citizenship issue postponed indefinitely

By Rusiko Machaidze| 2012-01-08T21:10:17+04:00 January 8th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: Ivanishvili's citizenship issue|

TBILISI, DFWatch - A Georgian billionaire who wants to run in the election in fall may have to wait for a long time for his citizenship application. Bidzina Ivanishvili lost his Georgian citizenship in October, four days after declaring that he wants to challenge Mikheil Saakashvili's power. He needs a citizenship in order to legally run [...]

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Georgian hostages in Somalia to be released

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Georgian hostages in Somalia to be released

By DFWatch staff| 2012-01-09T19:15:04+04:00 January 8th, 2012|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: sailors held hostage by Somali pirates|

Fifteen Georgian sailors who have been held hostage by Somali pirates for a year and a half are expected to be released in a few hours. Their release comes after intense negotiations by a an inter-agency commission within the Georgian government and is reported today by Georgian Tv station Imedi. The 15 were captured [...]