Daily Archives: February 3, 2012

Saakashvili defends his government’s successes

By | February 3rd, 2012|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian president says the Georgian government has delivered on its promises. He said this during a speech at Georgetown University as part of his official visit to the U.S. this week. “Our economy has quadrupled. Crime has decreased fivefold. The poverty level has fallen […]

Saakashvili: “We basically got what we wanted to get”

By | February 3rd, 2012|Categories: Opinion|Tags: , |

– Right! What we did not get was, something that was in the preliminary statement of the White House, stating that: “The President will reconfirm U.S. support for the integrity of Georgia’s territory within its internationally recognized borders”. We did not hear that; and really lacked that […]

Increased public fees helped root out corruption: Saakashvili

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TBILISI, DFWatch – During a speech at Georgetown University in Washington, Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili said that his first presidential salary was 40 dollars and the state treasury was completely empty when he came to government in what is called the […]

Beyond Reset – Building a Pluralistic Political Society

By | February 3rd, 2012|Categories: Opinion|Tags: , |

Georgia’s only way forward towards strengthened security, economic growth and modernization is to build a pluralistic political society. Georgia cannot build a national security state, it must build a liberal state, writes Levan Tsutskiridze, international relations specialist

Stricter Turkish visa-rules making life tougher

By | February 3rd, 2012|Categories: Society|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Nani has been working in Turkey for last ten years at a rich family, taking care of all the household activities. Her husband died years ago and she had to provide her two daughters with food and clothes. She couldn’t find a job here in Georgia and decided to leave for Turkey […]