Daily Archives: February 28, 2012

Opposition accuses gov’t of lying about Afghanistan casualties

By | February 28th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – An opposition politician in the former Soviet republic of Georgia accuses the government of lying about when three servicemen died last week. Salome Zourabichvili, Georgia’s former Foreign Minister, accuses the government of having postponed the sad […]

EU Commissioner in Tbilisi to forge free trade agreement

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TBILISI, DFWatch – The European Union’s commissioner for trade issues, Karel de Gucht, will arrive in Georgia today on February 28 and will start negotiations with Georgia about a deep and comprehensive free trade agreement. Moldova is also offered the same kind of […]

Protest announced for Saakashvili’s address about country’s condition

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TBILISI, DFWatch – When Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili comes to parliament this evening to make his speech about the state of the nation, groups and opposition parties will be demonstrating outside. The press office of the Free Georgia Party announced the […]

Georgian opposition movement not to reconsider NATO missions

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TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s billionaire-backed opposition movement, Georgian Dream, is not going to reconsider the country’s participation in the ISAF operation in Afghanistan. Press spokesperson Maya Pandzhikidze said this at a regular briefing on February 27. […]

Waiting for Saakashvili’s state of the nation speech

By | February 28th, 2012|Categories: Opinion|Tags: , |

It’s already the fourth year that I am a member of parliament, and for the fourth time I have to listen to the Georgian president in the Georgian parliament; listen to his promises and views, in what in the constitution is called “report about the country’s […]

Georgian Puzzle – Minorities and New Challenges

By | February 28th, 2012|Categories: Opinion|Tags: , |

Part 1: Russia and Georgia One cannot Play at Giveaway Since the Rose Revolution and the assumption of political power by Mikhail Saakashvili the scope of influence of the Russian Federation over Georgia has been weakened to that extent that the Russian Federation has […]