Daily Archives: March 22, 2012

South Ossetian rescheduled election on Sunday

By | March 22nd, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s breakaway region South Ossetia is preparing for another presidential election. The poll on March 25 will be the region’s second attempt, after the first one failed and led to a still unresolved protest campaign by the winner to claim victory. […]

Russia appoints officials to oversee Georgian regions

By | March 22nd, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has appointed a special representative to South Ossetia, five days after awarding the same kind of job title in regards to Abkhazia, the other Georgian breakaway region. The person in charge of South Ossetia, the arena […]

Georgia denies the existence of paramilitaries

By | March 22nd, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s Interior Ministry said March 21 that all armed groups are under the control of the government. “There are no other armed units, cannot be and won’t be,” said Shota Utiashvilil, head of the Interior Ministry’s press and analytical department. […]