Daily Archives: March 28, 2012

Georgian Forbes editor quits, claims he was pressured

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TBILISI, DFWatch – Editor in Chief of the Georgian edition of Forbes blames the magazine’s owner of censorship, after an interview with the billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, who is trying to wrest power from President Saakashvili. At a press conference March 27, Revaz […]

Georgian TV show mocks ‘women’s logic’

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TBILISI, DFWatch – In Georgia, there have been demonstrations throughout March against what is seen as violations of women’s rights. The national TV channel Imedi started a show called ‘Women’s Logic’. The concept is that three two-member groups of men are invited […]

Georgia increases its trade with Germany

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TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s foreign trade turnover increased by 15 percent compared to the same period last year. Germany moved from fifth to third place among the ten largest trade partners. Georgian National Statistics Department, GeoStat, published this information […]

Abkhazia’s election – a look at minorities

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TBILISI, DFWatch – Abkhazia, the Georgian breakaway republic, last Saturday held the last of two election rounds for parliament. A closer look reveals that ethnic Abkhaz have a stronger representation among those who were elected. In fact, the majority of elected MPs are […]

Observers should check restoration works in Abkhazia

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TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian parliament asks the international community to help keep a watch on the restoration work planned at several historical sites in Abkhazia. This comes a few days after Alexander Ankvab, de facto president of Abkhazia, spoke about an initiative […]