Daily Archives: May 15, 2012

NGOs’ proposal: concrete step towards fair elections

By | May 15th, 2012|Categories: Opinion|Tags: , |

Last week was remarkable due to the activities of a number of NGOs (such as TI Georgia, GYLA, ISFED, Coalition for Free Choice, Media Coalition and others), which several months ago started a civic movement called “This Affects You Too”, writes Eka Gigauri, executive […]

Georgia’s ruling party allows Ivanishvili to run

By | May 15th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Lawmakers in Georgia have finally achieved consensus for constitutional changes which will give opposition billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili the right to participate in elections, without being a Georgian citizen. The amendment was originally proposed […]

Teacher in Georgia fired for not loving Saakashvili

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TBILISI, DFWatch – Teachers are suffering political discrimination in Georgia ahead of an important election. Only in Shida Kartli, a region bordering on South Ossetia, 21 teachers were fired because their family members supported or were member of the largest […]

Georgia’s parliament finally gets a price tag: $82.5 mill

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TBILISI, DFWatch – The Saakashvili regime has finally revealed how much it is spending on building a new parliament building: USD 82.5 million. Finance minister Dimitry Gvindadze says the whole process with building a new parliament is completely transparent. […]