Daily Archives: May 25, 2012

U.S. Ambassador to Georgia assesses the situation

By | May 25th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: , |

Lasha Tugushi (left) interviews John R. Bass (right), Ambassador of the United States to Georgia. (Embassy photo.) TBILISI, DFWatch – DF Watch sat down with U.S. Ambassador to Georgia, John Bass, for a conversation about the situation in the country. For the latest two months about twenty cases were observed, when government representatives interrupted media activity and in some […]

The Glorious Lies – Where’s that “Georgia”, Mr. President?

By | May 25th, 2012|Categories: Opinion|Tags: |

The recently delivered speech by Michael Saakasvilli in Princeton University was a wholesome educational experience for every graduate in communication studies, writes Tedo Japaridze, former Foreign Minister of Georgia and an advisor to Bidzina Ivanishvili. Those who […]

Georgia falls on ranking of trade enabling

By | May 25th, 2012|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia fell one place in the Global Enabling Trade Report 2012. The list is published by the World Economic Forum (weforum.org). It contains 132 countries and ranks them according to how well they perform in market access, border administration […]

Four Georgians detained in South Ossetia

By | May 25th, 2012|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Four Georgians have been detained after having crossed into the breakaway region South Ossetia. The four were detained on May 21 and 22 after going on a trip to pick staphylea, a plant which is used for common sour dish in Georgia. Shota Utiashvili, […]

Campaign accuses Saakashvili regime of gas price fixing

By | May 25th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – In Georgia, rising fuel prices has spurred a new movement that is questioning the cozy connection between the Saakashvili regime and the fuel companies. As people are feeling the impact of high gas prices, the new movement says the reason is price […]

Election observers in Georgia report early violations

By | May 25th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – The first interim report of one of several extraordinary election monitoring teams says that this spring has been marked by numerous cases of political intimidation. The report covers the period between April 1 and May 4 and is written by […]