Daily Archives: June 11, 2012

NATO Week opens in Georgia

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TBILISI, DFWatch – James Appathurai, NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, is visiting Georgia. Apparthurai came in order to take part in “NATO Week”, which he officially opened today, together with Vice Prime Minister […]

OSCE election observers arrive in Georgia

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TBILISI, DFWatch – A group of experts from the OSCE has arrived in Georgia to study the situation before the election. Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Nino Kalandadze says the experts, who come from the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), will […]

Ivanishvili drew big crowd at second campaign rally

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KUTAISI, DFWatch – The main opposition bloc in Georgia Sunday mobilized supporters again, this time in the second largest city Kutaisi. The goal of Georgian Dream’s rally was to gather supporters from different villages and cities in the region Imereti. Supporters […]

Concern over restoration of Likhny Church in Abkhazia

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TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia demands that international observers and Georgian specialists are allowed to observe monuments in the breakaway region Abkhazia. The request comes out of concern that Georgian inscriptions and depictions on monuments will be damaged during […]

Why HSBC discontinued its banking activities in Georgia

By | June 11th, 2012|Categories: Opinion|Tags: , |

Britain’s largest bank HSBC opened business in Georgia in 2008. But in 2011, it decided to end its involvement here. Why?, asks George Khelaia, economist and former Deputy Chairman of the Chamber of Control. The Bank has branch offices in 65 countries and is one of the […]