Daily Archives: June 18, 2012

U.S. will aid Georgia in military surveillance

By | June 18th, 2012|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – The United States might might provide military assistance to Georgia’s air and sea defenses. According to a common statement by the U.S. and Georgia as part of the strategic partnership established in 2009, the U.S. might contribute to […]

U.S. Ambassador: Georgian media is not diverse enough

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TBILISI, DFWatch – The outgoing US Ambassador to Georgia criticized the lack of diversity in Georgian television before an important parliamentary election. Ambassador John Bass criticized the current state of affairs in Georgia, saying citizens today only have […]

Computer programmer goes missing in broad daylight

By | June 18th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch – A former employee of the Education Ministry went missing seven days ago. The disappearance happened at 2 o’ clock in the afternoon. Mamuka Jibladze (54) wrote something called the CAT algorithm for the ministry; a program for translating exam […]

Government accuses opposition advisor of bribing police

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TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s Interior Ministry accuses an opposition advisor of having tried to bribe a policeman into recording what was being said at meetings in the police. One person is arrested who is an associate of Irakli Sesiashvili, one of opposition […]

Ivanishvili draws 20 000 in western mountain region

By | June 18th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – The opposition Georgian Dream movement Sunday held its third rally, this time in a small town in western Georgia. About 20 000 people gathered in Ozurgeti, a town in the Guria region. Georgian Dream leader Bidzina Ivanishvili in his speech said […]

Ivanishvili launched nationwide Internet news service

By | June 18th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian opposition financier Ivanishvili’s Channel 9 has launched an Internet news service, with scores of reporters around the country’s regions. As less than four months are left until a decisive parliamentary election, the main opposition bloc […]

President Saakashvili attempts to challenge history

By | June 18th, 2012|Categories: Opinion|Tags: |

It would be strange if the things were different, it would confuse the classics; ad fontes: power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely. Could this maxim be wrong in Georgia’s case? Could Saakashvili be an exception from this truism? asks Giorgi Margvelashvili, […]