TBILISI, DFWatch – Four months away from an important election, the ruling party in Georgia has passed a new law which frees socially vulnerable families from paying fines for not having paid electricity, natural gas, bus ticket and other fines. The law came into […]
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 6.8 percent in first quarter of 2012 compared to the same period last year, according to Georgia’s National Statistics Department (Geostat). Extending the estimate one month, Geostat director Zaza […]
TBILISI, DFWatch – A new report shows that Georgian courts do not works as intended, and judges are sometimes more concerned with getting finished soon than with making a fair decision. The report by Transparency International Georgia found that in in 92.6 percent […]
TBILISI, DFWatch – President Mikheil Saakashvili says his first priority is the development of agriculture. Manana Manjgaladze, the president’s spokesperson, said this at a briefing Tuesday. Georgia is considered to be an agricultural country. But the government is […]
TBILISI, DFWatch – Refugees in Georgia once more demonstrated for ther rights Tuesday in front of the Refugee Ministry building. About fifty people had gathered to ask for a meeting with the minister. After ten minutes of arguing at the entrance, the refugees were […]
