Daily Archives: June 28, 2012

NATO strenghening relations with Georgia

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TBILISI, DFWatch – NATO’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is coming on another visit to Georgia in September, less than a year after his last visit here. This is proof that Georgia-NATO relations are strengthening, Georgia’s Vice Prime Minister Giorgi […]

American election observers arriving in Georgia in July

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TBILISI, The International Republican Institute (IRI) is sending a long-term observer mission to Georgia, which will arrive on July 18. Resident Country Director Andrea Keerbs says the IRI will have both long-term and short-term observers from the U.S. and Europe. […]

Bass sums up the U.S. democracy effort in Georgia

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TBILISI, DFWatch – The U.S. Ambassador to Georgia Thursday called in the press to outline what America is contributing to organizing the coming parliamentary election. Initially, addressing the current split between two major blocs, the ruling National Movement party […]

Saakashvili promises free trade with Europe soon

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TBILISI, DFWatch – President Saakashvili says Georgia’s integration with Europe is an irreversible process, and he is sure that there will be achieved a free trade agreement in next 16-18 months, creating tens of thousands jobs. In this near future, Saakashvili said […]

Police arrest opposition activists for recruiting intelligence officer

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TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian police have arrested two members of the opposition Georgian Dream movement for having tried to “recruit” an intelligence officer. A statement published on the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ website says the two are charged with abuse of power, […]

Georgian opposition parties fined USD 1.5 million

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TBILISI, DFWatch – Tina Khidasheli, one of the leaders of the opposition Georgian Dream coalition says the government is preventing Georgian Dream from conducting an election campaign. Tbilisi City Court fined the Georgian Dream coalition’s constituent parties 2 383 097 […]