Daily Archives: August 2, 2012

Election campaign starts in Georgia, with strict rules

By | August 2nd, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia will hold parliamentary elections on October 1. The announcement marks the beginning of the election campaign and political parties are now subject to a special set of rules. Whereas, the Georgian constitution says that parliamentary […]

Georgia’s voters roll is still source of controversy

By | August 2nd, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – 291 471 voters registered in Georgia are currently living abroad, while 26 000 are dead. These are the main corrections which the state commission working with the voter’s lists have found by going door-to-door and checking 3 483 142 voters. […]

Ivanishvili to start arbitration with government

By | August 2nd, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Saakashvili’s potential nemesis, the businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili, has lodged a an arbitration case against the Georgian government. Maia Panjikidze, spokesperson for Georgian Dream coalition, said at a briefing Wednesday that the law […]

Media demonstrated outside Saakashvili’s palace

By | August 2nd, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – A rally was held Wednesday outside President Mikheil Saakashvili’s residence in protest against the seizure of thousands of satellite dishes which prevents Georgians from seeing government-critical channels. The president’s residence […]