Daily Archives: August 7, 2012

Speaker of Parliament is abusing his position

By | August 7th, 2012|Categories: News, Politics|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Now that the date of Georgia’s parliamentary elections has been set to October 1, political parties are under certain restrictions set by law, that last until Election Day. One restriction is that it is prohibited to use administrative resources for campaigning. […]

Georgians get more TV channels, temporarily

By | August 7th, 2012|Categories: Media, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – The must-carry and must-offer principle is starting to have effect also around Georgia’s different regions. People living in Kutaisi, Georgia’s second largest city after the capital, report that they are already able to watch Channel 9, Maestro and Kavkazia […]

Is Georgia still on your mind, America?

By | August 7th, 2012|Categories: Opinion|Tags: |

A Letter from Washington DC by Tedo Japaridze, former Georgian foreign minister, political advisor to Bidzina IvanishviliI shall wrap up my blitz visit to Washington DC by tomorrow, a place where I spent more than 8 years as Georgia’s Ambassador to the United […]

Groups call for improved consumer protection

By | August 7th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Groups in Georgia are concerned that a number of legislative changes will worsen the situation in regards to food safety and consumer rights. Seven non-governmental organizations working on these issues and two independent experts today […]

More visitors to Georgia, but are they tourists?

By | August 7th, 2012|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – The monthly number of visitors to Georgia continues to increase. The small country noted a 54 percent growth of visitors during the first seven months of 2012, compared to the same period last year. 2 211 201 foreigners visited Georgia in this […]

3.6 million voters will decide election in Georgia

By | August 7th, 2012|Categories: Elections, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – There are 3 621 256 voters in Georgia, according to Central Election Commission’s (CEC) preliminary data, which was published today. According to the CEC, there are 84 election districts in the country. The majority of voters,155 502, are from […]