Daily Archives: August 21, 2012

CoE expresses concern about campaign finance measures

By | August 21st, 2012|Categories: Elections, News|Tags: |

Two officials in the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) in a new statement express concern about how Georgia’s authorities are enforcing a set of new tough campaign finance rules. The regulations were ushered in late in 2011, after the appearance […]

Ivanishvili announces his candidacy for prime minister

By | August 21st, 2012|Categories: News, Politics|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Opposition businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili, who is challenging Mikheil Saakashvili in Georgia’s October 1 parliamentary election, has announced himself as candidate for prime minister. The announcement comes one day after Saakashvili’s National […]

Cleanup work starts in villages, as new storm hits Rustavi

By | August 21st, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Another cleanup effort has started in villages in the east of the former Soviet republic of Georgia following another hailstorm. Meanwhile, people reeling from the losses after the last storm, which caused massive damage. Thousands of houses were […]

Saakashvili says his PM will continue after October 1

By | August 21st, 2012|Categories: News, Politics|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – The government in Georgia has placed the speaker of parliament on the top of its party list, which probably means he will keep his post if they win. It also said the current prime minister is their prime minister candidate after the election. […]

Opposition bloc in Georgia signs code of conduct

By | August 21st, 2012|Categories: Elections, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – The largest opposition bloc in Georgia has decided to join the code of conduct for political parties. The rules were the brainchild of the campaign This Affects You Too, and the 17-point document outlines rules of conduct for political parties […]

Campaign finance watchdog treats parties unequally

By | August 21st, 2012|Categories: NGO news|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – A new report by Transparency International Georgia shows that the State Audit Service (SAS) has is treating political parties unequally. According to the report “Political Parties’ Finance – in 2011”, the SAS tends to be more interested […]