Daily Archives: August 23, 2012

ODIHR arrives in Georgia to observe the election

By | August 23rd, 2012|Categories: Elections, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Observers from the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) are now in place in Tbilisi and have started monitoring events leading in preparation for the parliamentary election. ODIHR will publish its final report two months […]

Claims procedures against opposition parties delayed

By | August 23rd, 2012|Categories: News, Politics|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s National Enforcement Bureau postponed the enforcement of fines that have been issued to political parties which are members of the opposition Georgian Dream coalition. June 27, seven political subjects in the coalition were were fined […]

Investigative journalist beaten during assignment

By | August 23rd, 2012|Categories: Media, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – A journalist and a cameraman were beaten while investigating the illegal cutting of trees in eastern Georgia. Journalists Vasil Dabrundashvili and his cameraman Bacho Buliskeria, who work for the production company Studio GNS, visited the town Akhmeta […]

Government claims opposition is trying to discredit authorities

By | August 23rd, 2012|Categories: News, Politics|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – The government in Georgia accuses the opposition bloc Georgian Dream of attempting to discredit government bodies. Two officials in the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly expressed concern about the seizing of bank accounts of parties […]

SGS to monitor goods across Russia-Georgia border

By | August 23rd, 2012|Categories: Economy, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – The Swiss company SGS will monitor the movement of goods on Russian-Georgian border from September 1, 2012. November 9, 2011, the governments of Georgia and Russia signed a deal which paved the way for Russia’s WTO membership, with Switzerland as […]