Daily Archives: August 28, 2012

Audit agency fines pro-government campaign group

By | August 28th, 2012|Categories: Elections, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s State Audit Service wants to fine a non-governmental organization (NGO) which supports the government by 5 000 lari, or about USD 3 000. The State Audit Service, which has authority to track the financial relations of political parties and […]

Georgian team in good position despite loss to Netherlands

By | August 28th, 2012|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s basketball team is in a shared first place in Group D of the qualification for EuroBasket 2013 next to Bosnia-Herzegovina after losing a match against the Netherlands. After three victories in a row, it was the first defeat of Georgia’s Jvarosnebi […]

Village head murdered by friend

By | August 28th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – The head of a village near Tbilisi has been shot to death. A friend of the victim has admitted to have carried out the crime. The body was found in a forest Monday morning. The suspect says he was drunk and had a quarrel with the victim. After […]

Interactive election map lets parties plan strategy

By | August 28th, 2012|Categories: NGO news|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Interactive maps of past election results and voter lists are now available online. The interactive maps are offered by a recently established web portal which aims to collect information about alleged violations and incident throughout the election […]

Ivanishvili may hold referendum about parliamentary republic

By | August 28th, 2012|Categories: News, Politics|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – The leader of the largest opposition bloc in Georgia doesn’t exclude that if he wins the parliamentary election he will hold a referendum regarding government structure. Currently, the president holds almost all power. From 2013 these powers will […]