Daily Archives: August 30, 2012

Democracy groups in Georgia go on the offensive

By | August 30th, 2012|Categories: Elections, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian National Platform, a coalition of local non-governmental organizations (NGOs), has released a statement regarding the period leading up to the parliamentary election. The National Platform was set up in October 2010 with a goal to support […]

Georgia releases footage of dead Islamist militants

By | August 30th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

Tbilisi, DFWatch – Georgia Interior Ministry released a footage of operation of Georgian special forces against Islamist militants from Russia’s volatile Dagestan republic of North Caucasus, when two Georgian officers and one army doctor died, along with 11 […]

Georgian voters to get political debates

By | August 30th, 2012|Categories: Media, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – The ruling party says the current parliamentary speaker and the prime minister will represent it in election debates. Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili is the National Movement’s candidate for prime minister in the election. The chair of the public […]

Bribery of a voter in eastern Georgia

By | August 30th, 2012|Categories: NGO news|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – A group working on election fairness demands that a case of bribery in one of the regions of Georgia is investigated. International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) calls on law enforcement bodies to investigate a case of bribery in […]