Daily Archives: September 18, 2012

Energy gets largest share of investment

By | September 18th, 2012|Categories: Economy, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – The energy sector receives the largest share of direct foreign investments this year. Investments increased 7 percent in the second quarter of 2012 compared to same period in 2011, and totaled USD 219 million, according to preliminary figures […]

Georgian woman speaks out about acting in anti-Islam film

By | September 18th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch – A Georgian actress who played in the anti-Islam movie ‘Innocence of Muslims’ has released an open letter explaining that she didn’t have any idea about the full plot of the film and only read part of the script. Anna Gurji (21), whose real […]

Emigrants return to Georgia to defend democracy

By | September 18th, 2012|Categories: Elections, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian emigrants Monday returned to their homeland to protest the restriction of their right to vote. A number of Georgian emigrants today arrived in Batumi, a port city on the Black Sea coast, and held a protest rally in front of a public […]

Rising ticket prices on Tbilisi’s public transport

By | September 18th, 2012|Categories: Society|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Salome (22) is a reporter for a Tbilisi-based online newspaper. Due to her job, she needs to visit different places in the capital at least five times a day. Her managers do not cover transportation fees for her, as the office is run on a tight budget […]

European foreign ministers anticipate important Georgia poll

By | September 18th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – The foreign ministers of Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia and the Czech Republic said during a visit to Georgia that the parliamentary election in two weeks are important. The ministers met with Georgia’s foreign minister, and the main topic […]

Students demonstrating for their rights

By | September 18th, 2012|Categories: Society|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – A group of university students refuses to attend lectures when the new academic year begins 17 September. They claim that the quality of education is not on the level they expect, based on how much they pay. The student’s movement Laboratoria 1918 […]