Daily Archives: October 9, 2012

Civil groups ready to help new government

By | October 9th, 2012|Categories: NGO news|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch — The largest Georgian union of civil society organizations is ready to offer advice and ideas to the new government. The National Platform – which unites 106 civil society organizations – says it is ready to take part in democratic reforms and efforts […]

At last, the public will be allowed into Georgia’s prisons

By | October 9th, 2012|Categories: News, Prisoner abuse|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — The prison minister in Georgia says he will put together a monitoring group to let human rights activists and the media into facilities to check the conditions. Apart from non-governmental organizations and the media, the monitoring group will also have […]

Saakashvili meets election winner Ivanishvili

By | October 9th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — An extraordinary meeting took place in Tbilisi today, as President Mikheil Saakashvili received billionaire and election winner Bidzina Ivanishvili and his political partners at the presidential palace. After Ivanishvili’s Georgian Dream coalition won the […]

Other officials named as handover gets nearer

By | October 9th, 2012|Categories: News, Politics|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — The Georgian Dream coalition leader and likely prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili today named his candidates for government ministers and other top positions. Head of Georgia’s National Bank will be Nodar Javakhishvili, chair of Cartu Bank, a bank affiliated […]

Saakashvili hands over record state coffers

By | October 9th, 2012|Categories: Economy, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s state accounts by are by September 2012 at one of the highest levels during the past few years at more than two billion, nearly USD 1.22 billion. The state budget for 2013 is 9 billion lari, USD 5.5 billion, which is more than half a billion […]