Daily Archives: October 12, 2012

Garbage fee system is still under review

By | October 12th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — Many in Tbilisi had hoped that city hall would do away with an unpopular new system to make the garbage collection fee dependent on the electric bill, but at Friday’s session it emerged that despite the opposition’s election victory it is not certain […]

Rasmussen spoke to Saakashvili and Ivanishivili

By | October 12th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch — The Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili today had a phone conversation with NATO’s Secretary General, who told the president that today is a historical moment for Georgia’s democratic development. Mikheil Saakashvili and Anders Fogh […]

Georgian soldier dies in Afghanistan

By | October 12th, 2012|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — Corporal Mindia Abashidze was the eighteenth Georgian soldier to die while serving in the NATO-led ISAF operation in Afghanistan. Georgia’s defense ministry on Thursday reported that the corporal born October 27, 1989, […]

The government formally resigns

By | October 12th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

The current Georgian government has resigned but will continue carrying out its duties until a new government is approved by parliament. The president’s administration informed about the resignation in a short statement on its official website, which says that […]

Tamar Gurchiani named as candidate for public defender

By | October 12th, 2012|Categories: NGO news|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian Young Lawyer’s Association (GYLA) and other non-governmental organizations have  proposed to the parliament that Tamar Gurchiani should be the new public defender. “We, the members of non-governmental organizations, […]

More elections in Georgia following violations

By | October 12th, 2012|Categories: Elections, Elections '12-'13, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — Several election districts in Georgia will have to vote again on October 14 because the results of the October 1 parliamentary election were annulled due to violations, according to the Central Election Commission (CEC). The commission decided on Wednesday […]