Daily Archives: November 22, 2012

Political prisoners list criticized

By | November 22nd, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — The former government in Georgia accuses the new government of having illegally granted prisoners status as political prisoners, but new the government denies the accusation. After a parliamentary committee recognized 186 persons as political […]

Ivanishvili will not impeach Saakashvili

By | November 22nd, 2012|Categories: Elections '12-'13, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili will not impeach President Mikheil Saakashvili, as he previously had said he would do. “When we enter parliament as a majority we will immediately begin to discuss his impeachment if he doesn’t proceed to […]

Money laundering charges against friend of Tbilisi mayor

By | November 22nd, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch — A friend of the Tbilisi mayor who is co-owner and director of a large construction company was yesterday detained accused of money laundering. Giorgi Kelbakiani, who owns 70 percent of the shares in, and is director of NCC Ltd, was detained […]

Ivanishivili changes plans: won’t leave power

By | November 22nd, 2012|Categories: Elections '12-'13, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — The billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, who recently became prime minister of Georgia, is considering going back on a promise to leave politics in a year and a half. During the election campaign, Ivanishvili claimed that he would leave politics […]

Estonia recognizes Georgia-issued neutral passports

By | November 22nd, 2012|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — Estonia has recognized so-called neutral passports as travel documents. The Reintegration Minister’s office November 12 received a note from the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Estonia which said that the country approves the documents as valid […]

Georgia’s new parliament is privately owned

By | November 22nd, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — The Georgian parliament has decided to study the expenses spent on constructing an entirely new building for the assembly in the city Kutaisi, in western Georgia. It was a controversial decision from the start to move parliament to the west, made […]