Daily Archives: December 20, 2012

Court says wiretap was without warrant

By | December 20th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — A court in Georgia says it did not give permission to eavesdrop on the former Interior Minister and the Director of Rustavi 2 TV. Police Wednesday detained two former government officials on suspicions of bribery and falsification of documents. […]

Saakashvili’s party boycotting parliament

By | December 20th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — The National Movement party of President Saakashvili is boycotting parliament. Its representatives have returned to Tbilisi, saying they are moving into ‘another regime of activity’. Vano Merabishvili, former Prime Minister and Secretary […]

ICC to investigate 2008 Georgia-Russia war

By | December 20th, 2012|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — The International Criminal Court (ICC) is considering launching an investigation into the war between Georgia and Russia in August 2008. The Justice Ministry of Georgia on Wednesday released a statement which says that in accordance with Georgia’s international […]

Former energy minister detained for corruption

By | December 20th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — The ex-energy minister in Georgia, Alexandre Khetaguri, has been detained, suspected of accepting bribes in connection with power stations only months ago. Also other former government officials have been detained in the case, suspected of having received […]

The fate of truth in our days

By | December 20th, 2012|Categories: Opinion|Tags: |

The example of one small country The reason behind this letter lies in critical comments made by western political circles and media concerning the government, which was elected by the majority of the citizens of Georgia in the October 2012 parliamentary election, […]