Daily Archives: December 25, 2012

Security Council spent money on lobbyists, Ivanishvili claims

By | December 25th, 2012|Categories: Elections '12-'13, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — The Secretary of the Security Council and the Prime Minister disagree about the expenses and financing for the National Security Council of Georgia. The issue surfaced when the 2013 budget was presented to parliament, showing that the […]

Georgian sailors returning home

By | December 25th, 2012|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — The twelve Georgian sailors who have been adrift on a ship abandoned by its owner off the coast of Panama are returning home. The sailors aboard the Maria del Carmen 2, sailing under a Nigerian flag, were rescued by staff at the Georgian embassy […]

Georgia sends rescue team to Afghanistan

By | December 25th, 2012|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — A military search team left for Afghanistan on Monday in order to search for a Georgian soldier who has been missing for almost a week. The team is headed by the deputy chief of the Joint Staff. ISAF isalready  conducting a search and rescue […]

Georgia will never return to the Commonwealth, the PM says

By | December 25th, 2012|Categories: News|

Tbilisi, DFWatch – Georgia’s new government’s declared foreign policy priorities haven’t changed and country will have good relations with its neighbors, but will never return to the Russian-dominated CIS, said prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili of Monday’s […]