Daily Archives: February 13, 2013

Tbilisi Mayor refuses to come for questioning about violence

By | February 13th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–For several days, investigators in Georgia have been calling National Movement members in for questioning without them appearing, including the Tbilisi mayor. Mayor Gigi Ugulava’s answer has repeatedly been to call on the investigators to come to his […]

Power-sharing talks continue in Georgia

By | February 13th, 2013|Categories: Elections '12-'13, News|Tags: |

Davit Bakradze (left) and Davit Usupashvili. (President’s administration.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The two main political blocs in Georgia met Tuesday to try to agree on how to change the constitution, but without results. Parliament Speaker Davit Usupashvili from the governing Georgian Dream coalition said he believes it is possible to bring […]

What Constitutions are not about and what foreign policy is about

By | February 13th, 2013|Categories: Opinion|Tags: , |

Tedo Japaridze is chairman of parliament’s foreign affairs committee. Polemical reflections on the UNM’s proposal for the constitutionalization of Georgian Foreign Policy Constitutions are binding principles that are non-negotiable in the context of a polity. This is why principles enshrined in a Constitution set minimum benchmarks, […]

EU to support Georgia’s reforms with €20 mill

By | February 13th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

Part of the money will go to promoting better coordination at the Prime Minister’s Office. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–EU Tuesday signed an agreement with Georgia which will release €20 million in aid for furthering democratic reforms in the country. According to an EU press release, the money will be spent on institution building aimed at supporting reforms […]

Panetta briefed Alasania about Afghanistan plans

By | February 13th, 2013|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–The US Secretary of Defense Tuesday called Georgia’s Defense Minister and introduced him to the US action plan for Afghanistan. The main topic of conversation between Leon Panetta and Irakli Alasania was what kind of new functions the Georgian […]