Daily Archives: February 24, 2013

Ex-minister involved in an unexpected killing released on bail

By | February 24th, 2013|Categories: In brief, News|

TBILISI, DFWatch -A former sports minister detained for being involved in a fatal gun accident that killed his friend was Saturday released on GEL 3,000 (USD 1,800) bail by Tbilisi court, along with two other men charged for the same incident. Lado Vardzelashvili, former sports […]

New book details ownership in Misha’s Georgia

By | February 24th, 2013|Categories: NGO news|Tags: , , |

Freelance journalist Paul Rimple’s book started with a trip to the corner shop to buy chocolate. (Photo: Londa Beria.) TBILISI, DFWatch–After the election for parliament last year, the process of changing and reallocation ownership has begun, says journalist Paul Rimple, who has published a new book called Who Owned Georgia. In it, he vividly depicts the very sophisticated quasi-legal […]

Saakashvili’s party rallies to support Tbilisi mayor

By | February 24th, 2013|Categories: News, Politics|Tags: , |

Vano Merabishvili, Secretary General of the National Movement. (DF Watch photo.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava was charged with money laundering and embezzlement of the city’s money, but not detained. Politicians from the United National Movement party of President Mikheil Saakashvili on Friday hastily left parliament Kutaisi […]