Daily Archives: February 28, 2013

State health insurance becomes a reality for Georgians

By | February 28th, 2013|Categories: News, Politics|Tags: , |

Health Minister Davit Sergeenko presented the new health insurance program Thursday. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A new health insurance program became available to Georgians from Thursday. The program is open for citizens from the age of 6 to 60 who have not had health insurance before. Health insurance for every Georgian citizen was a part of the Georgian […]

Ex interior minister in court, supporters rally

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Former interior minister Bacho Akhalaia was back in court Thursday. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The most controversial court case against former officials continued on Thursday, as ex interior minister Bacho Akhalaia made another appearance in the city court here in Tbilisi. The close Saakashvili ally is charged with abuse of powers, illegal […]

Did Saakashvili drive without escort?

By | February 28th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili Wednesday appeared to drive his blue Nissan to the airport together with his wife without the protection of guards. He explained that it is the fifth week he hasn’t been using the services of the president’s […]

Georgian media continue to be polarized

By | February 28th, 2013|Categories: NGO news|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–According to a new survey the main problem in Georgian media is polarization. This is the main finding of a new report based on data gathered by four Georgian NGOs: Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC), Internews – Georgia, International […]

Saakashvili’s gaffe about Russian banks taking over

By | February 28th, 2013|Categories: Economy, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili is concerned that Russian banks lately have bought two Georgian banks and plan to make more deals with other banks in Georgia. The Georgian banks in question deny the content of what the president said. Also the banks in […]