Daily Archives: March 27, 2013

Saakashvili signs constitutional amendment

By | March 27th, 2013|Categories: Elections '12-'13, News|

Tbilisi, DFWatch – President Mikheil Saakashvili has signed the constitutional amendment which reduces his power, and it will be enforced as soon as it is published on Georgia’s legislative website. Speaker of Parliament […]

Georgia half-way through Russia’s quality control for wine

By | March 27th, 2013|Categories: Economy, News|

Tbilisi, DFWatch – A second group of Russian experts who should have arrived in Georgia on March 25 to monitor about 40 companies have rescheduled their visit for the beginning of April. […]

OSCE supports reform of public broadcaster

By | March 27th, 2013|Categories: Media, News|

Tbilisi, DFWatch – OSCE supports a draft law to reform Georgia’s public broadcaster, but has some critical remarks. The organization’s media freedom representative, Dunja Mijatović, thinks the amendments of the law on broadcasting can provide for pluralism and transparency […]

Agriculture University gets back authorization

By | March 27th, 2013|Categories: Society|

Agriculture University students perform at Education Ministry (DFWatch Photo) Tbilisi, DFWatch –  The Agricultural University got its authorization back on March 26, two weeks after it was suspended by the authorization commission. The university is now allowed to carry on with all its 25 accredited programs. […]