Daily Archives: April 22, 2013

Russia to discuss Georgia’s foreign policy in PACE

By | April 22nd, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: |

Prime Minister of Georgia, Bidzina Ivanishvili, is preparing for an important speech in Strasbourg tomorrow. (Official photo.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The Russian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) plans to bring up the issue of changing Georgia’s foreign policy towards Russia during the ongoing session in Strasbourg. Alexey K. Pushkov, director of […]

92% of Georgians trust Patriarch Ilia II

By | April 22nd, 2013|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: |

Patriarch Ilia II has long been the most trusted person in Georgia. (Photo courtesy of the Georgian Orthodox Church.) TBILISI, DFWatch–92 percent of Georgians say they like Patriarch Ilia II, who for many years has been the most trusted person in the country. According to a new survey published by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) on Monday, 75 percent say they like Prime […]

Ivanishvili bloc leading ahead of Georgian presidential election

By | April 22nd, 2013|Categories: Elections '12-'13, News, Politics|Tags: |

National Democratic Institute’s Country Director for Georgia, Luis Navarro, presenting the poll on Monday. (DF Watch photo.) TBILISI, DFWatch–If public attitudes stay the same until fall, the Georgian Dream coalition’s candidate will win the presidential election clearly, without the need for a second round. 58 percent of Georgians say they would like to see the Georgian Dream candidate […]

Land Market in Georgia – Threats and Challenges

By | April 22nd, 2013|Categories: Opinion|Tags: |

Nino Evgenidze is Executive Director of the Economic Policy Research Center. It has been 20 years since the country’s independence, but 70% of the land in Georgia is still unregistered; fragmented land parcels impose another problem to the individuals, thus hinders their commercialization process; the land market in the country […]

US State Dep hails Georgian election in new report

By | April 22nd, 2013|Categories: Elections '12-'13, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–The U.S. State Department has published a report on human rights which describes the October election in Georgia as historic. The report deals with the parliamentary election in October, the prison torture, problems within the justice system […]