Daily Archives: May 30, 2013

Lithuanian businessman detained in Georgia

By | May 30th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor’s Office in Georgia has confirmed for DF Watch that a Lithuanian businessman has been detained. According to the office, Saulius Vaitkevičius, owner of supermarket chain Populi, is charged with appropriation of another company’s […]

Saakashvili vetoes amendments to Criminal Procedure Code

By | May 30th, 2013|Categories: Legal reform, News|Tags: |

President Mikheil Saakashvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili has again blocked a bill. This time it was a set of amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code. The president has remarks about two aspects of the draft: First about the dates when certain regulations will come into force. […]

Ivanishvili bloc will let dual citizenship holders lead Georgia

By | May 30th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: |

Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Dream coalition is considering making it possible for a person with dual citizenship to hold three top posts in the country: president, prime minister and speaker of parliament. The amendments will only apply to the constitution, which […]