Daily Archives: July 1, 2013

Saakashvili’s party loses majority in Tbilisi City Council

By | July 1st, 2013|Categories: News, Politics|Tags: |

Koki Ionatamishvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili’s United National Movement has lost its majority in Tbilisi City Council after one of its members on Monday decided to leave the UNM faction. UNM used to have 24 seats in the Council and this way remained in majority, […]

Iran-Georgia business forum in Tbilisi

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TBILISI, DFWatch–Tuesday there will be held an Iran-Georgia business forum in Tbilisi. An Iranian trade delegation arrives in Georgia July 1 and will stay until July 5. The forum will be held at Expo Georgia, an exhibition and convention center, where there will be […]

Saakashvili’s party meets for first primary debate

By | July 1st, 2013|Categories: Elections '12-'13, News|Tags: , , , , |

From left to right: Zurab Japaridze, Shota Malashkhia, Davit Bakradze and Giorgi Baramidze. (UNM photo.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The United National Movement Sunday kicked off its election campaign for the presidential election with a debate between the candidates. The event took place in Kutaisi, Georgia’s second largest city and current seat of parliament, and will be […]

Court deems detention of four Tbilisi officials unlawful

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Rustavi city court. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A court in Georgia has decided that four officials in Tbilisi City Hall were detained in violation of law, but sentenced all of them to pre-trial detention. June 27, Davit Alavidze, Deputy Mayor of Tbilisi, Davit Avaliani, Head of Tbilisi […]