Daily Archives: July 23, 2013

16-year old girl brutally murdered in Batumi

By | July 23rd, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: , |

Zhuzhuna Beridze said she believes her 16-year old daughter was murdered in a robbery. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A 16-year old girl was found dead Monday evening near the new boulevard in Batumi, a beach resort and one of the main tourist destinations in Georgia. Lia Mgeladze, a friend of the victim’s family, said Mariam Kochalidze was found near […]

NGOs in Georgia appeal to EU to stop Russian border activity

By | July 23rd, 2013|Categories: News, Security|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian National Platform, a coalition of local non-governmental organizations (NGOs), appeals to EU to oppose Russia’s recent border moving and installing of razor wire at the so-called administrative border. The statement says that the Russian […]

World Bank funds USD 60 million reform program in Georgia

By | July 23rd, 2013|Categories: Economy, News|Tags: |

Georgia’s Finance Minister Nodar Khaduri. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The World Bank is funding a USD 60 million program to support competitive and inclusive economic growth in Georgia. Signing the formal agreement for the Bank was its Regional Director for South Caucasus, Henri Kerali, and for Georgia, Finance […]

Government in Georgia overhauling election regulations

By | July 23rd, 2013|Categories: Elections '12-'13, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–Less than three months before the presidential election, the Georgian Dream coalition is working on improving the election legislation, and has introduced five sets of amendments. According to the draft of the amendments, voters who were taken off […]

ISFED: No violations so far in Georgia’s election campaign

By | July 23rd, 2013|Categories: Elections '12-'13, News|Tags: , , |

ISFED director Nino Lomjaria said a programme for loans to farmers may resemble voter bribery, as some of the money comes from a fund linked to Prime Minister Ivanishvili. (DFWatch photo.) TBILISI, DFWatch–There has so far not been been observed any violations in the election campaign for the presidential election on October 27. International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), a non-governmental organization which specializes in election […]