Daily Archives: September 8, 2013

54 through first hurdle ahead of presidential election in Georgia

By | September 8th, 2013|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–54 persons are through the first hurdle in the upcoming presidential election in Georgia as the deadline to register as a candidate expired on Friday. Among applicants are Giorgi Margvelashvili, the Georgian Dream coalition’s candidate, and Davit Bakradze, […]

Georgia denies report that it agreed to open Abkhazia railway

By | September 8th, 2013|Categories: Caucasus region, News|Tags: |

The Georgian PM’s special representative Zurab Abashidze says if the railway through Abkhazia is to be opened it must happen based on the principle of Georgia’s territorial integrity. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government denies information from Armenia’s Secretary of National Security Council Artur Baghdasaryan that Georgia has agreed to open the railway through Abkhazia. Baghdasaryan said Georgia, Russia and Abkhazia had all […]