Daily Archives: September 12, 2013

US looking forward to cooperating with Georgia’s new leaders

By | September 12th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: |

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Thomas O. Melia. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Thomas O. Melia says the United States is looking forward to cooperating with the new prime minister and president of Georgia. Thomas O. Melia, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Democracy, Human […]

Saakashvili’s party not allowed to air TV commercials

By | September 12th, 2013|Categories: Elections '12-'13, News|Tags: |

The commercials claim Georgian Dream has broken its promises. (Frame from UNM’s commercial.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Public Broadcaster has turned down the National Movement party’s request to place free election commercial on its channels. According to a statement by the UNM, the party provided six commercials, one of which was about the ‘unfulfilled […]

Municipalities are awarding bonuses without specific criteria

By | September 12th, 2013|Categories: NGO news|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–According to Transparency International Georgia (TI), municipalities in the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region issued bonuses to civil servants worth more than half a million lari without speficying the reason. The organization’s third report about public […]

Georgia’s CEC selects new chair

By | September 12th, 2013|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Central Election Commission in Georgia Wednesday chose Tamar Zhvania as new chair. Zhvania previously worked on election issues at UNDP. She received the votes of all six of the commission members. President Mikheil Saakashvili on Monday […]

Georgia had 28% more visitors in August compared to ’12

By | September 12th, 2013|Categories: Economy, News|Tags: |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia had 28.2 percent more visitors in August 2013 compared to the same period in 2012, according to the Interior Ministry. The ministry every month publishes data about visitors. There are three categories of visitors: tourists, transit travel […]