Daily Archives: October 3, 2013

Saakashvili doubts veracity of government’s jihad video theory

By | October 3rd, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: |

Andro Barnovi, spokesperson for President Saakashvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A spokesperson for President Saakashvili says his administration distrusts the theory presented by the government today about who was behind the jihad threat video, claiming the ministry is telling lies in an attempt to assure people that the case can […]

Ivanishvili debated journalists in live broadcast

By | October 3rd, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: |

Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili debating journalists Wednesday. (Ivanishvili’s Facebook page.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili held a televised round table discussion with Georgian journalists on Wednesday. The debate turned into a squabble as the PM demanded answers about things the journalists have written. After a similar TV debate […]

EU spokesman: Georgia will not join the Eurasian Union

By | October 3rd, 2013|Categories: Europe, News|Tags: , |

Boris Yaroshevich. (Civil Service Bureau.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A spokesman for EU’s delegation to Georgia says although Russia has increased its pressure on Eastern Partnership countries, there is no risk that Georgia will join the Eurasian Union, because the Georgian government’s stance is clear. In 2010, the […]

Candidate numbers assigned in Georgian election

By | October 3rd, 2013|Categories: Elections '12-'13, News|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Central Election Commission in Georgia has assigned which number each candidate in the October 27 presidential election will have on the ballot-paper. Three parties have retained the numbers they had in the previous election, a privilege afforded […]

Plan to bar Georgians from leaving country put on hold

By | October 3rd, 2013|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–Lawmakers in Georgia have retracted a bill to make it possible for authorities to bar Georgians from leaving the country without specifying the reason. MPs Irine Imerlishvili and Zurab Abashidze said they were revoking the bill in order to improve it, […]