Daily Archives: October 30, 2013

Report highlights some irregularities in Georgia’s election

By | October 30th, 2013|Categories: Elections '12-'13, News|Tags: , |

Observers from six eastern European countries found minor irregularities in Georgia’s presidential election. (EILAT.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum Task Force (TF) gives Sunday’s election a positive evaluation, but also highlights several violations. The task force consisted of seven observers from Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Moldova, Ukraine and Poland, […]

Inauguration to be financed by gov’t reserve fund

By | October 30th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: |

The inauguration of newly elected president Giorgi Margvelashvili (right) will be financed by the government’s reserve fund. Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili left. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The inauguration of the new president will be financed from the government’s reserve fund, Georgia’s finance minister says. Finance Minister Nodar Khaduri said Wednesday that there is not enough money in the president’s reserve fund to finance […]

Davitashvili leaves politics, but remains MP

By | October 30th, 2013|Categories: News, Politics|Tags: |

Koba Davitashvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Koba Davitashvili, a member of parliament from the Georgian Dream coalition and leader of the People’s Party, says he is leaving politics because of a lack of support. Davitashvili says he realized after the recent presidential election that he […]

Top Abkhazian security official dismissed

By | October 30th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: , |

Stanislav Lakoba. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Stanislav Lakoba, Secretary of the de facto Security Council of Abkhazia, who is in the de facto government for years and is known for having anti-Georgian views, has been fired. According to Russian and Abkhazian media, Alexander Ankvab, the de facto […]

Bacho Akhalaia sentenced to three years, nine months

By | October 30th, 2013|Categories: News, Prisoner abuse|Tags: |

Former Prison Minister Bacho Akhalaia on the day of his detention, November 7, 2012. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A court in Georgia has sentenced a former government minister to three years and nine months in jail for his role in a prison riot in 2006. Bacho Akhalaia, former Prison, Defense and Interior Minister, was charged together with Davit Chakua, Revaz […]

Georgia to sue Russian telecom company MTC

By | October 30th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: |

Prime Minister of Georgia, Bidzina Ivanishvili, says mobile phones get connected to MTC when 200 meters from the de facto border. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia is preparing to sue the Russian communications network MTC. Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said Monday at a press conference that he met with Polish journalists on Sunday and received information that the area near the […]