Daily Archives: November 8, 2013

The Georgian lari drops in value

By | November 8th, 2013|Categories: Economy, News|Tags: |

The Georgian National Bank. TBILISI, DFWatch–The exchange rate of Georgian lari against the US dollar and the euro has fallen. November 8, the exchange rate of lari against USD was 1.6793. November 7 it was 1.6737. The rate has been falling for one week. October 29 it was 1.6675. The Georgian lari […]

Improved relations between Israel and Georgia

By | November 8th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: , |

Zeev Elkin, the Deputy Israeli Foreign Minister. (DF Watch.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The deputy foreign minister of Israel says relations with Georgia have warmed during the last year. Zeev Elkin, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel, also says that the agreement about visa free travel between the two states will soon […]

Georgia’s chief prosecutor resigns

By | November 8th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: , |

The likely new chief prosecutor Otar Partskhaladze. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Chief Prosecutor Archil Kbilashvili resigned on Thursday. His replacement, Otar Partskhaladze, was presented Friday. It has not been officially confirmed, but unofficially known that Partskhaladze will leave his job as chairman […]

The “two truths” about the reserve funds

By | November 8th, 2013|Categories: Opinion|Tags: , |

Sulkhan Saladze is project coordinator at Georgian Young Lawyer’s Association. Since some days after the 2013 presidential elections, much has been said about the millions spent from the President’s Reserve Fund. Representatives of the ruling Georgian Dream Coalition allege that funds from the President’s Reserve Fund were spent for party […]

Austria extradites Georgian accused of sadistic torture

By | November 8th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: , |

Davit Chaginava. (Police.ge.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Austria has extradited a Georgian citizen who is charged with torture and was being searched for by Interpol. According to the Interior Ministry, Davit Chaginava, who was detained in Austria September 30, has been extradited to Georgia. Interpol has […]