Daily Archives: January 30, 2015

Ivanishvili plans tv series about Saakashvili’s nine year rule

By | January 30th, 2015|Categories: In brief|Tags: , |

Bidzina Ivanishvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili plans a TV series about the nine years of National Movement rule. In an interview with Imedi TV on Wednesday, Ivanishvili said the name of the series will be ‘9+1’, which indicates the nine […]

HRW criticizes Georgia for not prosecuting political violence

By | January 30th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–In a new report, Human Rights Watch criticizes Georgia for failing to prosecute attacks on activists from the National Movement, even though the perpetrators have been identified. In its latest world report, the organization writes that during […]

Ivanishvili on collision course with the U.S. on role of NGOs

By | January 30th, 2015|Categories: NGO news|Tags: , , |

Bidzina Ivanishvili is preparing a report about three NGO activists. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The godfather of the government in Georgia, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, was rebuked by the US ambassador Thursday after criticizing three of the most influential NGO leaders in the country. In a long TV interview on one of the national TV […]

Quota system in Georgian universities helps ethnic minorities, but is easy to abuse

By | January 30th, 2015|Categories: Minorities|Tags: , , , , |

TBILISI, DFWatch- The possibility to study Georgian intensively for one year and then to continue studies in any Georgian university seems like a great opportunity for students coming from ethnic minority background. How helpful is the integration program […]