Daily Archives: March 24, 2016

Abkhazia field meetings to be resumed after near four-year break

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From an earlier IPRM meeting in Abkhazia. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The parties have agreed to resume talks aimed at solving problems in the border areas near the Georgian breakaway region Abkhazia. Agreement to resume the talks, called Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM), was reached […]

Georgia postpones ban on registration of right-hand cars till 2017

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TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia postpones banning on registration of cars with right-hand drive until January 1, 2017, to allow enough time to car importers to reshuffle their business and carry out commitments under the existing contracts, Deputy Minister of Interior said during […]

Tkibuli miners threaten new strike

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Workers in the coal mines in Tkibuli were on strike in February. (Tkibuli municipality/Facebook.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Trade Unions warns that workers in the coal mines in Tkibuli may go on strike again. Workers were on strike for two weeks in February, but an agreement was reached a few weeks ago. The trade union says the the mining […]

Ivanishvili won’t return to politics: Kaladze

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Kakha Kaladze (IPN) TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Georgian PM Bidzina Ivanishvili will keep promise not to return to politics, Minister of Energy and the first vice Prime Minister, Kakha Kaladaze stated on Thursday, diffusing speculations in the media that the oligarch would be included […]