Daily Archives: June 10, 2016

Rustavi 2 loses ownership case in Appeals Court, vows to continue fight

By | June 10th, 2016|Categories: Media|Tags: , |

Rustavi 2 lawyer Tamta Muradashvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The Appeals Court in Georgia upheld a decision by Tbilisi City Court to transfer ownership of the largest opposition TV station, Rustavi 2, to Kibar Khalvashi, a former owner. Khalvashi successfully sued claiming that Rustavi 2 was forcibly […]

Ivanishvili plans to build new hotel on the border with Abkhazia

By | June 10th, 2016|Categories: Politics|Tags: |

Ganmukhuri is symbolic because it lies on the “Abkhaz” side of the border river Inguri. TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has revealed a plan to build a luxury hotel in western Georgia on the border with the breakaway region Abkhazia. He told journalists on Friday that he also has some other plans which he will disclose when they are approved. […]

Foreign investments in Georgia in Jan-Mar: up 103% from 2015

By | June 10th, 2016|Categories: Economy|Tags: |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s direct foreign investments in the first quarter of 2016 was 103 percent more than in the same period last year, Georgia’s National Statistics Office writes in a preliminary report. Investments in the first quarter amounted to USD 376 million. […]