Daily Archives: November 18, 2016

UNM member refuses to serve in Adjara’s supreme council

By | November 18th, 2016|Categories: Politics|Tags: , |

Levan Varshalomidze apologized to voters for not being able to protect their votes. (Facebook.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A politician for the UNM party in Adjara has refused to serve in the region’s supreme council, echoing a recent decision by Sandra Roelofs, the former first lady, to not take her seat in parliament. Levan Varshalomidze, former chairman of the Adjara government, […]

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Margvelashvili vows to protect presidential powers in the face of GD-dominated parliament

By | November 18th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , |

Tbilisi, DFWatch – President Giorgi Margvelashvili said that he wouldn’t tolerate acts directed against state institutions in his welcoming speech on Friday at the opening session of the newly elected parliament. […]

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Israel prepares to turn away asylum seekers from Georgia and Ukraine

By | November 18th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–Israel might begin rejecting asylum requests from citizens of Georgia and Ukraine, Tel Aviv-based newspaper Haaretz reports. The past two years have seen a surge in asylum requests by Ukrainians and Georgians, as citizens of these countries […]

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