TBILISI, DFWatch–Four prominent members of Saakashvili’s National Movement who recently left the party are planning to start a new movement.
DF Watch spoke with Mikheil Machavariani, who is one of the most high profile members
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Saakashvili's National Movement loses four prominent party members
TBILISI, DFWatch–The party secretary and three prominent members abandoned the National Movement on Monday.
There has not yet been official confirmation that the four have left Georgia’s former ruling party, but party members have confirmed it in private
Georgia strips bank supervision authority from the National Bank
TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia has decided to strip the National Bank of responsibility for supervising banks and transfer this mechanism to the prime minister.
The decision follows months of criticism by the government against the head of the National
The EU promises decision on visa liberalization by the end of 2015
The Eastern Partnership (EaP) summit in Riga did not bring unexpectedly good news to Georgia. The EU restated their support for Georgia’s European path and congratulated it on achieved progress. But Georgians will have to wait visa-free travels at least
Public defender demands investigation of 'selective justice'
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s public defender demands an investigation into ‘selective justice’ toward former government officials, but the government is still not planning to do this.
Parliament has now started going through the public defender’s recently published report
How to empower women in business?
TBILISI, DFWatch–Only 3.9% of CEOs around the world are women. And only 14% of the richest 500 companies in the world have female executives. What can be done to include more women to predominantly male world of business?
May 14-15 the European Bank
Georgian government draws up plan for breakup of Interior Ministry
TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia has drawn up a plan to split the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) into two units, with counterintelligence kept separately and under parliamentary control.
Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced the revived
Georgians disappointed with the govt, but don't trust the opposition
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgians are disappointed with the government, lack confidence in the opposition and are worried about the situation in the country – these are the main findings of a recent poll published by the National Democratic Institute (NDI).
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Court decides that RMG Gold must allow inspection of ancient mine
TBILISI, DFWatch–A court in Georgia on Wednesday decided that a mining company must allow experts access to a site so they can inspect an ancient gold mine which was destroyed last December.
Tbilisi City Court ruled that the parties in the conflict, experts and witnesses
A trip to Georgia’s savannah
VASHLOVANI, DFWatch–A few hours east from Tbilisi lies a magical place, where lonely pistachio trees give shade to rear birds and rolling hills slowly turn into sharp limestone cliffs, which once were deep under a sea.
Vashlovani National Park was established