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The Quest for Mundane Democracy in Georgia

March 24, 2013 by DFW-admin

Democratura is a term that would resonate perfectly with a post-Soviet republic, such as Georgia, mainly because it is a word designed to resemble the word “Nomenklatura,” that is, people who rule in the name and by virtue of their patron. There is something lucid and honest about this word, in that it assigns personal … Read more

GYLA: Public registry employees fired for political reasons

March 22, 2013 by DFW-admin

TBILISI, DFWatch–Three employees of the Public Registry have been illegally dismissed, according to Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA). The three believe they were fired because they are supporters of President Saakashvili’s United National Movement and

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Georgia's democratic transition

March 22, 2013 by DFW-admin

tedo_japaridze — Tedo Japaridze is Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations in the Parliament of Georgia.

I hoped to publish this in an American newspaper during Speaker Usupashvili”s visit to Washington DC, a very successful one, by the way! I wanted Americans to read that message about Georgia and the recent developments there. I did not succeed, but I want to share

Saakashvili dragging out approval of ambassadors

March 18, 2013 by DFW-admin

TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili has postponed for a month the signing of a document passed by parliament about confirming the country’s new ambassadors.

Foreign Affairs Minister Maia Panjikidze claims in an interview with DF Watch that the president

Georgia has as a high level of development

March 17, 2013 by DFW-admin

TBILISI, DFWatch–According to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Georgia is one of the countries that have a high level of human development.

This can be gleaned from the new Human Development Report 2013 — The Rise of the South: Human Progress in

Agriculture University will get back its accreditation

March 16, 2013 by DFW-admin

TBILISI, DFWatch–The students at the Agriculture University continued their protest Friday, and handed Education Minister Giorgi Margvelashvili documents which were meant to show that the institution now complies with the law’s requirements.

After studying the

Student protest at Agriculture University

March 13, 2013 by DFW-admin

giorgi margvelashvili — Education Minister Giorgi Margvelashvili met the students Tuesday. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–For the last two days, students at an agricultural college have been at the center of a dispute between the governing Georgian Dream coalition and supporters of President Mikheil Saakashvili.

The dispute began with the

Pro-Russia party to be founded by former Georgian minister

March 12, 2013 by DFW-admin

TBILISI, DFWatch–A former security minister who was fired by President Mikheil Saakashvili after the Rose Revolution in 2003 is to found a new political party with a pro-Russian orientation.

Valeri Khaburdzania, who has lived in Russia for the last two years and just

Why the Bipartisan Foreign Policy Resolution is Significant

March 9, 2013 by DFW-admin

Adopting a bipartisan resolution on foreign policy in Georgia is significant both in terms of process and in terms of substance.

In terms of process, anything bipartisan, in the first experience of a real bipolar party system, not least a cohabitation, should not be

Bonus system for parliament members to be phased out

March 9, 2013 by DFW-admin

davit-usupashvili — Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Members of parliament in Georgia will not receive bonuses after 2013. The total amount of bonuses was over 2.5 million lari in 2012.

According to the Institute for development of freedom of information (IDFI), in 2012, MPs were given an additional