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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
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
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
TBILISI, DFWatch–According to the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs, the number of children living in large orphanages has decreased by over 5 000. There are only five large child care institutions left, compared to 41 during 9 years ago. But the street
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Saakashvili offers Prime Minister Ivanishvili to sign a common statement to NATO and the EU confirming their allegiance to a European and Euro-Atlantic political course.
A spokesperson for the prime minister told DF Watch that Ivanishvili has
“Georgia? What kind of place is that?”
“Well, this is a post-Soviet country where a pro-Russian billionaire won the elections over a pro-Western reformer president…”
That is a tag line that has already appeared in many foreign publications on Georgia,
TBILISI, DFWatch–A new report found violations in the activities of the National Communications Commission.
It says that commission head Irakli Chikovani, who has been abroad for the last 3 months, has a conflict of interest.
Georgian Young Lawyer’s
TBILISI, DFWatch–According to a new survey the main problem in Georgian media is polarization.
This is the main finding of a new report based on data gathered by four Georgian NGOs: Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC), Internews – Georgia, International
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili refuses to use the Special State Protection Service service after bitter negotiations with the government about the size and financing of the unit.
Saakashvili said during a press conference on Tuesday evening
TBILISI, DFWatch–The goal of a new reform of local government is to involve locals in solving their own problems, like bad roads and failing water supply.
The Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure on Monday laid out its new decentralization plan and