Tbilisi, DFWatch – Georgia should not fear separatism in Samtskhe-Javakheti, writes jnews, an Akhalkalaki-based news website.
In a meeting, organized by the Go Group Media back in June, journalists
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Who wants to use Tbilisi's Atoneli residence?
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s National Security Council (NSC) has turned down an offer to use the residence on Atoneli Street as office.
The residence used to house the U.S. embassy, but was refurbished to be used for the president’s office. This, however,
Russia to ease visa rules for Georgians
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russia promises to ease visa rules for Georgian citizens.
The news of this came after talks in Prague between a Georgian and a Russian diplomat.
The Abashidze-Karasin talks were launched after Georgian Dream came to power in 2012.
Georgia’s Magna Carta
Shakespeare would no doubt concur that democracy has an element of drama. In this drama, a constitution may be likened to a play, minus the actors. Setting the scene, a constitution lays out the notion of a state, like the preamble of a play. Articulating the script,
Thousands waited for UEFA Super Cup tickets
TBILISI, DFWatch–Several thousand people showed up in Vake Park near Meskhi stadium on Saturday to buy tickets for the UEFA Super Cup match between Sevilla and Barcelona in Tbilisi on August 11.
The Georgian Football Federation (GFF)
Sleazy 90s transition – Paul Manning on "Shevardnadze Era" in Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–When I heard Paul Manning, an anthropologist from Trent University (Canada) is visiting Tbilisi, I knew I had to meet him. Not only because of his papers on toasts and supra culture, cartoons during the Rose Revolution, notion of terror in Pankisi,
LGBT* community in Georgia has bigger concerns than same sex marriages
TBILISI, DFWatch–Same sex marriage legislation in the U.S. is a landmark decision, but LGBT* people in Georgia have bigger problems than not being allowed to get married.
On June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court legalised same-sex marriages country wide
Former defense minister charged with appropriation of property
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Prosecutor General’s Office on Thursday charged a former defense minister with appropriation of property from private persons during his time in office.
The Prosecutor General’s Office said Davit Kezerashvili in August, 2010,
Georgia's National Bank raises refinancing rate to 5.5%
TBILISI, DFWatch–The National Bank of Georgia is increasing the refinancing rate because of an expected increase in inflation, which means that loans for a certain category of clients will get more expensive.
The explanation given for the National
Dances with a bear
The lukewarm Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga further outlined the value of Georgia’s two most important interconnected strategic goals: transforming the country into a modern European state and its European perspective of joining the EU.