DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two members of the European Parliament on Wednesday called on member states to accelerate the ratification of the association agreements signed with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine in June.
Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine signed association agreements
TBILISI, DFWatch–Conservative groups continued protesting against KaZantip Wednesday as the music festival opened at 9 pm in the evening.
Those opposed to the festival are radical Orthodox Christians and small opposition parties.
On Wednesday one such group held a protest
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili will visit Armenia on August 21-22.
After meeting his Armenian colleague, Gharibashvili and the rest of the Georgian delegation will meet with Armenian government representatives.
Prime Minister Hovik
TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on Tuesday returned clothes to the government in Georgia, after being charged with inappropriate spending while in office.
A few days ago, the Prosecutor’s Office charged Saakashvili with
TBILISI, DFWatch–The defense ministers of Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan met Tuesday in the Azerbaijani enclave Nakhchivan, a landlocked region on the border between Armenia and Iran.
This is the first time defense ministers from the three countries hold a trilateral
TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia wants to limit the power of the president as commander in chief.
The draft bill will take away the president’s power to approve the regulation of the Joint Staff, and the head of the Joint Staff will become subordinate
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Giorgi Margvelashvili has rejected former Interior Minister Kakha Targamadze’s application for Georgian citizenship.
The decision follows a call by the National Movement to not approve the application by the controversial
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s foreign trade turnover in January-July 2014 was USD 6,480 million. This is 14 percent more than in same period last year.
Preliminary data published by the Statistics Department on Monday show that import in the first seven months
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Ministry of Defense on Sunday signed a memorandum with the country’s Orthodox Church.
The agreement was signed at Trinity (Sameba) Cathedral by Defense Minister Irakli Alasania and Patriarch Ilia II and is about ‘spiritual,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian health minister warns people against staying too long out in the sun as temperatures many places in Georgia will surpass 40 degrees Celsius (104 F), according to the national environmental agency.
Health Minister Davit Sergeenko