DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch–Germany’s Angela Merkel has invited Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili to Germany.
Gharibashvili will visit Germany in the beginning of June.
According to Davit Maghradze, advisor at the international relations department at the government
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia has created an interagency commission to handle violations ahead of the local elections, slated for June.
The commission will be led by Minister of Justice Thea Tsulukiani.
Other members are the deputy interior minister, deputy foreign
TBILISI, DFWatch–Drivers of minibuses on the route between Tbilisi and Rustavi have been on strike for the last few days, demonstrating outside the office of the Georgian Dream coalition. They accusing Rustavi city authorities and Energy Minister Kakhi Kaladze
TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia denies reports that the consular office for Russian interests in Tbilisi is issuing Russian passports.
Deputy Foreign Minister Davit Zalkaliani said this information is false.
Georgia and Russia do not have diplomatic
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Prosecutor’s Office on Saturday published more material regarding the death of a witness who testified against a recently convicted Saakashvili ally.
Shalva Tatukhashvili died March 23 in his home, after testifying against Data Akhalaia,
TBILISI, DFWatch–A human rights group in Georgia warns of an alarming trend of intolerance of religious minorities in public schools.
Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center (EMC) studied eight schools in Tbilisi and found that the Ministry of Education has not
TBILISI, DFWatch–A coalition of opposition parties not represented in parliament met on Friday to present their candidate for Tbilisi Mayor: former MP Dimitry Lortkipanidze.
The coalition was created by Nino Burjanadze’s Democratic Movement together with three
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prosecutors in Georgia Friday questioned the former secretary of the country’s Security Council in an embezzlement case.
Walking out after five hours inside the Prosecutor’s Office, Giga Bokeria said the interrogation was conducted in a peaceful
TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is to start a center for the study of reforms in the Ukrainian capital Kiev.
Saakashvili, who is currently in Kiev, said in an interview with a TV channel there that he wants to share his experiences
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia had an 8 percent increase in number of visitors in March, 2014, compared to the same period last year.
There came 392,725 visitors in the third month of 2014, according to new monthly figures published by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.