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TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili on Monday met with ex-president of France Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris.
According to the president’s press office, the main topic of their conversation was Georgia’s integration with Europe and the importance of the
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili and ex-president Eduard Shevardnadze are invited to the inauguration of Giorgi Margvelashvili, the newly elected president.
Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze, who is a member of the government commission for the
TBILISI, DFWatch–A ship with Georgian crew Saturday went down in the Aegean Sea. Five of the crew members were rescued, but the captain is missing and a search is underway.
According to Maritime Bulletin, the small freighter Stella had a crew of six when it sank for
TBILISI, DFWatch–The new government plans to open a Georgian-American technical university in the building in Avlabari, Tbilisi, which today is used as presidential palace.
The palace which lies on a cliff above the capital was built a few years ago, and still
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Republican Party, which is member of the Georgian Dream coalition, Sunday elected a new leader at a party congress.
The party elected Khatuna Samnidze as new leader. She has been a party member since 2005 and has served as organizational
TBILISI, DFWatch–A new round of Geneva talks will be held November 5-6. It is the 25th time the warring parties of the 2008 Russia-Georgian war meet, and one of the main topics of discussion will be freedom of movement and the installation of barbed wire and fences.
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili will pardon former Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia, who was recently sentenced to three years and nine months in jail.
Saakashvili explains his decision in a long open letter, recalling the time when his government was
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia has been accepted as member of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
According to the Foreign Affairs Ministry, the country is elected as member for a period from 2014 to 2016.
The election for new ECOSOC members was held
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s new prime minister, Irakli Gharibashvili, will select his own replacement as interior minister.
It was earlier thought that outgoing Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili would decide who will take over as Interior Minister.
Ivanishvili explained that now
TBILISI, DFWatch–Bidzina Ivanishvili on Saturday announced Interior Minister Irakli Gharibashvili as candidate for new prime minister.
Ivanishvili presented the new PM at a press conference at the Georgian Dream coalition headquarters at 15:15.
“According to the new