DFWatch staff 
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
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s National Communications Commission (GNCC) has started monitoring of the radio frequency spectrum in order to learn the activity of MTC, a Russian mobile company.
The monitoring is done to find out what MTC is doing on the territory of Georgia,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Irina Imerlishvili, a member of parliament from the Georgian Dream coalition, will be new secretary of Georgia’s National Security Council.
She confirmed to journalists that she has received such an offer and accepted, which means that as soon as
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili will today name his successor. The Georgian Dream political council will first discuss this issue after which Prime Minister will present the candidate to the parliament majority.
Ivanishvili will meet with Georgian
TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia will send an appeal to the president asking to pardon him as soon as possible.
Akhalaia, who faced a number of charges after the change of government, was acquitted in two of the cases, and sentenced to three
TBILISI, DFWatch–National Democratic Institute (NDI) says after observing the election campaign and the October 27 election that a multiparty and competitive election is becoming routine in Georgian politics.
NDI’s observer mission consisted of a 20-member group, who
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Judiciary Committee in parliament supports a constitutional amendment to move parliament back to the capital Tbilisi.
For the last year and a half, parliament has been located in Kutaisi, in western Georgia.
Thursday, the
TBILISI, DFWatch–A court in France has confirmed the detention of former Georgian Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili.
Kezerashvili is charged with abuse of powers while he was defense minister and was detained at Nice airport on October 15.
A court placed him in 40
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is planning to fine the use of communist symbols with 1 000 lari (USD 600).
The use of communist symbols was prohibited by the previous government, but it failed to define the sanctions that apply, and the law has remained inactive.
Now, the