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TBILISI, DFWatch–The State Audit Office says it found violations in the financial declaration of the Democratic Movement party, the leader of which is presidential candidate Nino Burjanadze.
According to the office, Burjanadze’s party recently started opening new
TBILISI, DFWatch–23 people have registered as candidates in the upcoming presidential election in Georgia, according to the Central Election Commission.
There were 54 applications, out of which 31 were rejected due to various reasons. 42 of the applications came from
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two government spokespersons in Georgia Tuesday sought to downplay the significance of a news report that the Georgian breakaway regions will take part in the Olympics as independent nations.
Georgia was planning to send a note of protest after the
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TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili Monday met with President Barack Obama in New York.
The brief conversation too place at a civil society event in connection with the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
TBILISI, DFWatch–According to the new survey of the National Democratic Institute, people think the government is making important changes for them, but do not like the prime minister’s decision about leaving his post.
NDI’s survey of public attitudes, which was
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s representative in trade talks with Russia says there are considerable risks involved in entering that market.
Zurab Abashidze, the prime minister’s special representative in Russian relations, nonetheless has a positive view of the
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry says Georgia can only use peaceful and civilian methods against Russia’s action to move the border to the breakaway region South Ossetia.
Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Davit Jalaghania said on Monday that Russia
TBILISI, DFWatch–EU’s Special Advisor Thomas Hammarberg asks the government of Georgia to not politicize investigation of former officials and says Georgian society must stop looking back into the past and instead think about the future.
Hammarberg, who is EU’s
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili has left for the US to go on a working visit and deliver a speech at the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
The president will also hold bilateral meetings with the leaders of different countries,
TBILISI, DFWath–Heavy rain on Saturday flooded more than 60 houses in Kakheti, a region in eastern Georgia .
Rivers burst their banks and water flowed into the first floors and basements in the village Kistauri, in the Akhmeta region.
Water destroyed home equipment