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TBILISI, DFWatch–The parliament in Georgia is considering suspending work in October before the presidential election on October 27.
Zviad Kvachantiradze, MP from the ruling Georgian Dream coalition, on Saturday told journalists that the parliamentary majority agreed
TBILISI, DFWatch–On Sunday the TV studios of Rustavi 2 had to be evacuated because of a bomb threat. This is the fifth bomb threat in four days in Tbilisi.
The live Sunday night show Post Scriptum was interrupted when the host, Davit Kikalishvili, said there was
TBILISI, DFWatch–The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of OSCE, Ranko Krivokapic, is visiting Georgia for three days, starting Monday.
Krivokapic, who is also the Speaker of Parliament in Montenegro, will hold meetings with government officials and members of
TBILISI, DFWatch–Direct foreign investments in the second quarter 2013 was USD 232 million, according to preliminary information.
This is three percent more than in the first quarter and seven percent more than it was in the second quarter of 2012.
According to
TBILISI, DFWatch–Three men were wounded in a shooting in Batumi on Friday night.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the incident began as a Russian citizen started shooting at the police.
Ministry spokesperson Nino Giorgobiani said on Saturday that the
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia and Switzerland has signed an agreement about simplifying procedures for the issuing of visas between the two countries.
Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze signed the agreement during a visit to her Swiss colleague Didier Burkhalter, according
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s inter-faction group to oversee the election asks the Central Election Commission (CEC) to lift restrictions on the media in election precincts.
Former head of CEC Zurab Kharatishvili last year enforced restrictions on where journalists
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili Friday granted Georgian citizenship to almost 1000 Turkish citizens.
According to the president’s administration, the reason for the decision is that all the persons concerned know Georgia and for practical purposes they
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued an order to sign an agreement with the de facto government of South Ossetia about the ‘state border.’
The order instructs the Ministry of the Foreign Affairs to hold negotiations with the de facto
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s former Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili on Thursday appeared in City Court in Kutaisi in an extensive criminal trial.
Merabishvili is charged in several different cases, including the violent dispersal of protesters on May 26, 2011.
