DFWatch staff 
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
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian soldiers Sunday moved the border 600 meters into Georgian-controlled territory in the village Dvani, close to South Ossetia.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Russian soldiers started preliminary work to install wire fences,
TBILISI, DFWatch–A new study shows that there are some challenges with the visa facilitation agreement Georgia has with the European Union.
The agreement has led to a considerably simpler procedure for Georgians who want to travel to EU, as the number of documents
TBILISI, DFWatch–Ukraine has extradited a former Georgian Interior Ministry official to Georgia.
Oleg Melnikov was brought to Georgia Saturday morning. He was detained ten months ago in Ukraine after being subject to an Interpol search.
Melnikov is charged with
TBILISI, DFWatch–A Russian citizen from Chechnya who was recently detained for a shooting in Batumi is a suspect in the murder of a Russian diplomat in Abkhazia.
The information comes from the de facto General Prosecutor of Abkhazia.
According to Russian media, the
TBILISI, DFWatch–The United States expresses concern about Russian soldiers installing wire fences at the South Ossetian border.
A statement issued by the US Embassy to Georgia on Friday on instructions of the Department of State says the US is concerned with