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TBILISI, DFWatch–In Georgia the Ivanishvili government will consider halting the prosecution of former government officials as part of an initiative by the prime minister to bring about reconciliation.
But Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili made it clear
TBILISI, DFWatch–The new government expects Georgia to receive a membership action plan (MAP) next year.
Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said this Tuesday at the 22. anniversary of the Georgian army.
The head of government has often had to defend himself against
TBILISI, DFWatch–The plan to reopen a railway through breakaway Abkhazia came up during a NATO seminar in Tbilisi.
Lawrence Scott Sheets, South Caucasus Project Director for the International Crisis Group, said during the 83rd Rose Roth Seminar of NATO’s
TBILISI, DFWatch–Parliament is ready to listen to the president’s annual address to the nation, but the president may not show up.
Pavle Kublashvili from President Saakashvili’s United National Movement party says that the annual address has not been scheduled.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is considering using biometric information to identify voters in the next election.
A cross-faction group in parliament presented a proposal on Monday about how to prepare the voters’ list in the future.
Those behind the project
TBILISI, DFWatch–Zurab Abashidze, the Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Relations with Russia, will meet with Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Gregory Karasin on 4 or 5 June in Prague.
This will be the third meeting between Abashidze and Karasin since
TBILISI, DFWatch–‘A magical recipe for Georgia’s NATO integration without offending Russia is Georgia becoming an interesting country,’ says Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili.
He said this Monday as he attended the 83rd Rose Roth Seminar of NATO’s
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia won the 2013 European Judo Championships for men with three gold, three silver and one bronze medal, followed by Russia with one gold, one silver and one bronze and France with one gold and six bronze.
The Georgian team won a gold medal
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Dream coalition’s candidates have won the by-election in all three districts, according to preliminary results after counting of votes in all precincts.
The Central Election Commission on Sunday published the results of counting votes
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said Friday that Georgia has softened its tone towards Russia in the new security doctrine. But Defense Minister Irakli Alasania and Secretary of the National Security Council Giga Bokeria deny that Georgia