DFWatch staff TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has defended an initiative to investigate what happened during the war in 2008 between Russia and Georgia.
The small Caucasus nation fought a brief war against Russia in August that year, and as Russia
TBILISI, DFWatch–In the next few days, Georgia will begin an evaluation of its own military actions during the war with Russia in August, 2008.
Georgian military experts who have studied the August war have for a long time said it is necessary to have an official
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has a clear message to President Mikheil Saakashvili: If you want to dismiss the government and announce a new election for parliament, go ahead and see what happens.
Ivanishvili said he would welcome
TBILISI, DFWatch–Despite having a broken arm, Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili carried on his tour of Turkey Tuesday and met his Turkish counterpart, Abdullah Gül.
On Sunday, Saakashvili crashed with a trailer in Antalya during his daily bicycle exercise.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russia only respects larger states, therefore the Czech Republic cannot be mediator between Georgia and Russia, Czech foreign minister Karel Schwarzenberg said on Tuesday.
The minister, who is visiting Georgia, said this at a joint press conference
TBILISI, DFWatch–April 9 Georgia remembered that it was 24 years since Soviet troops dispersed a peaceful protest in Tbilisi, and 22 years since the day when Georgia restored its independence.
People started arriving late night yesterday at the April 9 memorial
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s education minister Giorgi Margvelashvili has announced that school books will be free for every pupil in 2013-2014.
He made the announcement at a press conference at one of the schools in Tbilisi on Monday.
Margvelashvili underlined
TBILISI, DFWatch–International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) says people are still being fired for political reasons in Georgia and calls on the government to prevent it.
The call comes after the dismissal of several employees of the local
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili has broken his arm while riding a bicycle during a visit to Turkey.
He is undergoing medical treatment in Istanbul and all his meetings are postponed.
The accident was reported by Turkish media,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s justice minister says it is necessary to question President Mikheil Saakashvili about the Russian-Georgian war in August 2008.
Minister of Justice Thea Tsulukiani on Monday told local journalists that when the time comes for questioning