DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch — Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili Tuesday answered questions about alleged nepotism in his government.
He said he doesn’t agree that people should get positions through being familiar with others, and that competition is the best way to get good
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili and Mayor of Tbilisi Gigi Ugulava have left for Germany to participate in a conference organized by the German Marshall Fund.
According to the president’s press office, there is planned an event called
TBILISI, DFWatch — The opposition National Movement party in Georgia compares Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili with Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro after statements he made at a press conference Tuesday.
Ivanishvili was summing up his first hundred days of being in
TBILISI, DFWatch — Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili says the National Movement is attempting to win over Defense Minister Irakli Alasania to their side.
He says he heard rumors that some of the UNM members have contact with him, but when he asked Alasania about it,
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian wine might get back on the Russian market by the end of spring and it will cost about USD 10, which is higher than the average wine price in Russia.
A delegation from Georgian business and government is in Moscow to negotiate about a return
TBILISI, DFWatch — A set of constitutional amendments are set to be debated in parliament today Tuesday.
The amendments have been through a public hearing process with town hall type meetings around the country.
The Judiciary Committee will discuss it
TBILISI, DFWatch — Two veterans of Russian and Georgian politics met in Munich and discussed current problems between their two countries and ways of solving them.
The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 49th Munich Security Conference.
Igor Ivanov, former
Tbilisi, DFWatch — Goga Zhvania, brother of the deceased prime minister Zurab Zhvania, says he is cooperating with the Prosecutor’s Office and is sure the case of his brother’s death will soon be reopened.
Goga was voted into parliament last October, representing
TBILISI, DFWatch — A delegation from Georgia is in Moscow on Monday to negotiate about letting Georgian wine, mineral water and other products onto the Russian market.
The seven persons delegation left on Sunday. Two of them represent the national agency of wine, two
TBILISI, DFWatch — After having been questioned about his role in a large embezzlement case, the Tbilisi mayor says the Prosecutor’s Office is in a deadlock and in a hurry.
Even though Gigi Ugulava refused to appear for questioning, he invited investigators