DFWatch staff TBILISI, DFWatch -A former sports minister detained for being involved in a fatal gun accident that killed his friend was Saturday released on GEL 3,000 (USD 1,800) bail by Tbilisi court, along with two other men charged for the same incident.
Lado Vardzelashvili, former sports
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili, who will leave office in October, says that he doesn’t plan to leave politics, because this would mean running away from the battlefield and letting everything which he has built be ruined.
Saakashvili has served
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili made a rare appearance on a TV talk show and spoke about his own and his government’s errors.
Saakashvili was invited to Channel 1 to answer
TBILISI, DFWatch–As Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava is slapped with charges of money laundering and embezzlement, he appoints who will replace him if he is arrested.
Thursday evening, Ugulava presented Sevdia Ugrekhelidze, a Tbilisi Council member, as the new first vice
TBILISI, DFWatch–Lawmakers in Georgia Friday discussed a proposal to allow members of the assembly to wear the national dress Chokha while in parliament.
The bill is the initiative of Bidzina Gujabidze from the Conservative Party, who argues that the physical
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava is charged with money laundering and embezzlement of public money.
Ugulava is a close ally of President Mikheil Saakashvili and in 2010 became the first elected mayor of the capital.
Natia Sukhiashvili, spokesperson for
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Ivanishvili government plans to do away with the governors in Georgia after the local election in 2014 and replace them with elected councils, Davit Narmania, Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development says.
A governor is a trustee
TBILISI, DFWatch–Mikheil Saakashvili’s party plans a rally on April 19 to demand that the country’s western policy continues.
The Secretary General of the National Movement says ‘the vague foreign policy’ by Ivanishvili’s government puts the country in danger.
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili demands that parliament allows him to use his constitutional right to address the nation from parliament.
Thursday, the Georgian leader sent an open letter to MPs calling on them to follow the constitution, which obliges
TBILISI, DFWatch–An independent expert claims that a video which was released a few days ago regarding Buta Robakidze’s murder, is edited.
Marika Toklikishvili, who is an expert on audio and video footage, said at a press conference Thursday that even at first look,