DFWatch staff TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has presented parliament with a bill which will give amnesty for industrial, financial and economic crimes.
A few days ago, the president spoke about the importance of announcing a financial amnesty to attract
TBILISI, DFWatch — The Georgian interior minister says he has discovered audio files of all his phone calls for a whole year, secretly recorded and stored on computer disk.
Irakli Gharibashvili was Tuesday invited to the TV channel Rustavi 2 to sum up the government’s
TBILISI, DFWatch — Three new funds will be established in Georgia, which will be sovereign fund of Georgia, a private investment fund and a youth fund.
Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili at a press conference Tuesday briefly outlined the three new funds, saying that
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s head of government Bidzina Ivanishvili has temporarily suspended the process of canceling his French passport, because it may cost him his position.
The prime minister said at a press conference Tuesday that he still doesn’t have
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