DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili has started a boycott of the protection services, testing the limits of the law.
The message he wants to get out is that the government has cut his funding so much that they just as well might take away the security
TBILISI, DFWatch–The trial of former interior minister Bacho Akhalaia and six others was rescheduled for today, because the judge had to make a decision about whether to allow evidence to be admitted.
The new evidence was presented by the Prosecutor’s Office.
TBILISI, DFWatch–A new health insurance program became available to Georgians from Thursday. The program is open for citizens from the age of 6 to 60 who have not had health insurance before.
Health insurance for every Georgian citizen was a part of the Georgian
TBILISI, DFWatch–The most controversial court case against former officials continued on Thursday, as ex interior minister Bacho Akhalaia made another appearance in the city court here in Tbilisi.
The close Saakashvili ally is charged with abuse of powers, illegal
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili Wednesday appeared to drive his blue Nissan to the airport together with his wife without the protection of guards.
He explained that it is the fifth week he hasn’t been using the services of the president’s
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili is concerned that Russian banks lately have bought two Georgian banks and plan to make more deals with other banks in Georgia.
The Georgian banks in question deny the content of what the president said. Also the banks in
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili accuses the Ivanishvili government of failing to adopt a common document with EU, while it accuses him of telling lies.
Tuesday, during a meeting with TV reporters, the president said that for the first time
TBILISI, DFWatch–US Ambassador to Georgia Richard Norland asks the Ivanishvili government to avoid vengeance as it seeks to prosecute many of the people who ran the country while President Mikheil Saakashvili held power.
“There was a need now to balance the desire for
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili today starts a two day visit to Azerbaijan.
The visit will take place on February 27-28 and includes a personal meeting with Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev, according to the Georgian president’s press office.
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili says he wants to sit down with Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili to talk about how to solve a gridlocked power-sharing process.
“I think we should talk with the government about many issues, like relations with Russia,