DFWatch staff TBILISI, DFWatch — Eric Rubin, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, says there is need for further reforms of the justiciary in Georgia to create rule of law.
Commenting on the recent detention of dozens of former government
TBILISI, DFWatch — The new government in Georgia has started amending the country’s labor code, which has been criticized by local groups and the international community.
The parliamentary committee on health care and social issues initiated a draft amendment
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s Interior Minister says he is not alarmed by a 50 percent increase in petty crime after the new government came to power, compared to previous months.
After the Georgian Dream coalition took over in early October, the National Movement
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia spends nearly USD 85 000 per day on its president, while the minimum amount of pension is USD 60 a month.
Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said it on Wednesday as his government was discussing the 2013 draft budget, and the comment
TBILISI, DFWatch — An investigation may be launched against the former parliament speaker in Georgia.
Koba Davitashvili, who represents the majority in parliament, demands an investigation against Davit Bakradze, the former parliament speaker in the previous period.
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian investigators are preparing a massive check-up of seven departments in the Tbilisi City Hall system.
The press office of City Hall says an investigation has been launched at three different bodies: the Finance Ministry, Interior Ministry
TBILISI, DFWatch — There were clashes between supporters of Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili and President Mikheil Saakaashvili in two Georgian villages on Tuesday.
Locals in Martvili, a small town in the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region in the west, demanded
TBILISI, DFWatch — EU-Georgia today opened the fourth round of negotiations of the proposed Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) in Brussels.
In parallel, the twelfth session of negotiations of Georgia’s Association Agreement with the EU was also
TBILISI, DFWatch — Eric Rubin, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for EU and Eurasian Affairs, held a meeting with Georgia’s Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili on Tuesday.
At the meeting the parties spoke about US-Georgian relations, expressing hope to further
TBILISI, DFWatch — Investigators in Georgia have reopened the case of the death of a former prime minister, according to his brother.
Goga Zhvania, brother of Zurab Zhvania, who served as Saakashvili’s first prime minister from 2004 to 2005, yesterday evening