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TBILISI, DFWatch — Defense Minister Irakli Alasania says the Georgian Dream coalition has had ‘an awkward discussion’ about selecting a candidate for the presidential election, but he doesn’t consider himself a candidate, as he feels responsibility for the post he
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s new government will transfer USD 80 000 to the family of Zviad Gamsakhurdia, the country’s first president after independence.
Finance Minister Nodar Khaduri told journalists on Tuesday that this money was debt that Eduard
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Nikoloz Vashakidze resigned on Tuesday, citing incompatibility with
the current foreign policy of the country.
Vashakidze is one of the officials who have stayed over from the previous government. He
TBILISI, DFWatch — Activists for the governing Georgian Dream coalition continue to rally people around the country in their demand to replace local government tops, including those appointed by their own party.
Tuesday, two rallies are being launched in Tsalka, a town
TBILISI, DFWatch — Two well-known Georgian TV anchors are accused of having used a homophobic slur.
January 18, one of the anchors of a morning talk show on Imedi TV said: ‘I’m honestly sorry for both surrogate children of Elton John’. The other one
TBILISI, DFWatch — President Mikheil Saakashvili criticized his own prime minister for saying that Georgia should have good relations with both Russia and NATO.
In a speech to the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (CoE) Monday, the president criticized his
TBILISI, DFWatch — The victims of a hailstorm in Georgia last summer will finally get compensation, ranging from USD 3 600 to USD 4 800.
Davit Narmania, Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure, said Monday that the loss was estimated in such extreme
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili is attending the World Economic Forum in Davos and plans to hold meetings with leaders of several countries – but not Russia.
Foreign Affairs Minister Maia Panjikidze said at a press conference Monday
TBILISI, DFWatch — The government in Georgia has decided to offer more than 300 refugees their own house in the regions for a symbolic price of one lari, or USD 0.60.
Refugee Minister Davit Darakhvelidze told journalists after the government session Monday that even more
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s chief prosecutor says he has “material” which is even more violent and shocking than videos leaked two weeks before the parliamentary election last year, which set off a wave of demonstrations.
Chief Prosecutor Archil Kbilashvili