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TBILISI, DFWatch — Tbilisi City Court Tuesday heard two separate set of charges against former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili, and determined that he must remain in pre-trial custody.
The first set of charges pertain to negligence of duty while he as defense
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian sailors who have been stranded on an abandoned ship in Panama are still suffering from hunger and unable to leave.
The crew of Maria Del Carmen, which is flying a Nigerian flag, released a letter on Monday which says that they still
TBILISI, DFWatch — A former Georgian interior ministry official was Monday given 40 days preliminary detention in Ukraine by a court in Kiev.
Ukraine is considering Oleg Melnikov’s extradition to Georgia during his detention, online media in Ukraine report.
Melnikov has a background
TBILISI, DFWatch — The Georgian government is in negotiations with President Saakashvili’s associates about releasing detained officials against replacing ambassadors appointed while he held government power.
The unusual high level “prisoner exchange” has become
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia will have the chairmanship of GUAM in 2013.
Foreign Affairs Minister Maia Panjikidze said at Monday’s regular briefing that Georgia was officially appointed in Dublin a few days ago, at a session of the GUAM foreign minister council.
TBILISI, DFWatch — At last, Georgia and Russia will meet to start sorting out their differences. The two countries broke off diplomatic relations after the war in 2008.
Zurab Abashidze, Georgia’s Special Representative for Russian relations, on Monday said that
TBILISI, DFWatch — Russia and Georgia will soon meet to discuss allowing import of Georgian agricultural products and restoring regular flights between the two countries.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow is ready to start talks about the issue,
TBILISI, DFWatch — The Georgian Prime Minister expects to see a rise in crime for a few days after a mass amnesty comes into force, and says the population should understand and get on with it.
Bidzina Ivanishvili Saturday visited parliament in Kutaisi, and
TBILISI, DFWatch — Police in Ukraine have detained a former Georgian interior ministry official, who was announced wanted by Interpol and is sentenced to preliminary detention.
Oleg Melnikov was detained in Kiev on grounds of information provided by Interpol
TBILISI, DFWatch — The new government in Georgia has presented a 2013 budget of USD 5.3 billion. USD 4.4 billion of this is expenditure.
The revised budget comes as a result of consultations after critical remarks by members of parliament, and the new