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TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s new defense minister says he will take immediate measures to bring the ministry out of a crisis after he discovered that it has a USD 68 million deficit.
Defense Minister Irakli Alasania Friday visited the ministry and said that his new
TBILISI, DFWatch — The audit agency in Georgia wants the chair of the Public Broadcaster to be changed, while groups demand reforms in GPB to return it to people and free broadcaster from government control.
Online newspaper Ambebi.ge conducted a
TBILISI, DFWatch — Production has been restored at Georgia’s famous mineral water plant Bojomi, after several day strike has finished.
There are two plants in Borjomi, which is located in the southern Georgia’s resort town with the same name.
Employees of the company
TBILISI, DFWatch — New nine month figures from 2012 show a 16 percent increase in foreign trade turnover compared to last year, equal to USD 7 595 million in total.
The numbers do not include informal trade.
According to Georgia’s National Statistics Department
TBILISI, DFWatch — The day after a new government was approved by parliament in Georgia, it is already clear that the case of one of the most controversial deaths in the country’s history will be reopened.
The brother of the late Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania was recently
TBILISI, DFWatch — Tbilisi City Council has solved the issue of trash collection fee, which is calculated based on how much electricity a household consumes.
On Thursday, the council decided to reduce the trash tariff to half for five months from November till May.
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili says the intelligence service will be separated from the interior ministry and be set up as an independent state agency.
“This service will have as function to find secret information, analyze,
TBILISI, DFWatch — The outgoing and new government disagree over the size of the state coffers.
Former government members claim that there is more than two billion lari, nearly USD 1.2 billion, in the state coffers.
But new Finance Minister Nodar Khaduri says there
TBILISI, DFWatch — The new parliamentary majority plans to study the case of Givi Targamadze. He is a member of the National Movement party who according to Russian media has been helping the opposition in Russia to organize revolution.
A few days ago, Russian media
TBILISI, DFWatch — The famous Georgian mineral water plant Borjomi is still paralyzed by strike, as railway workers and dockers are also warning of protest action.
Workers at Georgian Railway yesterday warned that they would stop the trains for a couple of hours,