DFWatch staff TBILISI, DFWatch — The new government in Georgia wants to do away with administrative detention.
This is a form of incarceration left over from the Soviet Union which allows authorities to put away citizens as a preventive measure without going through normal court procedures, and has
The future Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili on Wednesday visited parliament to meet with the minority and answer their critical questions about the future plans and goals of the government and the government’s plan.
Most of the questions were about the time
TBILISI, DFWatch — Bidzina Ivanishvivli, leader of the Georgian Dream coalition and future Prime Minister, says he will leave politics in a year and a half but continue to lead his coalition after that as a member of civil society.
The coalition leader on Wednesday
TBILISI, DFWatch — The results of the recent parliamentary election encouraged workers all over Georgia to protest against their harsh conditions and demand improvements.
Next to join in are the workers at a plant in Borjomi processing the well-known mineral water
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia may reconsider the size of its contingent in Afghanistan after 2014.
Candidate for new foreign minister Maia Panjikidze does not exclude that the new government will make changes to Georgia’s participation in the NATO-led ISAF operation
TBILISI, DFWatch — There have been sharp exchanges between the majority and minority just three days after the new parliament started a new season.
The candidate for foreign minister today visited the parliamentary committees on euro integration and foreign affairs.
TBILISI, DFWatch — Negotiations are continuing Tuesday between Georgia and the EU about an association agreement. This is the eleventh session, and the talks are talking place at the government office.
Currently Georgia is negotiating with the EU on three separate
TBILISI, DFWatch — The worker protests are continuing in Georgia after the election. After a week they can note a slight progress.
It is more than five days since workers at the energy company Telasi went on strike asking to bring back about 125 employees who were
TBILISI, DFWatch — President Mikheil Saakashvili on Monday officially presented the new government list to parliament together with a new government program entitled ‘For a Strong, Democratic and United Georgia’.
In accordance with procedures, there will be
TBILISI, DFWatch — Several powerful ministers in the Saakashvili government have not been seen in the country since the first results of the parliament election became known.
Dimitry Sashkin, who lately served as defense minister, today posted an appeal on his