TBILISI, DFWatch — Catherine Ashton, EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, visits Georgia.
Her one day visit includes meetings with President Mikheil Saakashvili, Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanisvhili and Foreign Affairs
DFWatch staff
Ex-minister Merabishvili denies wrongdoing
TBILISI, DFWatch — A former Interior Minister who is accused of abuse of power says he is ready to answer all questions, but that the accusations against him can not be taken seriously.
The case broke a few days ago, when the Interior Ministry provided the prosecutor’s
Three Georgians released by Tskhinvali authorities
TBILISI, DFWatch — Three Georgian citizens have been released from prison in occupied Tskhinvali region.
The three were arrested for crossing the de facto border at the village Kirbali, near the town Gori.
Georgia’s Interior Ministry informs that Gia and Akaki
Merabishvili may be investigated
TBILISI, DFWatch — The interior ministry in Georgia has asked the prosecutors to investigate former Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili.
Ministry spokesperson Nino Giorgobiani Saturday morning explained at a press conference that the material submitted to
Friend of Tbilisi Mayor released on bail
TBILISI, DFWatch — A friend of the Tbilisi Mayor suspected of money laundering was today released on a USD 90 000 bail for 30 days.
Giorgi Kelbakiani, Georgia Director of the construction company NCC, and Archil Chigogava, Financial Director of the same company
Georgian PM's visit to US postponed
TBILISI, DFWatch — The Georgian Prime Minister’s visit to the US has been postponed until next year. Bidzina Ivanishvili explains that too many problems arise when he leaves the country.
At Thursday’s press conference, the Prime Minister spoke very little about
Four intelligence personnel released on bail
TBILISI, DFWatch — The Appeals Court released four out of ten employees of the Constitutional Security Department of the Interior Ministry from pretrial detention on Thursday evening.
All of them left prison at about 04:00 in the morning.
November 15, ten employees
Amnesty plan leads to controversy
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s Prime Minister says that the planned law about amnesty may increase the level of crime for a certain time in the country, but society should understand this.
At Thursday’s press conference at Radisson Blu Iveria with tens of
Borjomi mineral water may get back to Russia
TBILISI, DFWatch — The well known Georgian mineral water Borjomi is ready to be brought back on the Russian market.
November 19, Borjomi International Company officially appealed to the chair of Russia’s consumer protection agency CPS (Rospotrebnadzor) requesting
Political prisoners list criticized
TBILISI, DFWatch — The former government in Georgia accuses the new government of having illegally granted prisoners status as political prisoners, but new the government denies the accusation.
After a parliamentary committee recognized 186 persons as political