DFWatch staff 
Georgian officials will, if they are fired, be able to use their diplomatic passports for one more year.
This means that they will be able to cross borders without any problems, which is not possible for ordinary citizen.
President Mikheil Saakashvili made this decision by issuing
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia played 1-1 against Finland Friday in the third qualifier for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
The match was played in Helsinki. When the first half ended there were no goals, but in the 11. minute of the second half, the Georgian team scored. Finland
TBILISI, DFWatch — Five members of the United National Movement party in Tbilisi City Council left their faction and set up a new faction, which will join the platform of the parliament election winner Georgian Dream.
The faction had 38 members before it lost the five
TBILISI, DFWatch — Many in Tbilisi had hoped that city hall would do away with an unpopular new system to make the garbage collection fee dependent on the electric bill, but at Friday’s session it emerged that despite the opposition’s election victory it is not certain
TBILISI, DFWatch — The Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili today had a phone conversation with NATO’s Secretary General, who told the president that today is a historical moment for Georgia’s democratic development.
Mikheil Saakashvili and Anders Fogh
TBILISI, DFWatch — Corporal Mindia Abashidze was the eighteenth Georgian soldier to die while serving in the NATO-led ISAF operation in Afghanistan.
Georgia’s defense ministry on Thursday reported that the corporal born October 27, 1989,
The current Georgian government has resigned but will continue carrying out its duties until a new government is approved by parliament.
The president’s administration informed about the resignation in a short statement on its official website, which says that
TBILISI, DFWatch — Several election districts in Georgia will have to vote again on October 14 because the results of the October 1 parliamentary election were annulled due to violations, according to the Central Election Commission (CEC).
The commission decided on Wednesday
TBILISI, DFWatch — Following the opposition victory in last week’s parliamentary election, people who have been deprived of their companies in recent years are now saying they want to get back what was taken from them during the rule of President Mikheil Saakashvili.
About 200 employees of the port of Poti are on strike, local media report. The workers refuse to carry on until the people making decisions at No 14 harbor speaks to them.
They demand improved working conditions, appropriate salary for the work they do and to have contracts.