DFWatch staff TBILISI, DFWatch – President Saakashvili says Georgia’s integration with Europe is an irreversible process, and he is sure that there will be achieved a free trade agreement in next 16-18 months, creating tens of thousands jobs.
In this near future, Saakashvili said
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian police have arrested two members of the opposition Georgian Dream movement for having tried to “recruit” an intelligence officer.
A statement published on the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ website says the two are charged with abuse of power,
TBILISI, DFWatch – Tina Khidasheli, one of the leaders of the opposition Georgian Dream coalition says the government is preventing Georgian Dream from conducting an election campaign.
Tbilisi City Court fined the Georgian Dream coalition’s constituent parties 2 383 097
TBILISI, DFWatch – Russia will leave South Ossetia and Abkhazia sooner than anyone can imagine, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili says.
The comment came during a summit of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation which took place yesterday in Istanbul, Turkey.
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s foreign trade grew by 19 percent in the first five months of 2012, compared with last year.
Final figures from GeoStat show that total foreign trade turnover was USD 4 059 million, out of which USD 961 million is export and USD 3 097
TBILISI, DFWatch – A scuffle broke out Tuesday while opposition billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili was campaigning in a small village near Gori.
His opposition Georgian Dream movement says the scuffle was caused by pro-government vigilantes, but the ruling party says
TBILISI, DFWatch – Several groups in Georgia Tuesday demonstrated against ongoing torture in the country’s prisons.
140 prisoners died in prison during 2011 year, 40 percent of them had injuries on their body.
The number of suspected cases of mistreatment gets longer
TBILISI, DFWatch – Poland will send observers for the parliamentary elections in Georgia.
The Polish observers will come as part of the EU, OSCE and Council of Europe’s separate observer missions.
Earlier, a Georgian lawmaker from the ruling party said Russia might
TBILISI, DFWatch – A group of internal refugees in Georgia today sat down in front of parliament and began a hunger strike.
Their protest is being organized by the opposition party Future for Georgia and their demand is to have their living quarters legalized.
TBILISI, DFWatch – A draft law to let small and independent TV stations get national distribution contains a loophole.
The text of the draft law became public Tuesday and shows that ‘technical’ problems will free cable companies from their obligations to carry all channels.
‘Technical