DFWatch staff TBILISI, DFWatch – Police in Georgia Thursday entered the offices of a company affiliated with Bidzina Ivanishvili, the billionaire who is trying to mount a challenge to President Saakashvili in a parliamentary election in October.
Police went into the offices of Elita
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian authorities are starting to seize the property of billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili.
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A prosecutor has ordered thousands of satellite receivers seized, while another office is preparing to forcefully collect a USD
TBILISI, DFWatch – A new report by the U.S. State Department paints a dire picture of victims of human trafficking in Georgia.
The 2012 report, which covers 186 countries, states that Georgia is “a source, transit, and destination country for women and girls
TBILISI, DFWatch – Two of the largest mining companies in Georgia have been taken over by Russian owners.
The owner of Madneuli and Quartzite, GeoProMining, June 14 published a statement which says that the two companies have been sold for USD 120 million. But the
TBILISI, DFWatch – Four months away from an important election, the ruling party in Georgia has passed a new law which frees socially vulnerable families from paying fines for not having paid electricity, natural gas, bus ticket and other fines.
The law came into
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 6.8 percent in first quarter of 2012 compared to the same period last year, according to Georgia’s National Statistics Department (Geostat).
Extending the estimate one month, Geostat director Zaza
TBILISI, DFWatch – In the first five months of 2012, Georgia increased its trade with other countries, but had a significant negative trade balance.
The trade deficit in the period January-May 2012 was USD 2 136 million. This is 53 percent of the foreign trade
TBILISI, DFWatch – Spanish police have busted a ring of suspected Georgian burglars.
The website Crime Scene Spain reports that police suspect the ring of having broken into homes and stolen valuables.
Among sixteen people arrested, four were women. One was from
TBILISI, DFWatch – A computer programmer who went missing more than a week ago has returned to his home.
Mamuka Jibladze (54) disappeared on June 11. After two days, his family called police to report him as missing.
The Interior Ministry started a search operation and
TBILISI, DFWatch – Monday the deadline ran out for opposition financier Bidzina Ivanishvili to pay a USD 45 million fine.
Tbilisi City Court issued the fine in a lawsuit raised by the Chamber of Control’s party finance audit agency. Originally, the fine was 149