DFWatch staff TBILISI, DFWatch – James Appathurai, NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, will arrive in Georgia on June 11.
NATO’s information center in Tbilisi told DF Watch on Tuesday that Appathurai is coming to Georgia to plan for
TBILISI, DFWatch – A businessman in Georgia who is in prison and said he was framed by the Saakashvili regime has been pardoned by Saakashvili himself.
The founder of Georgia’s largest electronics chain was serving an eigth year prison sentence in connection with
TBILISI, DFWatch – An employee of the Ministry of Education has been fired and says it might have been because of her son’s political activism.
Maya Miminoshvili, who was head of the National Examinations Center says that her son yesterday participated in a rally
TBILISI, DFWatch – The election of a nationalist as president in Serbia has caused Tbilisi to respond with an appeal for cooperation and to shared cultural bonds.
The Serbian parliament may consider formal recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, after the
TBILISI, DFWatch – The opposition coalition Georgian Dream will start naming their candidates for majoritarian members of parliament from June 1.
Leader Bidzina Ivanishvili said Monday that most of the candidates have already been selected, but there are several
TBILISI, DFWatch –The U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton will visit Georgia June 5.
Clinton starts her South Caucasus tour on June 4 in Armenia. After visiting Georgia, she will leave for Azerbaijan June 6, according to the U.S. embassy in Tbilisi.
During the
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia fell one place in the Global Enabling Trade Report 2012.
The list is published by the World Economic Forum (weforum.org). It contains 132 countries and ranks them according to how well they perform in market access, border administration
TBILISI, DFWatch – Four Georgians have been detained after having crossed into the breakaway region South Ossetia.
The four were detained on May 21 and 22 after going on a trip to pick staphylea, a plant which is used for common sour dish in Georgia.
Shota Utiashvili,
TBILISI, DFWatch – The first interim report of one of several extraordinary election monitoring teams says that this spring has been marked by numerous cases of political intimidation.
The report covers the period between April 1 and May 4 and is written by
TBILISI, DFWatch – Russia regrets that NATO was unable to make findings regarding the events of August 2008. The Russian Foreign Ministry says Russia accepts with regret NATO’s decision regarding Georgia.
“One of these complex issues is the situation in the South