DFWatch staff TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia once again has postponed placing shares of the state-owned Georgian Railway on London Stock Exchange.
The debut should have been on May 24, but the government has again decided to postpone it.
Georgian Prime Minister Nika Gilauri said that
TBILISI, DFWatch – Amnesty International criticizes Georgia for not having investigated police brutality.
The Saakashvili regime has renewed the country’s law enforcement personnel since seizing power in 2003, and is touting the reform as a model for other countries.
TBILISI, DFWatch – An opposition leader in South Ossetia who refused to acknowledge the last election has been appointed Vice Prime Minister in the breakaway republic.
Alla Dzhioyeva boycotted the elections in March and April, but that didn’t stop the winner,
TBILISI, DFWatch – Another Olympic champion has been added to the list of Georgian sportsmen taking part in the political life of Georgia, as an Olympic judo champion joined Bidzina Ivanishvili’s opposition Georgian Dream movement.
After a brief break, the issue of
TBILISI, DFWatch – One of President Mikheil Saakashvili’s top officials says he was taken by surprise by an open letter from opposition billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili yesterday, in which he said that he will not make use of a new tailor-made constitutional change
TBILISI, DFWatch – Journalists in Georgia demand to meet with President Mikheil Saakashvili and ask him about a series of cases of harassment and violation of their rights.
The appeal is backed by 24 media units.
On May 25, journalists are planning to hold a protest
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian parliament today passed constitutional changes meant to let opposition billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili participate in the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections.
Ivanishvili, Georgia’s richest, decided to go into politics
TBILISI, DFWatch – A small TV station in Georgia has been taken over, in the latest of a series of disputes within media in the country.
A few days ago, Davit Zilpimian reported that the property of Pirveli Stereo and Stereo Plus, a TV channel he established, had
TBILISI, DFWatch – NATO’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says Georgia will become a member of the alliance sometime. There has been progress in the reforms and NATO will continue to support the country in that regard.
Fogh Rasmussen said this at a joint
TBILISI, DFWatch – A pro-democracy campaign in Georgia calls on the Saakashvili regime to not stall a negotiated deal intended to secure a more fair election in October.
The campaign sent a letter appealing to the president and speaker of parliament to start