DFWatch staff TBILISI, DFWatch – A former Georgian general who was convicted of treason and lived in Russia was killed Monday in Moscow.
Russian media report that Roman Dumbadze was hit by bullets from two attackers passing by on motorcycles near his home.
Dumbadze died on the
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Nikoloz Vashakidze says he hopes that Switzerland will finish selecting the company which will conduct monitoring of goods passing the Russia-Georgia border.
Georgia agreed to accept Russia as a WTO member in November
There are several points on Georgia in NATO’s declaration in Chicago published on Monday, 21.
DF Watch publishes part of the declaration unchanged:
«At the 2008 Bucharest Summit we agreed that Georgia will become a member of NATO and we reaffirm all
TBILISI, DFWatch – NATO countries are meeting in Chicago with aspirant countries and countries which participate in the ISAF mission in Afghanistan.
The Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili is attending the summit, after having spent several days in the U.S.
TBILISI, DFWatch – President Mikheil Saakashvili suggests to bring Georgian doctors currently working in the U.S. back to Georgia. It is unknown how many doctors will accept the proposal.
Saakashvili said it while meeting with doctors in the U.S. The leader used the
TBILISI, DFWatch – John Bass, U.S. Ambassador to Georgia, says that Hillary Clinton will visit Georgia.
In late 2011, it was reported that the US Secretary of State’s was going to visit Georgia, and February was mentioned as a probable date for her arrival. But the
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s foreign minister and his Azeri colleague have decided to find a solution to the situation at the Davit Gareja Monastery complex while the two meet at the NATO summit in Chicago May 20 and 21.
Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs writes
TBILISI, DFWatch – Giorgi Targamadze (pictured) is one of the sources for a new report former EU Ambassador to Georgia Per Eklund is writing about the election environment ahead of the parliamentary elections in October.
Eklund met with the Christian Democrats parliamentary
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s foreign trade turnover in the first four months of 2012 grew 18 percent compared to the same period in 2011.
Georgian National Statistics Department, GeoStat, reported on Wednesday that preliminary figures for January-April 2012 show that
TBILISI, DFWatch – Opposition representatives in Georgia say the flood that took five lives Sunday could have been prevented.
The discussion led to a street scuffle between a district governor and an opposition party representative.
Besik Gazdeliani, Deputy Governor