DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch – As Georgia’s capital was drenched in rain water, and a stream flooded a district, killing five, reports went out from the national emergency agency that what caused the disaster was that the river Mtkvari had burst its banks.
Mtkvari is the largest
TBILISI, DFWatch – Lawmakers in Georgia have finally achieved consensus for constitutional changes which will give opposition billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili the right to participate in elections, without being a Georgian citizen.
The amendment was originally proposed
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Saakashvili regime has finally revealed how much it is spending on building a new parliament building: USD 82.5 million.
Finance minister Dimitry Gvindadze says the whole process with building a new parliament is completely transparent.
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia has obtained a listing on London Stock Exchange for obligations in Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation.
Securities valued USD 250 million were placed on one of the world’s most famous stock exchanges on May 9.
According to Kommersant, the lowest
TBILISI, DFWatch – Prisons in Georgia are to become more crowded, as the maximum limit on number of inmates is raised, and two prisons are closed down.
It’s the controversial Minister for Corrections and Legal Assistance, Khatuna Kalmakhelidze, who has ordered the
TBILISI, DFWatch – Political parties in Georgia need to strengthen their internal democracy. This is the conclusion of a new report by Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD).
In the report Internal Party Democracy and Local Government NIMD names three
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili has a new initiative to turn the whole government into a digital world, where citizens will be able to speak with 3D images of the ministers.
Saakashvili says all citizens should have the opportunity to talk
TBILISI, DFWatch – The newly inaugurated Russian president Vladimir Putin Friday paid a visit to the border between Russia and the disputed region Abkhazia, signing a new treaty about railways.
Mr Putin turned up at Psou, a border crossing which Georgia considers
TBILISI, DFWatch – Demand is growing within the construction business in Georgia.
According to the National Statistics Department, GeoStat, the number of permits for constructions and reconstructions has increased by 43.3 per cent in 2011 compared to 2010.
The
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia has said it is unable to conduct a general population census in 2012.
Georgia’s National Statistics Department, GeoStat, says even though there was expected to be conducted a census this year, it is not feasible.
The statement says that