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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
TBILISI, DFWatch – Swedish TV recently revealed that Teliasonera has opened their doors for an Orwellian level of surveillance in former Soviet countries. A group of lawyers in Georgia now says that indiscriminate wiretapping is illegal.
Georgian Young Lawyer’s
TBILISI, DFWatch – Mikheil Saakashvili did not miss out on another chance to mention his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin while giving a speech in Batumi at an international conference about world tourism.
Saakashvili said Putin is a person who signed Georgia’s
TBILISI, DFWatch – Rivers in Georgia’s Eastern region Kakheti swelled Tuesday after heavy rain and melting snow, but so far there has not been a repeat ot the disaster year 2011.
Deputy Governor of the region told Interpressnews that the rivers feeding Alazani, one of
TBILISI, DFWatch – A hypothetical city of half a million which still only exists as a Facebook page will be written into the constitution of Georgia.
The initiative comes from president Mikheil Saakashvili, who in a televised speech December 4, 2011 said the new city