DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch – The U.S. organization Committee for Open Democracy (COD) is to send log term election observers to monitor the parliamentary election in Georgia in October.
“We’ll be focusing on the processes of democracy and people’s confidence in these
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s budget is to be increased by 200 million lari by increasing the licensing fees for use of natural resources.
Another source for the increase is grants from the EU to finance reforms in different areas, according to Gia Khuroshvili,
TBILISI, DFWatch – On the 67th anniversary of VE Day, victory in Europe in World War Two, Vladimir Putin sent his congratulations to the leaders of the countries that are members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), as well as to the two
TBILISI, DFWatch – The constitutional changes Georgia recently passed which gives EU citizens the right to stand for election will be restricted to only last for three years.
The Christian Democrats party recently suggested constitutional amendments according to
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Caucasus region experienced two minor earthquakes Monday, the strongest of 5.6 magnitude.
The 5.6 magnitude earthquake occurred at 08:40 in the morning with epicenter in the border region between Azerbaijan and Georgia, 17 kilometers from Zagatala,
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian president claims Russia tried to copy the Georgian police reforms, but could not get them to work.
Sunday, Saakashvili marked a recently created national holiday called Police Day, held on the same day as St George’s Day, May 6,
TBILISI, DFWatch – The crisis in the EU’s dealings with a disputed region that broke away from Georgia and is heavily militarized by Russia continues as neither side is willing to give in.
Abkhazia said before the weekend that it is not going to change its position. The
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian Party has broken off relations with Erosi Kitsmarisvhili, a well known politician and former manager of Maestro TV.
The party has released a statement saying that for four months, the Georgian party has not had any relations with him, and
TBILISI, DFWatch – Three national TV channels in Georgia selectively left out parts of a new survey.
The survey was done by the International Republican Institute, which is affiliated with the Republican party in the United States and is in Georgia to develop democracy.
TBILISI, DFWatch – A spokesperson for the prison minister in Georgia Friday lied about her whereabouts to divert a crowd of protesters who were angry over a dead prisoner.
A spokeswoman for prison minister Khatuna Kalmakhelidze, claimed that she was not in Tbilisi,