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TBILISI, DFWatch – By decision of Tbilisi City Court the bank accounts of Georgian Development Research Institutes (GDRI) were seized. The leadership of the organization doesn’t know the reason, but suspect that it is because of a donation from Bidzina Ivanishvili.
TBILISI, DFWatch – Saakashvili’s potential nemesis, the businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili, has lodged a an arbitration case against the Georgian government.
Maia Panjikidze, spokesperson for Georgian Dream coalition, said at a briefing Wednesday that the law
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia will hold parliamentary elections on October 1, 2012.
Manana Manjgalade, spokesperson for President Mikheil Saakashvili, said this at a briefing on Wednesday.
She said the president is sure that the October elections will be yet another
TBILISI, DFWatch – Another opposition sympathizer in Georgia has had his bank account frozen.
By decision of Tbilisi City Court, all bank accounts belonging to former Deputy Security Minister Lasha Natsvlishvili were seized. Currently, Natsvlishvili is not a member
TBILISI, DFWatch – Witnesses say one of President Saakashvili’s escort cars was involved in a car accident on the highway near Gori, which left a driver of another car dead and four others injured.
Witnesses say one of the president’s escort cars crashed into
TBILISI, DFWatch – While the opposition affiliated Cartu Bank was temporarily under state management recently, USD 50 million was taken in loans.
The bank, which is associated with President Saakashvili’s main competitor Bidzina Ivanishvili, plans to go to court
TBILISI, DFWatch – A fire in Georgia has burned down more than one thousand hectares of land in the eastern Vashlovani National Park.
The environment minister said the reason for the fire, which started on Monday at about 17:00, was negligence. It has now been
TBILISI, DFWatch – The former footballer, now opposition campaigner Kakhi Kaladze has been deprived of the right to appeal the seizure of his bank accounts.
This news was relayed by Shalva Tadumadze, a lawyer for the former AC Milan player.
Tbilisi City Court
TBILISI, DFWatch – A member of the Georgian Dream coalition’s campaign team Monday started a rally in front of Bank of Georgia in Lanchkhuti, a small town in the western Guria region.
Shota Pirtskhalaishvili is one of over twenty opposition campaigners who claim that
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian Ombudsman says the blackmailing of a journalist working for the opposition affiliated Channel 9 TV contains the signs of a crime.
Journalist Nodar Chachua, who used to work for one of the three pro-government channels, says he was