DFWatch staff TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian opposition billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili refuses to pay a USD 90 million fine he was issued for illegal party funding.
This could lead to seizure and forced sale of his property.
The 149 million lari fine corresponds to 2.1 percent
TBILISI, DFWatch – An independent commentator in Georgia suspects there was installed surveillance equipment in his flat.
Gia Khukhashvili yesterday told journalists his neighbor from upstairs discovered a listening device and informed him.
“I haven’t seen it
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia is protesting against a Russian plan to expel 9 000 Georgians who are illegally in Russia.
Georgia calls this the start of another wave of mass violation of human rights.
Konstantin Romadonovsky, head of Russia’s immigration service,
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia may restrict Russian observers from attending the parliamentary elections in October.
If a new law proposal is passed, any country that wants to send observers must first express its support for Georgia’s sovereignty.
Russia has recognized
TBILISI, DFWatch – OSCE is to keep an eye on a massive Russian military exercise in the Caucasus planned for September.
Eamon Gilmour, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, said this during a visit to Georgia.
After a
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s ombudsman is reporting another case of mistreatment of a prisoners and asks the prosecutor to investigate the cases.
The Public Defender writes that his team visited Manuchar Akhvlediani, Irakli Chantralze and Irakli Dundia, who are
TBILISI, DFWatch – A new report by the National Statistics Department says that direct foreign investments in the first quarter of 2012 was 55 percent higher than in the same period in 2011.
The total amount of direct foreign investments in the first quarter of 2012
TBILISI, DFWatch – A swing was put up in a mountain village in Georgia, but no children are there to use it. Next to the swing in Rkoni village, high up in the cool mountains, two elderly people, Nina Berdzeni and Mariam Chokheli are living alone, each in their own house. A swing to play … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch – The party financing audit agency in Georgia is continuing not only going after the opposition, but might also fine the ruling party.
Kakha Baratashvili is head of Rustavi city council. Earlier this year, Transparency International Georgia reported
TBILISI, DFWatch – The main opposition leader in Georgia has been issued a fine of 126 million lari and an additional 22 million lari in a second case.
The city court in Tbilisi ruled in favor of the audit agency in the case against Bidzina Ivanishvili, the billionaire who last