DFWatch staff TBILISI, DFWatch – Four Georgians have been detained after having crossed into the breakaway region South Ossetia.
The four were detained on May 21 and 22 after going on a trip to pick staphylea, a plant which is used for common sour dish in Georgia.
Shota Utiashvili,
TBILISI, DFWatch – The first interim report of one of several extraordinary election monitoring teams says that this spring has been marked by numerous cases of political intimidation.
The report covers the period between April 1 and May 4 and is written by
TBILISI, DFWatch – Russia regrets that NATO was unable to make findings regarding the events of August 2008. The Russian Foreign Ministry says Russia accepts with regret NATO’s decision regarding Georgia.
“One of these complex issues is the situation in the South
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia once again has postponed placing shares of the state-owned Georgian Railway on London Stock Exchange.
The debut should have been on May 24, but the government has again decided to postpone it.
Georgian Prime Minister Nika Gilauri said that
TBILISI, DFWatch – Amnesty International criticizes Georgia for not having investigated police brutality.
The Saakashvili regime has renewed the country’s law enforcement personnel since seizing power in 2003, and is touting the reform as a model for other countries.
TBILISI, DFWatch – An opposition leader in South Ossetia who refused to acknowledge the last election has been appointed Vice Prime Minister in the breakaway republic.
Alla Dzhioyeva boycotted the elections in March and April, but that didn’t stop the winner,
TBILISI, DFWatch – Another Olympic champion has been added to the list of Georgian sportsmen taking part in the political life of Georgia, as an Olympic judo champion joined Bidzina Ivanishvili’s opposition Georgian Dream movement.
After a brief break, the issue of
TBILISI, DFWatch – One of President Mikheil Saakashvili’s top officials says he was taken by surprise by an open letter from opposition billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili yesterday, in which he said that he will not make use of a new tailor-made constitutional change
TBILISI, DFWatch – Journalists in Georgia demand to meet with President Mikheil Saakashvili and ask him about a series of cases of harassment and violation of their rights.
The appeal is backed by 24 media units.
On May 25, journalists are planning to hold a protest
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian parliament today passed constitutional changes meant to let opposition billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili participate in the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections.
Ivanishvili, Georgia’s richest, decided to go into politics