DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch – Russia will leave South Ossetia and Abkhazia sooner than anyone can imagine, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili says.
The comment came during a summit of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation which took place yesterday in Istanbul, Turkey.
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s foreign trade grew by 19 percent in the first five months of 2012, compared with last year.
Final figures from GeoStat show that total foreign trade turnover was USD 4 059 million, out of which USD 961 million is export and USD 3 097
TBILISI, DFWatch – A scuffle broke out Tuesday while opposition billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili was campaigning in a small village near Gori.
His opposition Georgian Dream movement says the scuffle was caused by pro-government vigilantes, but the ruling party says
TBILISI, DFWatch – Several groups in Georgia Tuesday demonstrated against ongoing torture in the country’s prisons.
140 prisoners died in prison during 2011 year, 40 percent of them had injuries on their body.
The number of suspected cases of mistreatment gets longer
TBILISI, DFWatch – Poland will send observers for the parliamentary elections in Georgia.
The Polish observers will come as part of the EU, OSCE and Council of Europe’s separate observer missions.
Earlier, a Georgian lawmaker from the ruling party said Russia might
TBILISI, DFWatch – A group of internal refugees in Georgia today sat down in front of parliament and began a hunger strike.
Their protest is being organized by the opposition party Future for Georgia and their demand is to have their living quarters legalized.
TBILISI, DFWatch – A draft law to let small and independent TV stations get national distribution contains a loophole.
The text of the draft law became public Tuesday and shows that ‘technical’ problems will free cable companies from their obligations to carry all channels.
‘Technical
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia once again draws attention to an unprecedented Russian military exercise that is planned for September and will for the first time take place insidethe two breakaway regions Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
A foreign ministry spokesman Monday said,
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia will enforce media diversity, but only for sixty days, according to a new draft law.
The draft envisages passing a law that will secure the population diverse access to TV channels. Currently, most of the population only have access to channels
TBILISI, DFWatch – NATO’s Deputy Secretary General is to visit Georgia on June 28.
Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Davit Jalaghania announced at a briefing in Tbilisi Monday that Alexander Vershbow will arrive for a two day visit to participate in a defense and