DFWatch staff TBILISI, DFWatch – Tbilisi Appeals Court upheld the city court’s decision in the case of opposition billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili’s citizenship.
This means he is still without a citizenship of his native Georgia, and he will be barred from standing for election or engaging
TBILISI, DFWatch – NATO’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is coming on another visit to Georgia in September, less than a year after his last visit here.
This is proof that Georgia-NATO relations are strengthening, Georgia’s Vice Prime Minister Giorgi
TBILISI, The International Republican Institute (IRI) is sending a long-term observer mission to Georgia, which will arrive on July 18.
Resident Country Director Andrea Keerbs says the IRI will have both long-term and short-term observers from the U.S. and Europe.
TBILISI, DFWatch – The U.S. Ambassador to Georgia Thursday called in the press to outline what America is contributing to organizing the coming parliamentary election.
Initially, addressing the current split between two major blocs, the ruling National Movement party
TBILISI, DFWatch – President Saakashvili says Georgia’s integration with Europe is an irreversible process, and he is sure that there will be achieved a free trade agreement in next 16-18 months, creating tens of thousands jobs.
In this near future, Saakashvili said
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian police have arrested two members of the opposition Georgian Dream movement for having tried to “recruit” an intelligence officer.
A statement published on the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ website says the two are charged with abuse of power,
TBILISI, DFWatch – Tina Khidasheli, one of the leaders of the opposition Georgian Dream coalition says the government is preventing Georgian Dream from conducting an election campaign.
Tbilisi City Court fined the Georgian Dream coalition’s constituent parties 2 383 097
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