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TBILISI, DFWatch – As a new chapter unfolded in the saga about Georgia’s party finance reform, the Chamber of Control Monday made a request which seemed an implicit criticism of its critics.
The CoC was given retroactive powers in a reform last December, but since such
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian Speaker of Parliament Davit Bakradze is asking parliament to change the recently introduced party finance rules so that they guarantee the freedom of speech more.
He said this during a bureau session on February 20, responding to a petition
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili promised to this week unveil a new combat vehicle his country has developed called ‘Lazika’.
The president said this in a speech February 20 during a surprise visit to his country’s soldiers stationed in
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili said during a visit to Afghanistan that the United States will help Georgia to defend its territory.
The president was addressing Georgian soldiers in the ISAF mission at a military base in Helmand province.
TBILISI, DFWatch – The United Kingdom’s ambassador to Georgia, Judith Gough, Monday visisted Abkhazia, one of two breakaway regions.
Ambassador Gough was travelling together with Regional Adviser Claire Delassard and Political Affairs Counsellor James Gallagher.
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili will hold his annual state of the nation address in parliament’s next week.
The exact date of his speech is not yet known.
Georgian Speaker of Parliament Davit Bakradze said this at a parliamentary bureau session Monday.
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili today visited his country’s soldiers at the combat outpost Shukvani in Afghanistan’s Helmand province.
No information was released beforehand about the president’s visit to Afghanistan, and it only became
TBILISI, DFWatch – The change of U.S. Ambassador to Georgia is routine, says the embassy’s press service.
‘Ambassadors are replaced once in three years. John Bass has been Ambassador to Georgia since October 2009. Consequently, three years will pass in autumn 2012. He may
TBILISI, DFWatch – A former parliamentarian has been arrested in Georgia today just as he entered the country from Armenia.
Valeri Gelbakhiani had just crossed the border as law-enforcers arrested him. He voluntarily surrendered and was transferred
TBILISI, DFWatch – Hunters saved from freezing to death, sailors are saved from pirates, a monk saved from hostage-takers, villagers saved from water and power shortage. Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili gives you the heroes of daily life.
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