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TBILISI, DFWatch – Barack Obama has proposed Richard Boyce Norland as new U.S. ambassador to Georgia.
The President proposed Norland as replacement for current ambassador John R. Bass, whose term expires this autumn. He was appointed in October 2009.
The Senate’s Foreign
TBILISI, DFWatch – Just days before the premiere, two cinemas in Azerbaijan have decided not to show a new Russian movie set during the 2008 Russia-Georgia war.
Much of the new movie “August. Eight” was shot in Abkhazia and South Ossetia and the backdrop to the story
TBILISI, DFWatch – The former Soviet republic of Georgia is going to construct a new coal power station in the near future.
This was announced Thursday by the director of Georgian Industrial Group, Nana Turnava. She said the group has signed a contract with the Turkish
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s Revenue Service says it can not understand the charges made by a billionaire opposition politician that his TV van was damaged in customs.
The revenue service said in a statement Thursday that Bidzina Ivanishvili’s claim that TV equipment he was
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s defense ministry says the current twelve month service length is not enough to properly prepare persons called up for compulsory military service. It is now asking parliament to increase the length of service to 15 months.
The bill is certain
TBILISI, DFWatch – A billionaire in Georgia who is building an opposition movement says his TV equipment was deliberately damaged while in customs.
Bidzina Ivanishvili’s press office said Tuesday that a production van belonging to his TV company with broadcasting
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s foreign ministry says Russia keeps on militarizing Georgia’s occupied regions, is deploying the newest offensive weapons and continues building military infrastructure.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Wednesday that Russia
TBILISI, DFWatch – The South Ossetian opposition leader who was injured in an attack by authorities last week says she will decide in three days whether to stay in politics or quit, and that she might ask for political asylum elsewhere. “It’s the first time I got the idea about getting out of South Ossetia. … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch – A suspected explosive device was reported to have been found outside Russia’s consulate in Tbilisi Wednesday.
However, it turned out to be just an empty suitcase, according to Interior Ministry spokesperson Shotia Utiashvili.
The suspicious object
TBILISI, DFWatch – Israel’s transport minister proposes to establish visa-free travel with the former Soviet republic of Georgia.
The proposal was put forth during a visit to Israel February 13 by Georgia’s minister of economic development Vera Kobalia and is reported on