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TBILISI, DFWatch – The fifth meeting of the working group on democracy within the U.S.-Georgia Strategic Partnership Charter was held on April 16 in Washington.
The Georgian Foreign Affairs Ministry informs that parties discussed ongoing and already implemented
TBILISI, DFWatch – Russia considers Georgia’s decision to terminate its obligations under the Open Skies treaty with respect to Russia a flagrant violation of the treaty.
“The Treaty does not provide any discriminatory restrictions on the rights of any state party.
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Azerbaijani government warns its citizens about visiting Georgia’s occupied territories.
The warning is more matter-of-fact than a previous warning from the Kremlin to Russians who might be tempted to go to Georgia after a visa is no longer needed
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian Foreign Minister met his Slovakian colleague on Thursday during a visit to Bratislava.
The ministers discussed bilateral and multilateral cooperation, including important issues for both countries ahead of the NATO summit in Chicago
TBILISI, DFWatch – Russia warns its citizens of going to Georgia, while Georgia responds that the dangers are made up.
Russian travel advice for those of its citizens who plan to vacation in Georgia is not the usual notes about vaccines and visas; it warns that
TBILISI, DFWatch – The de facto authorities in Abkhazia yesterday detained six suspects in the case about the assassination attempt on the president in February.
On February 22, Alexander Ankvab’s car was fired on with machine guns and a
TBILISI, DFWatch – The media regulatory body in Georgia Thursday said a cable station was trying to politicize the situation in order to divert attention from its own violations.
The body has fined Trialeti TV 5 000 lari (about USD 3 000) for broadcasting on a
TBILISI, DFWatch – A group in Georgia asks the media regulatory body to stop putting pressure on independent media outlets in the country.
The alliance behind the appeal is called Solidarity for Freedom of Media and was formed in early February in the wake of the takeover of
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s Constitutional Court made a decision in favor of canceling the requirement of a license for cable broadcasting. But a license is still needed for satellite broadcasting.
The court partly satisfied an appeal by the Public Defender, who
TBILISI, DFWatch – Frank Wisner, former US Ambassador to the UN, who last year negotiated with Hosni Mubarak to defuse the Egyptian crisis, is in Georgia to hold meetings.
Wisner arrived on invitation of Bidzina Ivanishvili, the Georgian president’s main political