Mari Nikuradze 
TBILISI, DFWatch – Thousands gathered Tuesday in central Tbilisi to celebrate the International Worker’s Day, May 1 and demonstrate in front of the parliament building.
Protesters adopted an appeal to the president, government and parliament. They call on authorities
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s vice prime minister criticizes foreign embassies in Tbilisi of not following up a new agreement meant to simplify visa application procedures.
Giorgi Baramidze was reacting to a new report by Liberal Academy Tbilisi, adding that
TBILISI, DFWatch – Nani (48) left Georgia about 17 years ago to work in Italy and send money to her family. She’s from Samtredia, a small town in Western Georgia. Her husband works at a local theater, earning a small salary. Her daughter goes to school, while her son
TBILISI, DFWatch – 23 per cent of Georgia’s population is away from the country, 80 per cent of which are illegal labor migrants and sole bread-winners.
These are some of the findings in a new report made by Liberal Academy Tbilisi, called Visa Facilitation and Readmission:
TBILISI, DFWatch – In a letter to Hilary Clinton, U.S. Senator John McCain expresses concern about Georgia’s occupied territories and calls for the Secretary of the State to support Georgia.
“The upcoming NATO summit in Chicago presents an excellent opportunity to
TBILISI, DFWatch – Russian President calls his Georgian counterpart clueless and says that sooner or later there will be a new leader in Georgia, with whom Russia can cooperate.
Dmitry Medvedev made this statement during an interview broadcast on a Russian TV channel.
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s interior minister, Vano Merabishvili, must today answer a question in parliament about a warning he received a year and a half before the war with Russia in August 2008.
The billionaire who says he made the warning is now building an opposition
TBILISI, DFWatch – Two groups in Georgia want to change a new secrecy law which they say restricts access to public information.
Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA), Transparency International Georgia and Institute for Development of Freedom of Information
TBILISI, DFWatch – The European Union and United Nations Development Program is starting a new round of media monitoring in Georgia for the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections in 2012 and 2013.
All kinds of media outlets will be monitored, including TV, radio,
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s Defense Ministry informs that another soldier has died in Afghanistan, bringing the total number of servicemen lost there to sixteen.
Valerian Khujadze was serving in the 31st Battalion in the volatile Helmand province. The incident happened on