Rusiko Machaidze TBILISI, DFWatch – The parliament in Georgia Tuesday once more modified a set of constitutional changes which were meant to let Saakashvili’s main competitor participate in elections.
At the second hearing, Vakhtang Khmaladze, legal expert and representative of the
TBILISI, DFWatch – Teachers are suffering political discrimination in Georgia ahead of an important election.
Only in Shida Kartli, a region bordering on South Ossetia, 21 teachers were fired because their family members supported or were member of the largest
TBILISI, DFWatch – Saakashvili’s main political opponent Bidzina Ivanishvili will sell all his property in Russia by the end of May.
The billionaire said this after it became public that his shares in companies in Russia were already sold. According to Forbes magazine,
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia is to create a new 15-year tax privilege for people who invest at least one million USD.
An appropriate bill is already initiated in parliament.
The government’s parliamentary secretary Gia Khuroshvili explains that the government decided
TBILISI, DFWatch – Lawmakers in Georgia have temporarily given EU citizens political rights in the country for the next three years. The rights will expire on January 1, 2014.
The constitutional amendment is widely seen as a measure to allow opposition billionaire
TBILISI, DFWatch – A scuffle broke out Tuesday in the Georgian parliament during a debate about the Armenian genocide.
Jondi Baghaturia, member of parliament (MP) for the opposition Georgian Troupe party, asked in a speech what the government is going to do regarding a
TBILISI, DFWatch – President Mikheil Saakashvili Monday marked the start of construction work for a new hydro power station in a mountainous region in Western Georgia.
The Nenskra power station in the village Chuberi will deliver 210 megawatt when finished.
According to
TBILISI, DFWatch – The tax pressure will be relieved, sanctions liberalized and the administration will be simplified, the government has decided.
Rusudan Kemularia, Deputy Finance Minister, held a briefing on Monday regarding the plan.
She presented amendments to the tax
TBILISI, DFWatch – Negotiations will start between Georgia and the U.S. at the end of May aimed at intensifying trade relations.
Georgia’s Prime Minister Nika Gilauri announced this after returning from a visit to the U.S.
Gilauri met the heads of the Millennium Challenge
TBILISI, DFWatch – Saturday, the opposition party everybody expects to challenge Mikheil Saakashvili in October’s parliamentary election gathered for a founding congress in Tbilisi.
Its unofficial leader, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, promised to revive agriculture