TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia spends nearly USD 85 000 per day on its president, while the minimum amount of pension is USD 60 a month.
Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said it on Wednesday as his government was discussing the 2013 draft budget, and the comment
TBILISI, DFWatch — There were clashes between supporters of Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili and President Mikheil Saakaashvili in two Georgian villages on Tuesday.
Locals in Martvili, a small town in the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region in the west, demanded
TBILISI, DFWatch — Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili will not impeach President Mikheil Saakashvili, as he previously had said he would do.
“When we enter parliament as a majority we will immediately begin to discuss his impeachment if he doesn’t proceed to
TBILISI, DFWatch — The billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, who recently became prime minister of Georgia, is considering going back on a promise to leave politics in a year and a half.
During the election campaign, Ivanishvili claimed that he would leave politics
TBILISI, DFWatch — There were repeat elections at eleven precincts in three regions of Georgia on Sunday.
According to the Central Election Commission (CEC), voter turnout at the time voting ended was 32.9 percent. The repeat election was conducted peacefully without
TBILISI, DFWatch — Eleven precincts in three districts in Georgia are holding repeat elections Sunday, because of grave irregularities which led to results of the October 1 parliamentary election being canceled.
All eleven are what’s called majoritarian or first-past-the-post
TBILISI, DFWatch — Several election districts in Georgia will have to vote again on October 14 because the results of the October 1 parliamentary election were annulled due to violations, according to the Central Election Commission (CEC).
The commission decided on Wednesday
TBILISI, DFWatch — The physical harassment and psychological pressure against the district election commissions is continuing.
Activists from the Georgian Dream party, which won the parliamentary election last week, are now accused of harassing local authorities in Marneuli
TBILISI, DFWatch — Four days after the election, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said the counting of votes had been completed and announced the final results.
After collating votes from 3 766 district, preliminary results show the Georgian Dream coalition received
TBILISI, DFWatch — A video was publishedThursday showing a person wearing a mask breaking into one of the election precincts in Khashuri, a small town in eastern Georgia.
On election day Monday, there were reports about special units breaking into several precincts