TBILISI, DFWatch – A bust of Poland’s late president Lech Kaczynski was opened Tuesday here in Tbilisi.
The square where it is located is near the street named after him by Tbilisi City Council to honor him after his tragic death two years ago.
Zaal Samadashvili,
TBILISI, DFWatch – Speaking on April 9, officially known as The Day of National Unity, President Mikheil Saakashvili warned against his country’s enemy within.
Addressing soldiers in the yard of the parliament building on the important public holiday dedicated to unity,
TBILISI, DFWatch – The museum dedicated to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in his hometown of Gori in Georgia will change name to the Museum of Stalinism.
The Ministry of Culture is behind the idea that the museum will offer visitors a historical account of stalinism,
TBILISI, DFWatch – A former local head of the KGB in South Ossetia has won the presidential elections in the breakaway region. Leonid Tibilov received about 55 percent of the votes beating competitor David Sanakoyev, presidential human rights commissioner.
The
TBILISI, DFWatch – The de facto republic South Ossetia tomorrow holds the second round of its second presidential elections.
The first election was held in November 2011. The Kremlin favorite and an opposition leader got through to the second round, in which the
TBILISI, DFWatch – Finland’s Foreign Minister is on a working visit to Georgia within the frames of a tour of the region.
Erkki Tuomioja arrived in Georgia on April 3, the 20 year anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Finland and
TBILISI, DFWatch – NATO once again underlines that the decision that Georgia will become member of Alliance stands firm.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General, said this today during a press conference with Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili at the
TBILISI, DFWatch – The number of visitors to Georgia in the first quarter of 2012 was 680 000. This is a 40 per cent increase compared to the same period last year.
The new statistics were released by the Interior Ministry on April 2 and is based on data from custom’s
TBILISI, DFWatch – The second of two Georgians has been saved from execution for drug crimes in Malaysia.
Babutsa Gordadze had her death sentence changed into eight years in jail. She has already served two years in a Malaysian jail. Earlier, Darejan Kokhtashvili,
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian president will participate at the session of the NATO Georgia commission on April 3 in Brussels.
According to the president’s administration, Mikheil Saakashvili will meet NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, and the two will