TBILISI, DFWatch – Only one of Abkhazian de facto president Alexander Ankvab’s guards died after Wednesday’s assassination attempt.
In the immedate aftermath of the shootout, a spokesman for Ankvab was quoted by Russian news agency Itar-Tass saying that a second
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s largest trading partner is Turkey, just like before, according to fresh data of from January 2012.
According to Georgia’s Statistics Department, the turnover with Turkey last year totaled 90 million US dollars.
Azerbaijan and Germany
TBILISI, DFWatch – An online campaign against Russian president Dimitry Medvedev’s Facebook page led to comments in Georgian language being blocked by the administrator.
The campaigners wanted to express their protest against Russian policy regarding
TBILISI, DFWatch – Russia hopes to restore friendly relations with the Georgian people, Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says.
“We have never equaled the Georgian government to the Georgian people. And I hope very much that this really brotherly people to us
TBILISI, DFWatch – Wednesday morning the de facto president of Georgia’s breakaway region Abkhazia was attacked while in his car on his way to work in Sukhumi.
Alexander Ankvab himself was not hurt, Abkhazian and Russian media report, but one of his bodyguards
TBILISI, DFWatch – The former member of parliament accused of planning a coup d’état in 2007 was released on bail.
Georgian authorities accuse Valeri Gelbakhiani of having hatched the plot together with Badri Patarkatsishvili, a now deceased billionaire who owned
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian Speaker of Parliament Davit Bakradze is asking parliament to change the recently introduced party finance rules so that they guarantee the freedom of speech more.
He said this during a bureau session on February 20, responding to a petition
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili will hold his annual state of the nation address in parliament’s next week.
The exact date of his speech is not yet known.
Georgian Speaker of Parliament Davit Bakradze said this at a parliamentary bureau session Monday.
TBILISI, DFWatch – The change of U.S. Ambassador to Georgia is routine, says the embassy’s press service.
‘Ambassadors are replaced once in three years. John Bass has been Ambassador to Georgia since October 2009. Consequently, three years will pass in autumn 2012. He may
TBILISI, DFWatch – A former parliamentarian has been arrested in Georgia today just as he entered the country from Armenia.
Valeri Gelbakhiani had just crossed the border as law-enforcers arrested him. He voluntarily surrendered and was transferred