TBILISI, DFWatch–Lawmakers in Georgia have retracted a bill to make it possible for authorities to bar Georgians from leaving the country without specifying the reason.
MPs Irine Imerlishvili and Zurab Abashidze said they were revoking the bill in order to improve it,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s estimated real GDP growth rate amounted to 1.1 percent in August 2013. For the first eight months of 2013, the same figure was 1.6 percent, according to Georgia’s National Statistics Department, GeoStat.
GeoStat’s monthly rapid estimates
TBILISI, DFWatch–53 election precincts will be open at locations abroad for Georgians there who want to vote in the presidential election on October 27.
According to the Central Election Commission, the highest number of precincts will be in Greece
TBILISI, DFWatch–The organization Droa protested outside Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili’s business center Monday evening, installing barbed wires at the entrance.
Police prohibited them from blocking the road with wires, so they placed them on the side walk.
TBILISI, DFWatch–67 prisoners were released on Saturday on recommendation of the commission for early release, according to the Prison Ministry. 14 of the released prisoners are women.
The ministry says the commission has reviewed about 300 cases and
TBILISI, DFWatch–A military helicopter was seen Friday flying over the village Dvani, where Russian soldiers are reinforcing the de facto border with barbed wire blocks and fences.
The allegedly Russian military helicopter was filmed on video. The Ministry of Interior
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili met with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in New York, within the frames of the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
According to the president’s press office, Saakashvili spoke with Rasmussen
TBILISI, DFWatch–Fines issued by the police for administrative violations have increased by 70 percent in the first six months of 2013 compared to last year.
According to the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI), which obtained official data
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prison Ministry employees in Georgia have disrupted two attempts to bring drugs into a prison in Tbilisi.
According to the ministry, the father of a prison came to Prison No 8 with a parcel. When the prison employees opened the parcel, there was
TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia is extending maternity leave and increasing the amount of paid leave.
Parliament Wednesday began a fast-track review of the new bill, which will amend the labor code; an initiative of the healthcare committee.
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