TBILISI, DFWatch–Parliamentarians from the coalition of Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili and the National Movement (UNM) party of President Saakashvili on Tuesday met with a delegation from the OSCE to discuss current events in Georgia, foreign policy and other
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Saakashvili and Aliyev discussed Kars-Akhalkalaki railway
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili discussed the construction of the Kars-Akhalkalaki railway with President Ilham Aliyev during his visit to Azerbaijan.
The heads of state of the two neighboring countries underlined that the construction of
OSCE parliamentarians visiting Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–A delegation from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) chaired by Wolfgang Grossruck, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, arrives in Georgia today Tuesday for a three day visit.
In the delegation are also
Romania recognizes Georgia's neutral passports
TBILISI, DFWatch–Romania has recognized Georgia’s so-called neutral travel documents, which are issued to people living in the breakaway territories Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Georgia’s Foreign Ministry received word of the decision Friday in a note from the
Saakashvili met Kerry and Biden
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili Wednesday continued his tour of the US and held meetings with Secretary of State John Kerry and Vice President Joe Biden.
“We applaud the democratic transition that has been taking place in Georgia,” Kerry said in
Alasania disappointed by lack of support from Germany
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Defense Minister Irakli Alasania said on Wednesday that in the past, there have been exceeded expectations about Germany’s support for Georgia’s aspirations to become a NATO member.
He said this as he opened a forum to discuss strategic
Third gold to Georgia in judo championship
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia has its third European judo champion, after Avtandil Chrikishvili won gold medal in men’s 81 kg on Friday.
Chrikishvili defeated Tomislav Marijanovic of Croatia in the final to win gold in the 2013 European Championship in Budapest.
Georgia takes second gold in judo championship
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Lasha Shavdatuashvili Thursday won gold in the European Judo Championship in Budapest.
This is Georgia’s second gold in this year’s championship. The first one was won by Amiran Papinashvili.
Before Thursday’s win, 21 year old
Kerry promises to visit Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–US Secretary of State John Kerry has promised that he will visit Georgia.
Kerry made the promise as he met Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maia Panjikidze in Brussels on Wednesday to talk about Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic integration,
Saakashvili visits US to meet Biden and Kerry
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Next week President Mikheil Saakashvili plans to visit the US next week to meet with Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry and his old friend John McCain