TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia will hold parliamentary elections on October 1, 2012.
Manana Manjgalade, spokesperson for President Mikheil Saakashvili, said this at a briefing on Wednesday.
She said the president is sure that the October elections will be yet another
TBILISI, DFWatch – A fire in Georgia has burned down more than one thousand hectares of land in the eastern Vashlovani National Park.
The environment minister said the reason for the fire, which started on Monday at about 17:00, was negligence. It has now been
TBILISI, DFWatch –Georgia has lost its 17th soldier in the ISAF mission in Afghanistan.
The Georgian Defense Ministry informs that Givi Pantsulaia, born in 1984, died Saturday at Gori Military Hospital.
“Corporal Givi Pantsuala received injuries
TBILISI, DFWatch – A former public servant who joined an opposition party was released later Friday evening.
The Interior Minister said that Zaza Sopromadze was not arrested, but was only called in to the Prosecutor’s Office as a witness.
Police came
TBILISI, DFWatch – Construction workers rallied in Kutaisi today at the site of the new parliament building they have been employed with constructing, demanding to get paid.
The workers refuse to work until they get their salaries, which they claim they haven’t been
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s National Statistics Department notes growth in the country’s foreign trade turnover in the first half of 2012. Growth is 17 percent more than the same period in 2011 and equals USD 4 866 million.
Georgia is importing more than
TBILISI, DFWatch – A bill to amend the 2012 budget to free money for cleanup work and compensation after a storm July 19 has been passed by parliament in Georgia.
The total size of the budget, more than 7 billion lari, has not been changed. Instead, money has
TBILISI, DFWatch – A former high-ranking member of parliament who was appointed new head of the audit service promises that he will be fair, independent, professional and objective.
Lasha Tordia was appointed to the position after the former head, Levan Bezhashvili, left
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia has started negotiations with the EU about liberalization of visa rules.
Today, the EU Commission’s Director General for Development met the Georgian deputy foreign minister in Brussels.
According to Georgia’s foreign ministry,
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia increased its import of oil by 8.5 percent in the first half of 2012 compared to last year and is now at 378 323 764 kg.
Analysts say the increasing import is related to larger numbers of tourists visiting the country.
The figure was