TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian parliament today passed the new law which is meant to make television more diverse ahead of each election.
A campaigners have been advocating the must-carry and must-offer principles for months, and two weeks ago the
In brief
Appeal rejected in Ivanishvili citizenship case
TBILISI, DFWatch – Tbilisi Appeals Court upheld the city court’s decision in the case of opposition billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili’s citizenship.
This means he is still without a citizenship of his native Georgia, and he will be barred from standing for election or engaging
American election observers arriving in Georgia in July
TBILISI, The International Republican Institute (IRI) is sending a long-term observer mission to Georgia, which will arrive on July 18.
Resident Country Director Andrea Keerbs says the IRI will have both long-term and short-term observers from the U.S. and Europe.
Saakashvili promises free trade with Europe soon
TBILISI, DFWatch – President Saakashvili says Georgia’s integration with Europe is an irreversible process, and he is sure that there will be achieved a free trade agreement in next 16-18 months, creating tens of thousands jobs.
In this near future, Saakashvili said
Georgia's foreign trade grew 19%
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s foreign trade grew by 19 percent in the first five months of 2012, compared with last year.
Final figures from GeoStat show that total foreign trade turnover was USD 4 059 million, out of which USD 961 million is export and USD 3 097
Torture still a problem in Georgia's prisons
TBILISI, DFWatch – Several groups in Georgia Tuesday demonstrated against ongoing torture in the country’s prisons.
140 prisoners died in prison during 2011 year, 40 percent of them had injuries on their body.
The number of suspected cases of mistreatment gets longer
Opposition party organizes refugee protest
TBILISI, DFWatch – A group of internal refugees in Georgia today sat down in front of parliament and began a hunger strike.
Their protest is being organized by the opposition party Future for Georgia and their demand is to have their living quarters legalized.
Alexander Vershbow is coming to Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch – NATO’s Deputy Secretary General is to visit Georgia on June 28.
Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Davit Jalaghania announced at a briefing in Tbilisi Monday that Alexander Vershbow will arrive for a two day visit to participate in a defense and
Abkhazia extends a hand to Georgian opposition
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian breakaway region Abkhazia says it is ready for dialogue with Georgia in case someone else than President Saakashvili comes to power.
“We need pragmatic interlocutors, such as Bidzina Ivanishvili and Irakli Alasania, for dialogue with
NDI sends election monitoring team to Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch – A group of experts from the National Democratic Institute (NDI) has arrived in Georgia to prepare a report about the election period.
According to NDI’s Georgia office, the delegation will hold meetings with the government, candidates, leaders