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.
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
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
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
TBILISI, DFWatch – A leading lawmaker in Georgia has modified a statement he made yesterday, that the government will support a proposal from democracy campaigners.
Speaker of Parliament Davit Bakradze yesterday said he and the ruling National Movement party will vote
TBILISI, DFWatch – Bidzina Ivanishvili, who has been fined USD 45 million but refuses to pay, says he doesn’t own shares in any Georgian companies.
According to Ivanishvili’s official Facebook page, he says he no longer owns shares in Cartu Bank nor in any other
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 6.8 percent in first quarter of 2012 compared to the same period last year, according to Georgia’s National Statistics Department (Geostat).
Extending the estimate one month, Geostat director Zaza
TBILISI, DFWatch – In the first five months of 2012, Georgia increased its trade with other countries, but had a significant negative trade balance.
The trade deficit in the period January-May 2012 was USD 2 136 million. This is 53 percent of the foreign trade
TBILISI, DFWatch – Spanish police have busted a ring of suspected Georgian burglars.
The website Crime Scene Spain reports that police suspect the ring of having broken into homes and stolen valuables.
Among sixteen people arrested, four were women. One was from
TBILISI, DFWatch – A computer programmer who went missing more than a week ago has returned to his home.
Mamuka Jibladze (54) disappeared on June 11. After two days, his family called police to report him as missing.
The Interior Ministry started a search operation and