TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia plans to hold a big outdoors concert in the capital to celebrate the signing of a treaty with the European Union on June 27.
Georgian singers from Europe and from Georgia will perform at the concert, which will also feature
TBILISI, DFWatch–EU Commission President José Manuel Barroso Thursday arrived in Georgia on the second leg of his visit to countries on Russia’s southwestern perimeter.
Barroso said the Association Agreement Georgia is to sign on June 27 is not ‘exclusive’,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The prime ministers of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine on Wednesday met with Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel in Germany.
“We would like people to know that which road to choose, and our meeting today is held exactly for this [purpose],”
TBILILSI, DFWatch–Georgia will sign an association agreement with the EU on June 27.
Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili announced the date at a meeting with Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council.
“We received confirmation that Georgia will sign the
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili Thursday met with his Czech colleague Milos Zeman during a visit to Prague.
Mergvelashvili came to take part in the five year summit of the Eastern Partnership, a political effort by the EU to reform six former
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has left for Prague to participate in the five year anniversary summit of the Eastern Partnership.
According to president administration, Giorgi Margvelashvili will hold a speech at the summit on April 25.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is on top of a list of former Soviet countries from where the highest number of people get their visa application rejected by the EU.
For each country in EU’s Eastern Partnership plus Russia, the Schengen visa rejection rate in 2013 was:
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government hopes its country’s citizens will be able to travel to Schengen countries visa free from 2016 at the latest.
Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration Alexi Petriashvili said on Monday that he hopes to see the first phase
TBILISI, DFWatch–When Georgia finally signs the Association Agreement with the EU by the end of June, it will be the prime minister who does the signing, not the president.
Exactly who will sign the agreement – president or prime minister – has been a subject of
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Western partners are threatening that prosecuting former President Saakashvili may jeopardize an EU treaty and membership in NATO.
Georgia has for years sought closer integration with the European Union and membership in NATO. In June,