TBILISI, DFWatch – A team of election experts from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) will visit Georgia June 11-16.
The OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is sending a mission in connection with Georgia’s
TBILISI, DFWatch – A delegation from Lithuania’s Seimas will visit Georgia on Monday.
In the morning, the delegation which are members of the Seimas’ Committee on State Administration and Local Government, will participate in a Georgian-Lithuanian forum about local
TBILISI, DFWatch – The National Bank of Georgia Wednesday decided to lower the main refinancing rate by a quarter point to 6.25%.
Lowering the rate now is an indication that the bank has an optimistic view of the country’s economy. In a statement, the bank notes that the
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s Defense Ministry informs that another soldier has died in Afghanistan, bringing the total number of servicemen lost there to sixteen.
Valerian Khujadze was serving in the 31st Battalion in the volatile Helmand province. The incident happened on
TBILISI, DFWatch – A scuffle broke out Tuesday in the Georgian parliament during a debate about the Armenian genocide.
Jondi Baghaturia, member of parliament (MP) for the opposition Georgian Troupe party, asked in a speech what the government is going to do regarding a
TBILISI, DFWatch – The tax pressure will be relieved, sanctions liberalized and the administration will be simplified, the government has decided.
Rusudan Kemularia, Deputy Finance Minister, held a briefing on Monday regarding the plan.
She presented amendments to the tax
TBILISI, DFWatch – Negotiations will start between Georgia and the U.S. at the end of May aimed at intensifying trade relations.
Georgia’s Prime Minister Nika Gilauri announced this after returning from a visit to the U.S.
Gilauri met the heads of the Millennium Challenge
TBILISI, DFWatch – OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights expresses readiness to take part in observing the parliamentary elections in Georgia.
Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze adds that Georgia is not waiting for an official response
TBILISI, DFWatch – American billionaire Donald Trump has left Georgia, after a two day visit.
Trump arrived Saturday in Tbilisi, and Sunday held a press conference in Batumi, where he plans to cooperate with local investors on building a 47-storey residential high rise
TBLISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s main opposition party today chose a female lawyer as its temporary leader.
As there is less than six months left until the parliamentary elections, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili today formally established his Georgian Dream party.
Due to