TBILISI, DFWatch – The de facto authorities in Abkhazia yesterday detained six suspects in the case about the assassination attempt on the president in February.
On February 22, Alexander Ankvab’s car was fired on with machine guns and a
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s Constitutional Court made a decision in favor of canceling the requirement of a license for cable broadcasting. But a license is still needed for satellite broadcasting.
The court partly satisfied an appeal by the Public Defender, who
TBILISI, DFWatch – The U.S. Department of Defense has brought 28 mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles (MRAP) to Georgia to train Georgian troops.
The U.S. embassy in Tbilisi released a statement saying that the vehicles will be transfered from the
TBILISI, DFWatch – A bust of Poland’s late president Lech Kaczynski was opened Tuesday here in Tbilisi.
The square where it is located is near the street named after him by Tbilisi City Council to honor him after his tragic death two years ago.
Zaal Samadashvili,
TBILISI, DFWatch – Speaking on April 9, officially known as The Day of National Unity, President Mikheil Saakashvili warned against his country’s enemy within.
Addressing soldiers in the yard of the parliament building on the important public holiday dedicated to unity,
TBILISI, DFWatch – The museum dedicated to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in his hometown of Gori in Georgia will change name to the Museum of Stalinism.
The Ministry of Culture is behind the idea that the museum will offer visitors a historical account of stalinism,
TBILISI, DFWatch – A former local head of the KGB in South Ossetia has won the presidential elections in the breakaway region. Leonid Tibilov received about 55 percent of the votes beating competitor David Sanakoyev, presidential human rights commissioner.
The
TBILISI, DFWatch – The de facto republic South Ossetia tomorrow holds the second round of its second presidential elections.
The first election was held in November 2011. The Kremlin favorite and an opposition leader got through to the second round, in which the
TBILISI, DFWatch – Finland’s Foreign Minister is on a working visit to Georgia within the frames of a tour of the region.
Erkki Tuomioja arrived in Georgia on April 3, the 20 year anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Finland and
TBILISI, DFWatch – NATO once again underlines that the decision that Georgia will become member of Alliance stands firm.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General, said this today during a press conference with Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili at the