TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili claims that the Netherlands wants to copy Georgia’s health care system.
He said this during his annual speech to parliament on February 28.
Speaking about the system implemented in Georgia, he said new hospitals
TBILISI, DFWatch – EU foreign ministers have issued a paper setting out to integrate Georgia more in the Union.
The paper is a broad review of relations between Georgia and the EU and the country’s security.
It notes that there has been progress in the Eastern
TBILISI, DFWatch – EU says parliamentary and presidential elections in Georgia should meet internationally recognized standards of democracy.
A statement published on the EU’s Council on the South Caucasus webpage says the EU acknowledges Georgia’s European
TBILISI, DFWatch – The European Union’s commissioner for trade issues, Karel de Gucht, will arrive in Georgia today on February 28 and will start negotiations with Georgia about a deep and comprehensive free trade agreement.
Moldova is also offered the same kind of
TBILISI, DFWatch – When Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili comes to parliament this evening to make his speech about the state of the nation, groups and opposition parties will be demonstrating outside.
The press office of the Free Georgia Party announced the
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s billionaire-backed opposition movement, Georgian Dream, is not going to reconsider the country’s participation in the ISAF operation in Afghanistan.
Press spokesperson Maya Pandzhikidze said this at a regular briefing on February 27.
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Black Sea port of Batumi has been chosen as host for the OSCE Economic Forum in May, Georgia’s Vice Speaker of Parliament Gigi Tsereteli told journalists Monday.
Tsereteli says the decision was taken a few days ago after a meeting of
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia today presented its new combat vehicle Lazika at the Vaziani military base not far from the capital Tbilisi.
The demonstration of the new vehicle’s technical and tactical abilities was attended by the Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili.
TBILISI, DFWatch – Friday evening, Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili’s Facebook page suffered a similar attack as his Russian counterpart Dimitry Medvedev.
Tens of comments per minute were submitted in Russian, until the administrator intervened and blocked
TBILISI, DFWatch – Only one of Abkhazian de facto president Alexander Ankvab’s guards died after Wednesday’s assassination attempt.
In the immedate aftermath of the shootout, a spokesman for Ankvab was quoted by Russian news agency Itar-Tass saying that a second