TBILISI, DFWatch – A court in Moscow has placed three persons into pre-trial detention until August 21, accused of killing a former Georgian general.
Roman Dumbadze sided with the rebels during a stand-off between the region Adjara and Tbilisi authorities, a
TBILISI, DFWatch – Another central figure in Georgia’s Interior Ministry resigns, after recent changes in the government.
Shota Utiashvili, former head of the Ministry’s Department for Analysis, today announced his decision to leave.
He did not say who will be his
TBILISI, DFWatch – Germany’s Christian Democrat party calls for democratic elections in Georgia in October.
In a press release entitled Ensure Fair Elections in Georgia, the CDU’s faction in the Bundestag calls for Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to take
TBILISI, DFWatch – One of China’s largest companies, Hualing Group, has bought a 90 percent share in Georgia’s Basis Bank.
Xinjiang Hualing Industry & Trade (Group) Co. Ltd., Basis Bank and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development today held a joint press
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s new prime minister Vano Merabishvili has already started making promises, as only three months are left until the parliamentary elections.
In a speech Monday in the Gldani district of Tbilisi, near a construction site of a vocational
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia will host UEFA Super Cup in August 2015. This will be the first time Georgia is host country for an UEFA event.
According to the Georgian Football Federation, the decision was made in Kiev on Saturday at a session of the executive committee.
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s president Mikheil Saakashvili says he is appointing Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili as new prime minister.
Saakashvili announced the decision from his presidential palace in Tbilisi shortly before 19 local time Saturday. Imedi TV broke
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s foreign debt has increased by USD 128.9 million since fourth quarter of 2011 and is now USD 11.4 billion. The National Bank today published data over the country’s foreign debt for first quarter in 2012. USD 3.8 billion of the total amount is public sector debt, which is 33 percent of … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian parliament today passed the new law which is meant to make television more diverse ahead of each election.
A campaigners have been advocating the must-carry and must-offer principles for months, and two weeks ago the
TBILISI, DFWatch – Tbilisi Appeals Court upheld the city court’s decision in the case of opposition billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili’s citizenship.
This means he is still without a citizenship of his native Georgia, and he will be barred from standing for election or engaging