TBILISI, DFWatch – A bill to amend the 2012 budget to free money for cleanup work and compensation after a storm July 19 has been passed by parliament in Georgia.
The total size of the budget, more than 7 billion lari, has not been changed. Instead, money has
TBILISI, DFWatch – A former high-ranking member of parliament who was appointed new head of the audit service promises that he will be fair, independent, professional and objective.
Lasha Tordia was appointed to the position after the former head, Levan Bezhashvili, left
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia has started negotiations with the EU about liberalization of visa rules.
Today, the EU Commission’s Director General for Development met the Georgian deputy foreign minister in Brussels.
According to Georgia’s foreign ministry,
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia increased its import of oil by 8.5 percent in the first half of 2012 compared to last year and is now at 378 323 764 kg.
Analysts say the increasing import is related to larger numbers of tourists visiting the country.
The figure was
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s GDP grew 1.3 percent in second quarter of 2012, compared to the first quarter and is now at 8.1 percent, according to official statistics.
Georgia’s National Statistics Department points out that these are preliminary figures,
TBILISI, DFWatch – The international law firm Skadden is going to represent the Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili in his struggle as opposition politician.
Yesterday, he met David Herlihy, head of Skadden’s London office and Gregory Craig, head
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian government is to start providing police security during opposition campaign events.
The opposition Georgian Dream was Thursday driven out of the village Karaleti by a stone-throwing crowd. 13 people were hospitalised,
TBILISI, DFWatch – Kahketi Information Center Friday morning reported that a 19 year old solider had died from a gunshot wound to the head.
Later the same day, the Defense Ministry confirmed the death of Koba Makharashvili in a short statement, which said that
TBILISI, DFWatch – German media reports that Georgians are among the suspects in a bust against shop-lifters in the city of Bielefeld in Germany.
The suspects are Georgian and Ukrainian. Several people have been convicted.
A man of about 29 from Ukraine stole perfume
TBILISI, DFWatch – Media in Russia and Georgia’s breakaway region South Ossetia report that the head of the investigation department at the de facto South Ossetian Prosecutor General’s office has been murdered.
Roland Chitayev was reported kidnapped on Monday