Tbilisi, DFWatch – A member of parliament from the ruling Georgian Dream coalition, whose apparent confusion of the abbreviation for European Bank for Reconstruction and Development with a brothel has become an instant hit in social media, came forward of Thursday in his attempt to explain his awkward speech a day earlier.
TBILISI, DFWatch–At the end of his two-day visit to Georgia, President of the European Council Donald Tusk on Tuesday attended a meeting with Georgian soldiers preparing to leave for the Central African Republic.
He wished the soldiers good luck and thanked
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Public Defender has asked the Prosecutor General’s Office to investigate a possible crime which took place in March, 2011.
A person with the initials L.L. was detained by strangers and brought to the Prosecutor General’s Office,
TBILISI, DFWatch–President of the European Council Donald Tusk on Monday sided with Georgia in a conflict over the installation of border signs with South Ossetia, calling the signs a provocation.
The signs are placed along the old ‘administrative border’
TBILISI, DFWatch–The former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili is giving up his native citizenship, according to Ukrainian media.
According to Ukrainian Pravda, Saakashvili is ‘in the process’ of rejecting his Georgian citizenship. He was given Ukrainian
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Representatives of the civil society, science, and media lead the protest triggered by the latest developments at the border with South Ossetia and blame the government for inaction.
Around thousand people gathered in front of the State Chancellery in Tbilisi on 18
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s National Security Council (NSC) has turned down an offer to use the residence on Atoneli Street as office.
The residence used to house the U.S. embassy, but was refurbished to be used for the president’s office. This, however,
TBILISI, DFWatch–South Ossetia has initiated a criminal investigation of the journalists who recently pulled down a border sign demarcating the breakaway region and replaced it with a Georgian flag.
According to South Ossetia’s official news agency RES,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russia promises to ease visa rules for Georgian citizens.
The news of this came after talks in Prague between a Georgian and a Russian diplomat.
The Abashidze-Karasin talks were launched after Georgian Dream came to power in 2012.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Locals gathered near the border with Georgia’s breakaway region South Ossetia on Friday to protest against the actions of a group of journalists who staged a protest a few days ago against Russia’s ‘creeping occupation.’
People say they have