TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s former president, Mikheil Saakashvili, vaguely blames President Vladimir Putin of the assasination of a leading Russian opposition politician Friday night.
In a Facebook post published early Saturday morning, Saakashvili recalls
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s National Bank will not spend its reserves of foreign currencies to stabilize the lari despite a dramatic 30 percent drop earlier in the week.
The bank’s president Giorgi Kadagidze explained at a briefing at noon on Friday that
TBILISI, DFWatch–On Thusday, Georgia and Russia resumed their economic and humanitarian talks after a four-month break.
Georgia’s special envoy Zurab Abashidze and Russia’s deputy foreign minister Grigory Karasin discussed trade and reopening
TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili weighs in on the question of who is to blame for the more than 30% depreciation of the national currency in recent days.
The businessman blames the National Bank and its head, who he assumes
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian parliament on Wednesday approved Nino Gvenetadze as new Supreme Court chair.
Two hearings on Monday failed because many Georgian Dream representatives didn’t show up and a quorum was not reached. Some were
TBILISI, DFWatch–Pictures of two massive Russian trucks parked in Tbilisi went viral on social media Wednesday and made many think that Russian soldiers had paid Georgia an unwelcome visit.
It caused concern among people to see photos of the trucks, which
TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia has presented a list of state properties to be sold off to bring in new money, as a means to deal with an unexpected 30% drop in the value of the national currency, the lari.
Among the properties to be sold are the
TBILISI, DFWatch–Five more victims of a plane disaster during the Abkhazian war in 1993 were buried in Tbilisi on Tuesday after being recovered from a cemetery inside the breakaway region.
Giorgi Chargeishvili, Malkhaz Piranishvili, Zurab Melishiani, Rusudan
TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia has proposed to cut spending in order to deal with a drastic drop in the value of the national currency, the lari.
The lari began falling in November last year, and went from a level of 1.75 lari against the US dollar
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Finance Ministry’s investigative service on Monday brought embezzlement charges against a former government official.
Former Kvemo Kartli governor Davit Kirkitadze is accused of having used state-owned machinery to carry out construction