TBILISI, DFWatch–A Tbilisi court decided on Wednesday that former Mayor Gigi Ugulava must stay in detention.
Lawyers asked the court to release Ugulava on bail and promised to hand his ID card and passport over to prosecutors as a guarantee
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Free Democrats: No deal with Saakashvili party
Tbilisi, DFWatch -After exchanging barrels of criticism, Georgia’s two main pro-western political parties deny likelihood of future political alliance.
At least one of them, Free Democrats of the former defense minister Irakli Alasania,
Georgian diplomat casts doubt on NATO membership goal
TBILISI, DFWatch–A statement by a Georgian diplomat makes many ask whether the country’s foreign policy has changed.
Russian relations special envoy Zurab Abashidze was answering a warning by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov yesterday, that Russia
Ukraine's ambassador to Georgia defends Saakashvili appointment
TBILISI, DFWatch–Ukraine’s ambassador to Georgia on Monday defended his country’s appointment of Georgian officials who ex-President Saakashvili as an adviser, after being called in to the Foreign Ministry in Tbilisi.
Saakashvili is wanted in four criminal
Georgia asks Ukraine to extradite Saakashvili
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia has asked Ukraine to extradite ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili and ex Justice Minister Zurab Adeishvili. Both are working for the Kiev government despite being charged with a number of crimes in their home country.
The Prosecutor
Tbilisi summons Ukraine's ambassador about Saakashvili appointment
TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia has summed the Ukrainian ambassador to explain why ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili, who is wanted in his home country, has been appointed to a high position in Kiev.
Ambassador Vasyl Tsybenko was asked to come to the
South Ossetia to sign treaty with Russia on Feb 18
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian breakaway region South Ossetia plans to sign a ‘treaty of alliance and integration’ with Russia on February 18.
This follows the signing of a similar treaty between the de facto government of the other breakaway region Abkhazia
Saakashvili appointed adviser to Ukraine's Poroshenko
TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was Friday officially confirmed as adviser to the Ukrainian president, despite being wanted for crimes in his home country.
Saakashvili will be head of the Advisory International Council of Reforms,
Parliamentarians object against criteria for selecting head of Supreme Court
TBILISI, DFWatch–A large part of the governing coalition in parliament are against the criteria the president used when he recently selected candidates for new head of Supreme Court.
The initiative began with 16 MPs from the Georgian Dream coalition.
Update: Restrictions on several roads due to snow
TBILISI, DFWatch–Traffic is still blocked along the road between Gudauri and Kobi in the north of Georgia due to danger of avalanche.
According to the Road Department, no vehicles are allowed through.
There are also the following restrictions on the Tkibuli