TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian president has vetoed a surveillance bill which would have given the Interior Ministry control over access keys to eavesdropping on the communication of citizens.
President Giorgi Margvelashvili’s veto on Saturday is the second time
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s national assembly on Thursday decided to leave access keys to secretly obtained surveillance material in the hands of the Interior Ministry.
After days of confrontation with a diversity of opinions about the draft bill, 75 MPs voted
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s former President Mikheil Saakashvili says the new government has blocked the appointment of one of his former associates as business ombudsman in Ukraine.
However, statements made by Nika Gilauri in early November contradict what
TBILISI, DFWatch–New charges were brought against former Georgian President Mikheil Saakasvhili on Thursday, related to the murder of a bank employee in 2006.
The investigation into the Sandro Girgvilani murder, which Saakashvili has called the ‘a black stain’
TBILISI, DFWatch–Employees of the Georgian railway went on strike this week demanding overtime compensation, new salary rules and a so-called 13th salary payment.
A new trade union for railway workers has been set up, headed by Vitaly Giorgadze and deputy
TBILISI, DFWatch–The signing of a new treaty between Abkhazia and Russia has caused outrage in Tbilisi.
Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said he considers what has happened annexation.
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili went as far as saying that
TBILISI, DFWatch–An accident at a thermal power plant in eastern Georgia caused a country-wide blackout early Monday morning.
Almost the entire country was without electricity at 02:10 in the middle of the night, as the thermal power plant in Gardabani near
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili pardoned 121 prisoners in connection with the celebration of Giorgoba, an important Christian holiday in Georgia.
93 of those who were pardoned left prison the same day Friday, while 28 prisoners had their
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s former economy minister, the businessman Kakha Bendukidze was buried in Tbilisi on Saturday.
Bendukidze died in London recently. A public funeral service was held earlier on Saturday at one of the universities which he founded.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor’s Office is investigating a possible mistreatment case at Gldani prison (“No 8”) in Tbilisi.
The investigation will involve questioning prison staff and prisoners and conducting a forensic examination of bodily injuries which were recently