TBILISI, DFWatch–The father of Georgia’s government coalition, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, presented his plans for a new talk show Saturday.
Ivanishvili, who was prime minister the first year of the Georgian Dream coalition’s government, will appear on the
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s recently resigned foreign minister believes herself and the recently dismissed defense minister might be arrested soon.
Defense Minister Irakli Alasania was dismissed last week because he according to the prime minister was trying to turn
TBILISI, DFWatch–Transparency International said on Friday that Georgia’s new visa rules have created serious problems for investments and tourism.
TI Georgia’s new report, which was presented at Holiday Inn Hotel in Tbilisi, contains recommendations which
TBILISI, DFWatch–The billionaire behind the government coalition in Georgia on Saturday made his first public comments about the political crisis.
Bidzina Ivanishvili had critical things to say about several of the people who have been at center stage these last days,
TBILISI, DFWatch–After sacking and reprimanding his once ally, Prime Minister Garibashvili says if Alasania’s party goes into opposition, this will make the country’s democracy even stronger.
Alasania on his part says he thinks the PM has lost face.
Garibashvili
TBILISI, DFWatch–At least two of the deputies of the Georgian foreign minister will remain on their posts despite saying yesterday that they would resign in the wake of the dismissal of the defense minister.
Tamar Beruchashvili and Davit Jalaghania told journalists
TBILISI, DFWatch–Members of Alasania’s political team are stepping down one by one as Foreign Affairs Minister Maia Panjikidze and four of her deputies resigned on Wednesday in the wake of the political turmoil that has brought Georgia’s ruling coalition on the verge of collapse.
TBILISI, DFWatch–While Georgia’s western backed defense minister struggles to prove the innocence of his ‘brothers-in-arms’, the Prosecutor’s Office dealt the beleaguered minister another blow.
The Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday brought a new case about food
TBILISI, DFWatch–As five defense officials remain in pre-trial detention on corruption charges, the Defense Ministry and Prosecutor’s Office are quarreling over whose fault it is that the case documents remain classified.
The five, who were detained October 28,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia on Sunday deported two Russian citizens who were planning to go to Chechnya. The two were held at Kutaisi airport and eventually sent to Moscow.
The Interior Ministry claims the reason they were deported was that they couldn’t answer