TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia on Friday signed the Association Agreement with the EU in Brussels. The 1,135 page document was signed by Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili, EU Council President Herman van Rompuy, EU Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso, and heads of state of all EU’s 28 members.
TBILISI, DFWatch–A former employee of the paramilitary organization Mkhedrioni who was wanted for four murders was Thursday detained in Azerbaijan, in a joint operation between Georgian and Azerbaijani prosecutors.
The detained woman,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia today signs the association agreement with the EU at 09:00 in Brussels.
Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili and the rest of the Georgian delegation arrived on Thursday. At Place du Luxembourg, Georgians have gathered together with
TBILISI, DFWatch–National exams started Thursday morning all over Georgia, on three different levels of education.
About 36,000 school graduates will take exams from June 26 until July 16, while 4,500 students will try to pass an ability test which will improve
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tens of workers at the ferro-alloy plant in Zestaponi went on strike on Wednesday to protest the quality of drinking water at the plant.
As DF Watch previously reported, workers at the plant are dissatisfied with their working conditions.
TBILISI, DFWatch–NATO will not offer Georgia a Membership Action Plan (MAP) at a summit in Wales in September, the alliance’s secretary general said on Wednesday.
“The Summit in Wales will not be about a Membership Action Plan; but about more support
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Tbilisi mayor who was removed from office has called off his lawsuit to get back his job, calling the whole justice system ridiculous.
Gigi Ugulava, who was elected mayor of Tbilisi in 2010, at a time when most of the international community
TBILISI, DFWatch–Locals have rebelled against an oil company that wants to search for oil in an eastern Georgian town. People fear that they may lose their water supply.
On Wednesday, they blocked the road for employees of Canargo Georgia and didn’t let
TBILISI, DFWatch–Foreigners will be again able to purchase agricultural lands in Georgia unhindered.
This follows from a decision by Georgia’s Constitutional Commission which means that the Constitutional Court abolishes the moratorium on foreign citizens
TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia plans to hold a big outdoors concert in the capital to celebrate the signing of a treaty with the European Union on June 27.
Georgian singers from Europe and from Georgia will perform at the concert, which will also feature