TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian capital plans to dismantle its so-called Khrushchovkas, a type of low-cost apartment blocks that were built in Tbilisi during the Soviet Union.
The project will be carried out by an investment holding company based in
TBILISI, DFWatch–83 percent of residents in Marneuli, a city in southern Georgia, are Azerbaijanis.
Nearby villages are inhabited by Azerbaijanis too. Lack of knowledge of the official language, deficit of jobs, almost nonexistent infrastructure – this is a short list of the problems that
TBILISI, DFWatch–The direct talks between Georgia and Russia have been postponed again.
Zurab Abashidze, the Georgian Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Russian Relations, and Gregory Karasin, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia should have met on March 4-5,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is starting a pilot project to introduce electronic government, or e-government.
Representatives of the Justice Ministry on Monday presented an action plan for 2014-2018 named ‘digital Georgia’ which has 11 priority areas.
The goal is
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia may change the rules for VAT taxation and abolish advantages for importers of certain categories of goods.
Parliament has started reviewing the draft, but the National Movement criticizes it and says they believe members of the ruling
TBILISI, DFWatch–Negotiations have started in a Georgian village where the population has been on strike to protest the treatment of workers in the gold mines.
A mediator appointed by the Ministry of Health held a first round of negotiations in Kazreti in the southern
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Barack Obama writes in a letter that he hopes to meet Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili at the third Nuclear Security Summit in the Hague 23-25 March.
The US president’s letter to Gharibashvili, published on Monday,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Political parties not represented in parliament accuse the government of making one-sided decisions in relation to the Election Code.
The opposition parties accuse the governing Georgian Dream coalition of anti-democratic actions when it last week
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s State Commission for NATO Integration on Monday approved the annual national program (ANP) for 2014, which will be presented to NATO.
Alexi Petriashvili, Minister of Euro and Euro-Atlantic Integration, chaired
TBILISI, DFWatch–A match of Georgia’s National Football Championship in Kutaisi between old rivals, local FC Torpedo and Dinamo Tbilisi, was interrupted by the riot of Torpedo fans who flooded the field and attacked Dinamo players and their fans.
The score was 2-0 in