TBILISI, DFWatch–A decision by the city court to suspend Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava pending a corruption trial has been upheld in the Appeals Court.
Both the Prosecutor’s Office and Ugulava’s defense lawyers appealed the city court’s decision. The Prosecutor’s
TBILISI, DFWatch–The National Movement Party in Georgia has exposed that the Chief Prosecutor was convicted of robbery in Germany in 2001.
Otar Partskhaladze confirms that he had certain incident with police in Germany, but claims that he was not subject to coercive
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Ukrainian government has barred former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvil from entering the country after he visited the protesters in Kyiv.
Saakashvili’s name appears along with 29 Georgians on a list published by the Ukrainian foreign
TBILISI, DFWatch–A lawmaker from the National Movement party in Georgia has threatened to sue her colleague from the Georgian Dream coalition for defamation during a debate about rough interrogation methods.
The quarrel broke out during a session of the parliamentary
TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Georgian prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili told Forbes he is sure he won’t return to politics.
In an interview with the Russian edition of the publication, he explained that he would keep his promise to stay out of politics.
“I guarantee
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian prime minister Irakli Gharibashvili plans to visit the US in the first half of 2014, according to the country’s foreign affairs minister.
Maia Panjikidze announced the visit while summing up events the last year on Monday, but did not
TBILISI, DFWatch–The National Movement party went on the offensive on Sunday and demanded an investigation into claims that the Prosecutor’s Office pressured two judges in a corruption case against Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava.
Ugulava was Saturday night suspended from
TBILISI, DFWatch–Vice Mayor Sevdia Ugrekhelidze will take over as acting mayor of Tbilisi, after a decision by Tbilisi City Court to suspend Mayor Gigi Ugulava.
Gigi Ugulava said on Sunday that this follows by law.
“According to Georgian law, the first vice mayor
TBILISI, DFWatch–The National Movement party will resume work in the Georgian parliament on Monday after being absent since December 11.
The party’s delegates went on a boycott after a scuffle between one of their MPs and one from the Georgian Dream coalition, which
TBILISI, DFWatch–After a year of religious conflict in three Georgian villages, neither Christians nor Muslims are fully satisfied with the way the problem was solved.
The Christians do not exclude that conflict might erupt again, while the Muslims still have no