TBILISI, DFWatch–Secretary of Georgia’s National Security Council, Giga Bokeria, has resigned a few days before the inauguration of the new president.
Bokeria’s letter of resignation is dated November 15 and addressed to the president’s administration, which says
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili and other top people in the National Movement party will not attend the inauguration of Giorgi Margvelashvili as new president on Sunday.
In a statement, the UNM says their people have acted in line with ‘civil standards’
TBILISI, DFWatch–NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has sent outgoing Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili a thank you letter.
In the letter, which was published by Saakashvili’s administration, Rasmussen thanks the Georgian leader for his ‘good
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two thousand railway workers went on strike in Georgia Thursday, demanding overtime pay, bonus system and entitlements.
The workers on strike have three main demands: compensation for overtime, a transparent system for award payments and to have
TBILISI, DFWatch–A man suspected of injuring a policeman in Zugdidi, a town in western Georgia, was released on Thursday on a 2 000 lari (USD 1200) bail.
Zugdidi City Court satisfied the appeal by the Prosecutor’s Office to release the suspect on bail.
The suspect will have
TBILISI, DFWatch–A protest was held Wednesday in Zugdidi, in western Georgia, by relatives of a man detained for injuring a policeman a few days ago.
Their demand was to have him released. But the suspect surrendered to the police and admitted having injured
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Lithuanian President, President of Federal Council of Austria, Vice Speaker of Parliament of Czech Republic, also Secretary General of OSCE and NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative in South Caucasus and Central Asia
TBILISI, DFWatch–Three employees at the Public Defender’s office in Georgia have resigned, and two have been fired, after disagreement over a visit to former prison minister Bacho Akhalaia in jail.
Marina Gigineishvili, Amiran Nikolaishvili and Guram Bendiashvili,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has downgraded its prognosis for Georgia’s economic growth in 2013 from 3 to 2 percent.
EBRD said a few days ago that the GDP growth will also be reduced from 5 to 4 percent and the level of
TBILISI, DFWatch–The final results of the presidential election on October 27 show that Giorgi Margvelashvili of the Georgian Dream coalition received 62.12 percent of votes, Davit Bakradze from the National Movement received 21.72 percent and Nino Burjanadze,