TBILISI, DFWatch–The trial against former Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili for the violent dispersal of an anti-government protest in 2011 will begin November 19.
It was on May 26, 2011, that an anti-government protest in front of parliament was brutally dispersed
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili assures foreign diplomats that he is hoping the new government and president will succeed and make the economy boom.
Meeting with foreign diplomats at the president’s palace in Tbilisi on Wednesday to sum up the
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia has ruled out that there will be signed a non-use of force treaty with Abkhazia, because the country does not sign treaties with the breakaway regions.
Vyacheslav Chirikba, de facto Foreign Minister of the breakaway region Abkhazia, said after
TBILISI, DFWatch–The president’s reserve fund will be cut from USD 30 million to 15 million for next year.
Finance Minister Nodar Khaduri said Wednesday that two months before the end of the year, the president’s reserve fund is empty.
He said the president spent
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili has pardoned one more person convicted in the so-called prison riot case and awarded him with Order of Vakhtang Gorgasali of the first class.
Revaz Charbadze, a former chairman of the purchasing department of the Defense
TBILISI, DFWatch–Outgoing President Mikheil Saakashvili is planning to grant Georgian citizenship to more people before he leaves office.
In a statement on Tuesday, the president’s administration invites anyone who wants Georgian citizenship to apply now.
Many people have
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s National Communications Commission (GNCC) has confirmed that Russian mobile operator MTC is providing network coverage in villages that border on the breakaway region South Ossetia.
GNCC has repeatedly monitored the radiofrequency
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor’s Office in Russia has asked Georgia to extradite a man suspected of murdering a Russian diplomat in Abkhazia two months ago.
Russian media write that the Russian Prosecutor’s Office has sent an official request to Georgia asking
TBILISI, DFWatch–There were 14.1 percent more visitors to Georgia in October, compared to last year, according to the Interior Ministry’s monthly report.
The number of visitors in October was 480 510. In the entire first ten months of this year, there were 4 556
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia wants to hold a presentation of wine during the upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius later this month.
Representatives of the Foreign Affairs Ministry explain that Georgia is in negotiations with the organizers about holding a