TBILISI, DFWatch–“Yes, Georgia is close [to NATO] but there’s still a lot of work to do,” NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen says.
The secretary general is visiting Georgia and on Wednesday held a joint press conference with Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia has taken away the justice minister’s added role as a prosecutor in a new regulation that came into force from Tuesday morning.
Speaking at a press conference, Justice Minister Thea Tsulukiani explained that before, as justice minister
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili says Israel and Georgia may enter an agreement about visa free travel.
Ivanishvili said this after meeting with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday.
He said that they also discussed establishing
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia have detained a fifth person in one of the most controversial cases during the previous government, Sandro Girgvliani’s murder.
The Prosecutor’s Office says it has been unknown until quite recently that Tamaz Kokiashvili
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili has vetoed the amendment of three more laws in a package passed by parliament. This time it was about the law on broadcasting, the election code and the law about the public defender.
The president’s spokesperson
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, PACE, did not go through with an announced discussion about the ‘deteriorating situation’ in Georgia.
During the session which is ongoing in Strasbourg a majority of 73 members voted against
TBILISI, DFWatch–NATO’s highest political body, the North Atlantic Council, will visit Georgia June 26-27.
The delegation, which is headed by Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, have planned meetings with President Mikheil Saakashvili, Prime Minister Bidzina
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia and Israel will create a common commission to enhance economic cooperation.
Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili will sign the agreement in Israel Tuesday.
On Monday, the first day of a two-day working visit, the Georgian leader met Israeli
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Prosecutor’s Office on Monday introduced a new charge against former Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili, that of abuse of powers in the case of Sandro Girgvliani’s murder.
In a statement, the office said Merabishvili took a number
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s GDP in the first quarter of 2013 was 5 782.8 million GEL (USD 3 500 million), which is 2.4 percent more than same period last year.
According to Georgia’s National Statistics Department, industry has the largest share for GDP figures