TBILISI, DFWatch–Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Costacurta, Andriy Shevchenko, Demetrio Albertini, Alessandro Nesta, these are among the confirmed names for football players who will take part in the farewell match of former AC Milan player and current Minister
TBILISI, DFWatch–Romania has recognized Georgia’s so-called neutral travel documents, which are issued to people living in the breakaway territories Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Georgia’s Foreign Ministry received word of the decision Friday in a note from the
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia climbs 15 places on Freedom House’s latest list of press freedom around the world.
On the list Freedom of the Press 2013, Georgia is listed as partly free in 96th place with 49 points, up from 111th place and 52 points the year before.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Minister of Agriculture, Davit Kirvalidze, resigned on Thursday taking responsibility for a fraudulent scheme uncovered in his ministry which recently led to ten people being detained.
Police on Wednesday detained ten employees suspected
TBILISI, DFWatch–Parliament in Georgia has overturned President Saakashvili’s veto against legislative amendments about judicial reform.
Those behind the amendments claim that they serve to depolarize the court system.
According to the draft, which has been passed
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili Wednesday continued his tour of the US and held meetings with Secretary of State John Kerry and Vice President Joe Biden.
“We applaud the democratic transition that has been taking place in Georgia,” Kerry said in
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Defense Minister Irakli Alasania said on Wednesday that in the past, there have been exceeded expectations about Germany’s support for Georgia’s aspirations to become a NATO member.
He said this as he opened a forum to discuss strategic
TBILISI, DFWatch–In Georgia the Ivanishvili government will consider halting the prosecution of former government officials as part of an initiative by the prime minister to bring about reconciliation.
But Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili made it clear
TBILISI, DFWatch–The new government expects Georgia to receive a membership action plan (MAP) next year.
Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said this Tuesday at the 22. anniversary of the Georgian army.
The head of government has often had to defend himself against
TBILISI, DFWatch–The plan to reopen a railway through breakaway Abkhazia came up during a NATO seminar in Tbilisi.
Lawrence Scott Sheets, South Caucasus Project Director for the International Crisis Group, said during the 83rd Rose Roth Seminar of NATO’s