TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor’s Office in Georgia has confirmed for DF Watch that a Lithuanian businessman has been detained.
According to the office, Saulius Vaitkevičius, owner of supermarket chain Populi, is charged with appropriation of another company’s
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili has again blocked a bill. This time it was a set of amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code.
The president has remarks about two aspects of the draft: First about the dates when certain regulations will come into force.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Dream coalition is considering making it possible for a person with dual citizenship to hold three top posts in the country: president, prime minister and speaker of parliament.
The amendments will only apply to the constitution, which
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian border soldiers have again been seen in the village Ditsi, on Georgia controlled territory close to the de facto border with Russian-controlled South Ossetia.
On Monday, the first reports came about Russian soldiers in the villages Ditsi and
TBILISI, DFWatch–The recent installation of fences near Ditsi is unacceptable, EUMM says in a statement.
Staff from the EU Monitoring Mission arrived in the village Ditsi, where Russian soldiers have erected new barbed wire which moves the de facto border 300 meters
TBILISI, DFWatch–At Zestaponi’s ferroalloy factory workers are still on strike. The week-long strike is paralyzing the one of the largest companies in the country, which accounts for 12 percent of the exported product.
Two of the workers are on hunger strike, while
TBILISI, DFWatch–A rally was held outside the former Russian embassy in Tbilisi on Tuesday to protest against Russian soldiers moving the so-called administrative border 300 meters into Georgian controlled territory on Monday.
Members of non-government organizations,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The charges against former Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili concerning events on May 26, 2011 were Tuesday expanded.
The violent dispersal of peaceful anti-government protesters by police and regime loyal vigilantes two years ago resulted in at least
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian soldiers’ moving of the de facto border between Georgian- and Russian-controlled territory is being followed by European Union’s observers in the area.
Yesterday evening, the European Union Monitoring Mission to Georgia (EUMM)
TBILISI, DFWatch–Members of parliament for President Saakashvili’s National Movement party have again taken leave from their duties as a sign of protest.
Party spokesman Giorgi Baramidze says they will not attend plenary sessions until all the ‘political