TBILISI, DFWatch–Parliament in Georgia will today start reviewing a draft bill for amending the constitution and reduce the president’s right to dismiss the government any time he wants without confirmation from the parliament.
The bill, which is signed by 78 MPs,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s prime minister will participate at a session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg from April 20.
Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili will address the assembly, according to Tina Khidasheli, a member
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian speaker of parliament said his week-long visit to the US has been ‘beneficial, interesting and timely.’
Speaker Davit Usupashvili was Saturday meeting with the media after holding nearly 50 meetings with the US Congress, State
TBILISI, DFWatch–Firefighters are trying to contain a bushfire that is spreading in the Adjara region in south western Georgia on the Black Sea shores, bur wind is making their work is made difficult.
Journalists for the local newspaper Batumelebi and the news agency
TBILISI, DFWatch–A road in the Mtskheta region close to the capital is closed for all traffic after an avalanche. Also part of a road in Gudauri-Kobi in northern Georgia is blocked by masses of snow.
The Road Department on Friday said clearance work is in progress.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The European People’s Party has published a declaration that highlights a divide in how current events in Georgia are understood in Brussels and Tbilisi.
The EPP has adopted a declaration that makes it clear that the party thinks Georgia is no
TBILISI, DFWatch–A time schedule for implementing the action plan for visa liberalization between Georgia and the EU has been confirmed.
Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration Alexi Petriashvili explained Thursday that the new agreement sets detailed goals for
TBILISI, DFWatch–The prisoner amnesty in Georgia ended its term of execution March 13. 8 322 prisoners were freed in total.
According to the Prison Ministry, about 800 cases are still pending review in court. Most of them are about charges of fraud, cases which
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s prime minister has sent an open letter in response to a letter signed by 23 members of the European parliament for the European People’s Party (EPP).
The center-right EPP criticizes Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili for conducting