TBILISI, DFWatch — The human rights group Freedom House writes in a new report that Georgia is now an electoral democracy.
The group gives Georgia an improved democracy score in its report Freedom in the World 2013, as a consequence of the peaceful transfer
TBILISI, DFWatch — Police in Georgia have detained a regional director of the feared domestic intelligence service, the Constitutional Security Department (CSD).
Temur Pataridze, who headed the CSD (in Georgian abbreviated to KUD, or ‘Kudi’) in the Autonomous
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian TV channel Rustavi 2 claimed there was a crisis between Georgia and Armenia after the Georgian Foreign Minister was misquoted regarding Nagorno-Karabakh.
The comment fell during a visit to Lithuania. Mrs Panjikidze was asked by
TBILISI, DFWatch — Ambassador David Moran on January 14 began work as the temporary trustee of the UK to Georgia, the UK embassy in Tbilisi informs.
On his arrival, Moran said he was pleased to be in Georgia and to start working and living in this beautiful country.
TBILISI, DFWatch — A well-known Georgian musician claims he was harassed by police during a short stay in Georgia.
Beka Gochiashvili, 16, a jazz pianist who lives in the US but spent his holidays here in Georgia, told the TV station Rustavi 2 about the incident
TBILISI, DFWatch — French gendarmes have detained 21 Georgians suspected of cooperation with Russian mafia. According to reports in French media, they are accused of stealing hundreds of bank cards and attempting to break into accounts and steal money.
The operation
TBILISI, DFWatch — The political prisoners who were released on Sunday demand to impeach President Mikheil Saakashvili.
The former prisoners think a person who allowed having hundreds of political prisoners, and having a torture policy in the prison system, where many
TBILISI, DFWatch — The president’s administration has published a letter written by the foreign minister, who writes to the president asking to call back several ambassadors.
This comes amid a period when the president and the prime minister are trying to portray
TBILISI, DFWatch — The Prosecutor’s Office has published a video clip apparently showing that officials in the previous government ordered the secret filming of public persons while engaging in sexual acts, as a means to blackmail them.
A statement issued by
TBILISI, DFWatch — The Georgian President and Prime Minister, who only have met once after the parliamentary election, Sunday celebrated the jubilee of the Georgian patriarch and shared what seemed to be a serious conversation.
Last time the two leaders met