TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili is invited to a Russian breakfast on Friday at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
But Ivanishvili insists that Russian officials won’t attend and that he will only be meeting with Russian businessmen.
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia and Canada Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding about defense policy.
The agreement was signed by Colonel Christopher R. Kilford and Davit Nardaia, Chairman of Georgia’s International Affairs and EU Integration Department at
TBILISI, DFWatch — The party of President Mikheil Saakashvili has started a campaign to gather signatures in support of his initiatives about tax amnesty and decriminalization of financial crime.
The president presented his new initiatives to the government a few days
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has relieved Defense Minister Irakli Alasania of his additional responsibilities as vice prime minister.
The press office of the PM says a decree was issued January 21 and that Ivanishvili will explain
TBILISI, DFWatch — Defense Minister Irakli Alasania says the Georgian Dream coalition has had ‘an awkward discussion’ about selecting a candidate for the presidential election, but he doesn’t consider himself a candidate, as he feels responsibility for the post he
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s new government will transfer USD 80 000 to the family of Zviad Gamsakhurdia, the country’s first president after independence.
Finance Minister Nodar Khaduri told journalists on Tuesday that this money was debt that Eduard
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Nikoloz Vashakidze resigned on Tuesday, citing incompatibility with
the current foreign policy of the country.
Vashakidze is one of the officials who have stayed over from the previous government. He
TBILISI, DFWatch — Activists for the governing Georgian Dream coalition continue to rally people around the country in their demand to replace local government tops, including those appointed by their own party.
Tuesday, two rallies are being launched in Tsalka, a town
TBILISI, DFWatch — President Mikheil Saakashvili criticized his own prime minister for saying that Georgia should have good relations with both Russia and NATO.
In a speech to the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (CoE) Monday, the president criticized his
TBILISI, DFWatch — The victims of a hailstorm in Georgia last summer will finally get compensation, ranging from USD 3 600 to USD 4 800.
Davit Narmania, Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure, said Monday that the loss was estimated in such extreme