TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili says the reason he removed Defense Minister Irakli Alasania from his post as vice prime minister was to end speculation in Alasania’s party about making him a candidate for president.
The prime minister
TBILISI, DFWatch — The Georgian and Russian Prime Ministers met for the first time in Davos Thursday and had a several minutes long conversation.
This is the first time heads of government of the two countries have met since diplomatic relations between Georgia and Russia
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian Patriarch Illia II on Wednesday met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and passed on greetings from Georgia’s Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili.
Vladimir Putin hosted Illia II and Kirill I of Russia at suburban residence in Novo
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