TBILISI, DFWatch–The visit of NATO’s top political governing body to Georgia has been agreed upon, said Irakli Alasania, Georgia’s Minister of Defense, to journalists on Monday.
He said that the exact date of the visit of the North Atlantic Council as well as the
TBILISI, DFWatch–Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Georgia met for a conference on Monday to sum up the three months after the parliamentary election of Georgia.
Representatives of NGOs working in the human rights field described the government’s first 100
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian justice minister and a member of parliament from the National Movement party (UNM) Monday argued about the issuing of a diplomatic passport during a conference to sum up the government’s first 100 days in power.
The two were attending
Tbilisi, DF Watch – President Saakashvili’s United National Movement Party withdraws the draft bill which legally safeguards Georgia’s Western-oriented foreign policy in order ‘not to interrupt’ the process of negotiations between the government and the UNM.
TBILISI, DFWatch–A group of foreign experts is to monitor ongoing high profile criminal cases in Georgia.
Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, who took the initiative, told journalists that President Mikheil Saakashvili has agreed to establishing the group.
Another
TBILISI, DFWatch–More than USD 94 million was transferred to Georgia from abroad in January, 2013. This is more than USD 10 million more than the same period in 2012.
The total amount of money transfers in January was USD 94.1 million, which is 11.5 percent
TBILISI, DFWatch–Lawmakers in Georgia today start debating whether to write its foreign policy into the constitution, and if so, how many details of it.
Foremost among issues likely to end up in the constitution is EU and NATO membership aspirations.
The bill,
TBILISI, DFWatch–UNDP chief Helen Clark is expected in Georgia February 17 for a three-day visit.
According to the UNDP, the organization’s administrator will hold meetings with government officials and representatives of local and international organizations.
She
TBILISI, DFWatch–A second meeting between Georgian and Russian representatives will be held on March 1, 2013, in a European country, but not in Geneva.
Zurab Abashidze, the Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Russian Relations, said in an interview on
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has lifted the veil on what was said in an unusual conversation between him and President Mikheil Saakashvili last month.
The two leaders, who are maneuvering a precarious power-sharing situation,