TBILISI, DFWatch — The crisis at an energy company continued Wednesday as three employees went on hunger strike.
The strike at Telasi, which supplies the capital with electricity, started weeks ago, after the election results became known. Current and former
A detained former government official has been moved from a prison scandalized by revelations of torture to another prison, which is known for holding so-called thieves in law.
Former interior minister Bacho Akhalaia is in detention awaiting trial for abuse of power,
TBILISI, DFWatch — A former editor of Forbes Georgia has been appointed as new director of Imedi TV, which used to be one of the government-controlled channels during the previous government.
Shortly after the parliamentary election, the former owners of Imedi made
TBILISI, DFWatch — The former head of Georgia’s general headquarters, who was taken in for further questioning, has been released.
This time Giorgi Kalandadze was released against USD 6 000 bail. The former interior minister Bacho Akhalaia is still in preliminary
TBILISI, DFWatch — NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly criticizes the new government for putting pressure on the public broadcaster and local government and asks it to refrain from politically motivated arrests.
The resolution was passed Monday in Prague at the 58. annual
TBILISI, DFWatch — Two Georgian leaders representing different political parties are continuing their visit to Brussels, holding meetings with EU and NATO officials.
President Mikheil Saakashvili is Tuesday meeting Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council,
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s chief prosecutor on Tuesday revealed details about additional charges that were slapped on top of an already serious abuse case against former interior minister and Saakashvili faithful Bacho Akhalaia.
The former prison minister,
TBILISI, DFWatch — President Mikheil Saakashvili says he can’t remember having heard such a critical tone before from NATO regarding Georgia.
He was responding to a statement by NATO’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who said he was
TBILISI, DFWatch — The government in Georgia is planning to give amnesty to thousands of prisoners. Some of them will be released immediately, while the rest will have their sentence reduced to half.
The Georgian Dream coalition has presented a draft law in
TBILISI, DFWatch — A jailed former minister was Monday handed additional charges under a section of the law which deals with torture.
The torture charge against Bacho Akhalaia — a close personal ally of President Saakashvili and former prison minister,