TBILISI, DFWatch — Anders Fogh Rasmussen’s Facebook page has seen an influx of traffic the last week from Georgian users responding to the NATO Secretary General’s recent statement about expressing concern over the detention of military and political officials in
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Ivanishvili met Fogh Rasmussen in Brussels
TBILISI, DFWatch — Wednesday morning, the Georgian prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili met NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Brussels.
After the meeting, they held a joint press conference. Fogh Rasmussen said they had a positive and constructive
Workers protest continues at Telasi
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
Ex-minister moved to mafia prison
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,
Forbes editor takes over Georgian TV station
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
General implicated in abuse case released
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
NATO criticizes new Georgian government
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
Two Georgian leaders continue parallel visits
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,
Ex-minister 'locked 17 soldiers in for 3 days'
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,
Saakashvili says NATO is critical of detentions
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