TBILISI, DFWatch – In the top twenty on the National Movement’s party list there are majoritarian candidates. The majority on the list are current members of parliament (MPs) and members of government.
On the ruling party list there also are so-called independent
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s environment minister has resigned in order to stand for election for the National Movement party.
George Khachidze, who was appointed to the post in 2008, today announced on his Facebook page that he has resigned in order to become a member
TBILISI, DFWatch – Local police are patrolling a valley close to the Russian border, while the special police operation continues against a group of what the interior ministry calls saboteurs.
The interior ministry today published further details
TBILISI, DFWatch – The government refuses to accept conditions which the largest opposition coalition says are necessary in order for the October 1 parliamentary election to be considered fair.
Bidzina Ivanishvili, leader of the Georgian Dream coalition on Thursday
TBILISI, DFWatch – The opposition in Georgia considers to make the former AC Milan player Kakhi Kaladze speaker of parliament if they win the election on October 1.
Georgian Dream has nominated the footballer on first place on its party list, which might mean that
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia continues its operation on the border with Russia, while a Chechen Islamic Internet news agency claims what really happened was that insurgents stumbled upon a group of Georgians and let them go, after which their location was revealed.
TBILISI, DFWatch – The leader of the Georgian Dream coalition says he can’t wait until he leaves politics.
Georgia’s richest man, Bidzina Ivanishvili, on Friday was invited on Maestro TV in the morning, where he stated that he has never been interested in
TBILISI, DFWatch – Eleven dead bodies have been recovered from the rebel group, which according to the Georgian interior ministry counted about 20 people in total.
The ministry says some of the militants were from North Ossetia, a republic which is part of the
TBILISI, DFWatch – Bidzina Ivanishvili, leader of the largest opposition bloc in Georgia, promises that he will defend people’s vote solely by peaceful means and not call for a confrontation.
But he also says that there are several measures that need to be taken
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili explains the deadly incident on the Russian border this week as an attempt at ‘testing the country’s readiness to fight’ and ‘a provocation’.
President Saakashvili visited the town Kvareli, which is