TBILISI, DFWatch — One of Georgia’s most popular newspapers on Wednesday revealed the identity of guards working in a controversial prison where serious abuse was revealed two weeks ago.
The list shows the names, address and date of birth of prison guards and employees working at
The election winner in Georgia’s first visit abroad will be to the U.S., probably after the U.S. presidential election.
Bidzina Ivanishvili told journalists Wednesday that the U.S. ambassador to Georgia had delivered him a formal invitation to the U.S. He met Ambassador
TBILISI, DFWatch – The coalition that won the parliament election is putting together a working group to handle relations with the president and the current government. The group will hold consultations in the name of the Georgian Dream coalition.
The Georgian Dream
TBILISI, DFWatch – The U.S. Secretary of State responded to Monday’s election in Georgia congratulating Georgians on their peaceful and active participation in the election.
A statement published on the State Department website says the election was a historic day for
TBILISI, DFWatch – The counting of votes is almost finished in Georgia and results show that the opposition leads with 55.1 percent, against the ruling National Movement with 40.1 percent of votes.
The other parties seem to not overcome the 5 percent barrier for getting
TBILISI, DFWatch – International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) summed up events on Election Day and reported about violations.
The organization had 300 observers at 63 election district from 73.
ISFED found that the election process went mostly with
TBILISI, DFWatch – The leader of the coalition that won the Georgian election Monday says it would be best for President Mikheil Saakashvili to resign and appoint early presidential election.
Bidzina Ivanishvili, leader of the victorious Georgian Dream coalition,
TBILISI, DFWatch – A group carrying out parallel vote counting has estimated that Georgian Dream won by 54.6 to 40.7 percent over National Movement.
International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) published their results of parallel vote tabulation (PVT).
TBILISI, DFWatch – OSCE says Georgia made an important step in consolidating the conduct of democratic elections, but there are still some key issues left needing to address.
The organization has the largest contingent of election observers here, under its Office for
TBILISI, DFWatch – The winner in the Georgian parliamentary election says it would be wise of Mikheil Saakashvili to step down and announce early presidential election.
The next presidential election is planned for late 2013.
Bidzina Ivanishvili said this at a press