TBILISI, DFWatch – The United States is sending a government delegation to Georgia to assess the period before the election on October 1.
The delegation will visit Georgia September 10-12 and is chaired by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Thomas O. Melia, from
TBILISI, DFWatch – 63 percent of Georgians approve of the appointment of the former interior minister as prime minister; 47 percent think the upcoming election will be more or less well-conducted, while 62 percent will not support the opposition if it decides to begin
TBILISI, DFWatch – The European Union will offer Georgian citizens visa free travel to the EU in 2013, according to Georgia’s representative to the EU.
Salome Samadashvili, who represents Georgia in the EU, said Wednesday that 2013 will be a very important year for
TBILISI, DFWatch – A new survey gives the ruling National Movement party a comfortable lead ahead of the parliamentary election on October 1.
The survey shows in August, 37 percent of Georgians would vote for the National Movement, while only 12 percent
TBILISI, DFWatch – A group of U.S. Senators headed by John McCain have arrived in Georgia.
Among the delegation are also Joseph Liberman and Lindsey Graham.
During a press conference at the U.S. embassy McCain said the delegation wants to see a free and fair election
TBILISI, DFWatch – The opposition Georgian Dream party accuses government of attempting to legally falsify the parliamentary election.
One of the coalition’s lawyers Zakaria Kutsnashvili said Thursday that the amended election code regulates the issue of voters
TBILISI, DFWatch – Democracy groups demand that the date of the parliamentary is brought forward for Georgians living abroad.
The election is scheduled for October 1, but the groups it brought forward to September 29 or 30.
The groups say in an application to the Central Election
TBILISI, DFWatch – The new U.S. ambassador to Georgia Richard Norland Wednesday officially started his work.
He arrived at Tbilisi airport with his wife, where they were greeted by Chargé d’Affaires Bridget Brink and representatives of the embassy.
Norland said he
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s basketball team is meeting Bosnia-Herzegovina again team tomorrow.
Georgia comes to its seventh qualifier for EuroBasket 2013 after winning against Romania on Sunday with the final score 91:74.
Georgia will host Bosnia-Herzegovina at