TBILISI, DFWatch – Heavy rain led to flooding in Georgia’s western Samegrelo region, causing material damages. Blocked roads prevented cleanup work some places.
Interpressnews reports there is a difficult situation in eight villages in Samegrelo. There is damage to
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s foreign debt has increased by USD 128.9 million since fourth quarter of 2011 and is now USD 11.4 billion. The National Bank today published data over the country’s foreign debt for first quarter in 2012. USD 3.8 billion of the total amount is public sector debt, which is 33 percent of … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch – A new report shows that President Saakashvili turned his back on Georgian farmers in order to develop tourism, but the strategy failed.
Six out of ten employed persons in Georgia are self-employed. More than 50 percent are employed in agriculture,
TBILISI, DFWatch – One day after President Saakashvili met regional governors and told them to guarantee that the election process is exemplary, a fistfight broke out during an opposition event near a Russian checkpoint north of Gori.
The fistfight on Tuesday was
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian parliament today passed the new law which is meant to make television more diverse ahead of each election.
A campaigners have been advocating the must-carry and must-offer principles for months, and two weeks ago the
TBILISI, DFWatch – Tbilisi Appeals Court upheld the city court’s decision in the case of opposition billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili’s citizenship.
This means he is still without a citizenship of his native Georgia, and he will be barred from standing for election or engaging
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian opposition billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili has complained to the United Nations Human Rights Committee.
Georgian Dream spokesperson Tina Khidasheli says they are bringing his citizenship case to the Committee because the government
TBILISI, DFWatch – An opposion party in Georgia warns that a law meant to create diversity in media will lead to social turmoil after the election in October.
Levan Vepkhvadze, one of the leaders of the opposition Christian Democrats, says introducing so-called must-carry
TBILISI, DFWatch – NATO’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is coming on another visit to Georgia in September, less than a year after his last visit here.
This is proof that Georgia-NATO relations are strengthening, Georgia’s Vice Prime Minister Giorgi
TBILISI, The International Republican Institute (IRI) is sending a long-term observer mission to Georgia, which will arrive on July 18.
Resident Country Director Andrea Keerbs says the IRI will have both long-term and short-term observers from the U.S. and Europe.