TBILISI, DFWatch – A Russian general says there won’t be another war with Georgia, thanks to military bases stationed in the two breakaway regions Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
“There will not take place a recurrence of conflict in the Caucasus,” said Vladimir
TBILISI, DFWatch – The opposition Georgian Dream party does not trust the results of a survey conducted by the National Democratic Institute (NDI), which shows that the governing party of President Saakashvili has twice as much support as Georgian Dream.
TBILISI, DFWatch – Batumi City Council has replaced the director of the local dolphinarium after security guards entered the facility Monday.
The dolphinarium in Batumi was reopened on the initiative of the local government after 20 years of non-functioning. This
TBILISI, DFWatch – Media workers in Georgia demonstrated Monday in support of a TV company.
They were protesting the seizure of thousands by the Ministry of Justice of satellite dishes belonging to TV company Maestro.
The background is a marketing push by
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia June 29 moved a police checkpoint a few hundred meters into Russian-controlled territory in the South Ossetian breakaway region. The EU has been mediating talks on the ensuing controversy.
The checkpoint was moved from the village Mereti
TBILISI, DFWatch – A new poll shows that the opposition Georgian Dream movement has nearly doubled its support in the last six months. But it still has a long way to go to match the ruling National Movement party, if the poll is correct.
The ruling party has
TBILISI, DFWatch – A 23-year old woman and a 25-year old man died in a rope jumping accident in Tbilisi on Sunday.
The two jumped together from a bridge. The woman, Mariam Kandashvili, died on the spot, while the man, Goga Goletiani, was taken to hospital,
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian government calls for political parties to commit to not use or incite violence during this year’s election process.
The declaration submitted for parties to sign commits them to not use violence, nor call for violence or voice
TBILISI, DFWatch – The main opposition bloc in Georgia mobilized 15 000 people Sunday in Gori, the town closest to the capital which was occupied by Russia in the 2008 war.
Georgian Dream front man Bidzina Ivanishvili promised to normalize relations with Russia
TBILISI – Authorities in Georgia have issued a 2 million dollar fine to one of opposition financier Bidzina Ivanishvili’s companies, and at the same time seized all its assets.
The reason for both decisions is that according to the State Audit Service,