TBILISI, DFWatch – Police Thursday night seized 300 000 satellite dishes in several locations around the country. This will prevent a government-critical TV channel from reaching viewers.
The sat dishes were meant to let people watch Channel 9, which does not have a
TBILISI, DFWatch – What is the Georgian opposition? We give you the facts about what groups Bidzina Ivanishvili has recruited to his Georgian Dream coalition.
The Georgian Dream coalition currently consists of the Republicans, the Free Democrats, the National Forum,
There is a deficit of knowledge about what is going on in Abkhazia, says Alexander Cooley, professor of political science at Barnard College, Columbia University in New York.
Cooley sat down with DF Watch and told us about a researcher doing public opinion surveys in
TBILISI, DFWatch – It was just another day in court for the lawyers of Bidzina Ivanishvili, in a series of legal troubles that some people describe as kafkaesque.
After throwing himself into the political ring in October 2011, the billionaire is still without a
TBILISI, DFWatch – Police in Georgia Thursday entered the offices of a company affiliated with Bidzina Ivanishvili, the billionaire who is trying to mount a challenge to President Saakashvili in a parliamentary election in October.
Police went into the offices of Elita
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian authorities are starting to seize the property of billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili.
(Article has been updated.)
A prosecutor has ordered thousands of satellite receivers seized, while another office is preparing to forcefully collect a USD
TBILISI, DFWatch – A new report by the U.S. State Department paints a dire picture of victims of human trafficking in Georgia.
The 2012 report, which covers 186 countries, states that Georgia is “a source, transit, and destination country for women and girls
TBILISI, DFWatch – Two of the largest mining companies in Georgia have been taken over by Russian owners.
The owner of Madneuli and Quartzite, GeoProMining, June 14 published a statement which says that the two companies have been sold for USD 120 million. But the
TBILISI, DFWatch – Four months away from an important election, the ruling party in Georgia has passed a new law which frees socially vulnerable families from paying fines for not having paid electricity, natural gas, bus ticket and other fines.
The law came into
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 6.8 percent in first quarter of 2012 compared to the same period last year, according to Georgia’s National Statistics Department (Geostat).
Extending the estimate one month, Geostat director Zaza