TBILISI, DFWatch – A new report shows that Georgian courts do not works as intended, and judges are sometimes more concerned with getting finished soon than with making a fair decision.
The report by Transparency International Georgia found that in in 92.6 percent
TBILISI, DFWatch – President Mikheil Saakashvili says his first priority is the development of agriculture.
Manana Manjgaladze, the president’s spokesperson, said this at a briefing Tuesday.
Georgia is considered to be an agricultural country. But the government is
TBILISI, DFWatch – Refugees in Georgia once more demonstrated for ther rights Tuesday in front of the Refugee Ministry building.
About fifty people had gathered to ask for a meeting with the minister.
After ten minutes of arguing at the entrance, the refugees were
TBILISI, DFWatch – In the first five months of 2012, Georgia increased its trade with other countries, but had a significant negative trade balance.
The trade deficit in the period January-May 2012 was USD 2 136 million. This is 53 percent of the foreign trade
TBILISI, DFWatch – Spanish police have busted a ring of suspected Georgian burglars.
The website Crime Scene Spain reports that police suspect the ring of having broken into homes and stolen valuables.
Among sixteen people arrested, four were women. One was from
TBILISI, DFWatch – A computer programmer who went missing more than a week ago has returned to his home.
Mamuka Jibladze (54) disappeared on June 11. After two days, his family called police to report him as missing.
The Interior Ministry started a search operation and
TBILISI, DFWatch – Monday the deadline ran out for opposition financier Bidzina Ivanishvili to pay a USD 45 million fine.
Tbilisi City Court issued the fine in a lawsuit raised by the Chamber of Control’s party finance audit agency. Originally, the fine was 149
TBILISI, DFWatch – The ruling party in Georgia defends its policy of not interfering in the television sector to provide pluralism before the parliamentary election.
Outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Georgia John Bass last week criticized the lack of plurality in Georgian
TBILISI, DFWatch – The United States might might provide military assistance to Georgia’s air and sea defenses.
According to a common statement by the U.S. and Georgia as part of the strategic partnership established in 2009, the U.S. might contribute to
TBILISI, DFWatch – The outgoing US Ambassador to Georgia criticized the lack of diversity in Georgian television before an important parliamentary election.
Ambassador John Bass criticized the current state of affairs in Georgia, saying citizens today only have