TBILISI, DFWatch – A working group of ambassadors in Georgia calls on the government to extend the term of the temporary must-carry and must-offer principles to beyond election day.
UNDP on Wednesday released a statement after the meeting of the working group
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s GDP grew 1.3 percent in second quarter of 2012, compared to the first quarter and is now at 8.1 percent, according to official statistics.
Georgia’s National Statistics Department points out that these are preliminary figures,
TBILISI, DFWatch – Moscow suggests that Tbilisi solves its own problems with democracy and human rights, before giving advise to Russia about saving democracy.
This is a statement of Alexander Lukashevich, spokesperson for the Russian Federation’s Foreign
TBILISI, DFWatch – Saakashvili’s main competitor Bidzina Ivanishvili has named 12 more majoritarian candidates to stand for election from regions outside of Tbilisi.
The Georgian Dream coalition has until now named 40 majoritarian candidates. The rest, including
TBILISI, DFWatch – The international law firm Skadden is going to represent the Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili in his struggle as opposition politician.
Yesterday, he met David Herlihy, head of Skadden’s London office and Gregory Craig, head
TBILISI, DFWatch – Another eight thousand satellite dishes belonging to Maestro TV has been seized by the police.
The seizure comes in addition to an action by the prosecutor’s office on July 11, when tens of thousands of satellite dishes were seized from Maestro.
TBILISI, DFWatch – Three Georgian Dream activists were arrested July 16 on suspicion of bribery.
According to the Justice Ministry, one of the suspects, Merab Kachakhidze, transferred 7 000 lari to the chair of the Conservative party’s branch in Mtatsminda
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