TBILISI, DFWatch – During a visit to Georgia, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised that it will become easier for people in the breakaway regions to visit the U.S.
“We see this as step forward to achieving a peaceful and fair solution to the conflicts in Georgia,”
TBILISI, DFWatch – President Saakashvili’s promise to fix the teeth of socially vulnerable people remains just a promise.
The president’s office does not even know who is responsible for implementing the program. But the president is still giving promises about giving
TBILISI, DFWatch – Hillary Clinton Tuesday morning kicked off her visit to Georgia by speaking at a conference of the U.S.-Georgia strategic partnership in Batumi.
The partnership was established in the wake of the Russo-Georgian war in 2008.
During the opening
TBILISI, DFWatch – As U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is visiting Georgia, Speaker of Parliament Davit Bakradze would like to see the visit `end with a specific decision’. But he doesn’t say exactly what this decision this would be, nor does he want to
TBILISI, DFWatch – Another case of a possibly politically motivated dismissal has come to light. This time it’s an employee of United Water Supply Company of Georgia.
Lasha Shvangiradze has been employed in the company since 2006. He works in Khoni, in the region
TBILISI, DFWatch – Monday the offices of a construction company in Georgia was invaded by a group of people demanding that the company completes construction work on flats that many customers have invested in.
The office invaders claimed to be relatives of customers
TBILISI, DFWatch – A democracy campaign in Georgia is keeping up the pressure on the government to change the law to counteract pro-government bias in TV media ahead of the election in October.
The campaign This Affects You Too started in February as a reaction to
TBILISI, DFWatch – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to arrive in Georga from Armenia Monday evening as part of a tour of the South Caucasus.
Tomorrow Clinton is meeting with President Saakashvili and Prime Minister Nika Gilauri, and later leaders
-The absence of a free media makes any kind of meaningful democracy impossible. Saakashvili’s givernment is using legalistic and legislative pyrotechnics to ensure an unfair political system, says Lincoln Mitchell, Associate at Columbia University’s Harriman Institute and Georgia-expert.
TBILISI, DFWatch – Recent sports events in Georgia are mainly connected to politics. After the Olympic judo champion Zurab Zviadauri joined the opposition Georgian Dream movement, two others within the same sport have joined him: Olympic bronze medalist Nestor