TBILISI, DFWatch – The police detained eight activists in front of parliament today.
The eight were protesting against the arrest of their friends on May 26, near Gelati Monastery, near Kutaisi in western Georgia.
The protesters were from three organizations:
TBILISI, DFWatch – James Appathurai, NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, will arrive in Georgia on June 11.
NATO’s information center in Tbilisi told DF Watch on Tuesday that Appathurai is coming to Georgia to plan for
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s whole educations sector has been thrown into crisis, as right before the national tests over a third of the staff at the National Examinations Center have left their jobs in protest against the dismissal of their boss, which they believe
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s education minister on Monday fired the head the of National Examinations Center, which is know as a successfully reformed state body.
The minister said the reason was differences over how to implement reforms.
But there are suspecions
TBILISI, DFWatch – A businessman in Georgia who is in prison and said he was framed by the Saakashvili regime has been pardoned by Saakashvili himself.
The founder of Georgia’s largest electronics chain was serving an eigth year prison sentence in connection with
TBILISI, DFWatch – An employee of the Ministry of Education has been fired and says it might have been because of her son’s political activism.
Maya Miminoshvili, who was head of the National Examinations Center says that her son yesterday participated in a rally
TBILISI, DFWatch – The election of a nationalist as president in Serbia has caused Tbilisi to respond with an appeal for cooperation and to shared cultural bonds.
The Serbian parliament may consider formal recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, after the
TBILISI, DFWatch – The opposition coalition Georgian Dream will start naming their candidates for majoritarian members of parliament from June 1.
Leader Bidzina Ivanishvili said Monday that most of the candidates have already been selected, but there are several
TBILISI, DFWatch – On May 26, Georgia’s independence day, President Mikheil Saakashvili argued that it is time for a stronger nationalism in order to undermine Russia’s influence.
The call for a strengthening of nationalism came during a speech in Kutaisi at the
The opposition movement Georgian Dream mobilized tens of thousands of supporters in Tbilisi Sunday.
Crowds marched from three different locations in order to converge on Freedom Square. There, a stage had been assembled, from which the movement’s leader,