Thursday, April 23, 2026

Hillary Clinton met opposition leaders in Georgia

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the best thing for Georgia's security is to conduct free and fair elections. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said after meeting with government and opposition that everything now depends on the Georgian people.

Georgians will vote in a parliamentary election in October and a presidential election in 2013, which

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Construction company says government behind hassle

Zurab Zviadauri anticipated trouble with authorities when he joined the opposition, and therefore transferred his shares in a construction company to a friend. He believes the government was behind a customer protest action Monday. (IPN.)

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

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Democracy campaign on the streets again

Campaigners want to counteract a strong pro-government bias in national TV. Their bill would force cable companies to carry several small independent channels nationwide. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

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

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Hillary Clinton arriving in Georgia Monday

President Mikheil Saakashvili (left) and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (right) in Tbilisi on July 5, 2010. (State Dep. photo.)

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

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