TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian parliament today passed constitutional changes meant to let opposition billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili participate in the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections.
Ivanishvili, Georgia’s richest, decided to go into politics
TBILISI, DFWatch – A small TV station in Georgia has been taken over, in the latest of a series of disputes within media in the country.
A few days ago, Davit Zilpimian reported that the property of Pirveli Stereo and Stereo Plus, a TV channel he established, had
TBILISI, DFWatch – NATO’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says Georgia will become a member of the alliance sometime. There has been progress in the reforms and NATO will continue to support the country in that regard.
Fogh Rasmussen said this at a joint
TBILISI, DFWatch – A pro-democracy campaign in Georgia calls on the Saakashvili regime to not stall a negotiated deal intended to secure a more fair election in October.
The campaign sent a letter appealing to the president and speaker of parliament to start
TBILISI, DFWatch – A former Georgian general who was convicted of treason and lived in Russia was killed Monday in Moscow.
Russian media report that Roman Dumbadze was hit by bullets from two attackers passing by on motorcycles near his home.
Dumbadze died on the
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia and Azerbaijan are working on delineating their border, in order to solve the problem regarding Davit Gareja monastery complex, which is a source for concern.
Georgia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Nikoloz Vashakidze said Monday that the
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Nikoloz Vashakidze says he hopes that Switzerland will finish selecting the company which will conduct monitoring of goods passing the Russia-Georgia border.
Georgia agreed to accept Russia as a WTO member in November
There are several points on Georgia in NATO’s declaration in Chicago published on Monday, 21.
DF Watch publishes part of the declaration unchanged:
«At the 2008 Bucharest Summit we agreed that Georgia will become a member of NATO and we reaffirm all
TBILISI, DFWatch – The protest continues against the construction work on a historic square in Tbilisi, after workers Saturday started demolishing an old building, apparently without a permit.
Witnesses called police, and the work stopped for a while. Several months
TBILISI, DFWatch – NATO countries are meeting in Chicago with aspirant countries and countries which participate in the ISAF mission in Afghanistan.
The Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili is attending the summit, after having spent several days in the U.S.