TBILISI, DFWatch – Lawyers working for a Georgian opposition leader accuse a judge at Tbilisi City Court for being subjective.
Lawyers representing Bidzina Ivanishvili, who has been taken to court by the Chamber of Control’s (CoC) financial audit branch, criticize the
TBILISI, DFWatch – A democracy campaign in Georgia expresses concern about the order to switch off Channel 9, a TV station owned by Bidzina Ivanishvili’s wife.
The campaign This Affects You Too is also concerned about the switching off of radios in minibuses in Tbilisi
TBILISI, DFWatch – The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee on June 7 passed a resolution in support of Georgia.
The resolution says that the House of Representatives supports strengthening relations between the U.S. and Georgia with a goal of helping the country
TBILISI, DFWatch – A court in Tbilisi is to decide whether President Saakashvili’s strongest challenger is a criminal.
It’s the Chamber of Control (CoC) that is taking Bidzina Ivanishvili to court. The body, which was given tough new powers last December, accuses the
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia is to change its Election Code so it complies with the recently amended constitution.
This means that Saakashvilis main competitor will have the right to participate in elections, and to establish and finance a political party.
According to
TBILISI, DFWatch – A regulatory body in Georgia has decided that a TV station belonging to associates of the opposition billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili must go off air.
Channel 9 was started only months ago, as a competitor to the strongly pro-government TV
TBILISI, DFWatch – A new strongly pro-government organization says the main opposition bloc in Georgia may be disqualified in the upcoming parliament elections, because of what it says is bribery of voters.
The organization, called Clean Politics, which was set up two
TBILISI, DFWatch – A construction worker was killed as one wing of the new parliament building in Kutaisi collapsed Thursday afternoon.
According to eyewitnesses, 22 people were injured, but this is unconfirmed.
Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili confirmed that one
TBILISI, DFWatch – A new report shows that Georgia is largely as democratic as it has been since and even before the rose revolution in 2003.
In Freedom House’s report Nations in Transit 2012, Georgia remains in the category called “transitional government or hybrid
TBILISI, DFWatch – A proposal by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meant to promote peace and understanding in the Georgian conflict areas has been briskly rejected by the Kremlin as a lie.
Clinton said the U.S. will recognize something called ‘neutral